- Jon Stewart: College of William and Mary
 - Speech given at the 2004 graduation at the College of William and Mary. - George W. Bush: West Point
- Remarks by the President at the June 2002 graduation exercise of the United States Military Academy. Includes video and audio streams.
- Richard Feynman: Cargo Cult Science - California Institute of Technology
- Adapted from a Caltech commencement address given in 1974; HTML'ed from the book Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!.
- Doris Kearns Goodwin: Dartmouth College
- 1998 commencement speech.
- Will Ferrell: Harvard University
- Will Ferrell's Class Day speech given in 2003.
- Anna Quindlen: Mount Holyoke
- Text of Quindlen's May 1999 graduation speech, delivered at Mount Holyoke College
- Lyndon B. Johnson: To Fulfill These Rights - Howard University
- Text of Johnson's June 1965 commencement speech.
- Oprah Winfrey: Wellesley College
- May 1997 commencement address.
- Wisdom Engine
- Motivational advice from commencement speeches and visual self-help affirmations.
- Nora Ephron: Wellesley College
- Text of Ephron's 1996 speech.
- Salman Rushdie: Bard College
- Salman Rushdie's 1996 graduation speech.
- Suzan-Lori Parks: Mount Holyoke College
- Text of a May 2001 address by the Pulitzer Prize winning playwright to the graduating class of Mount Holyoke College.
- Bob Newhart: Catholic University of America
- May 1997 commencement address.
- Oliver Stone: University of California, Berkeley
- Text of Stone's May 1994 commencement address.
- Callie Khouri: Sweet Briar College
- Text of Callie Khouri's 1994 commencement address.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton: Harvard Medical School
- Text of the First Lady's 1998 commencement speech.
- Ursula K. Le Guin: A Left-Handed Commencement Address - Mills College
- Le Guin's 1983 graduation speech.
- Barbara Bush: Wellesley College
- Includes text and audio files from the June, 1990 commencement address.
- Bill Clinton: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1998 commencement address.
- Humanity.org: Commencement Addresses
- Archive of notable graduation speeches, including pieces by Barack Obama, Thomas L. Friedman, Toni Morrison, Elie Wiesel, Cornel West, Gloria Steinem, Steve Jobs, Bono, and Desmond Tutu.
- Carly Fiorina: California Institute of Technology
- "Dare to Dream" speech given to the class of 2004.
- Sandra Day O'Connor: Stanford University
- Text of the 2004 commencement address by Sandra Day O'Connor, associate justice, Supreme Court of the United States.
- C-SPAN: Commencement Speeches
- Video clips of college and high school commencement speeches given by well-known authors, actresses, and political figures.
- Madeleine K. Albright: Harvard University
- Commencement address from June 1997.
- Alan Alda: California Institute of Technology
- Speech to the Caltech class of 2002.
- Ernesto Zedillo: Harvard University
- Speech given by the former President of Mexico in 2003.
- Kofi A. Annan: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Text of the June 1997 commencement address given to MIT graduates by former Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan.
- Ray Bradbury: California Institute of Technology
- Text of The Great Years Ahead, Ray Bradbury's speech to the class of 2000.
- Robert Pinsky: Stanford University
- Transcript of the speech given by the Poet Laureate in 1999.
- Wellesley College Commencement Archives
- Includes commencement addresses from past years.
- George Bush: Johns Hopkins University
- Text of the May 22, 1996 address given by former President Bush.
- Berklee College of Music: Past Commencement Addresses
- Archive of past and current graduation speeches at the Berklee College of Music, including excerpts and video clips.
- About.com: Graduation Speeches
- Suggestions for writing and delivering memorable speeches.
- About.com: Topics for Graduation Speeches
- Collection of articles and links that offer topic ideas for graduation speeches and more.
- Susan Sontage: Wellesley College
- Be Bold! speech from 1983.
- Alan Greenspan: University of Pennsylvania
- Given to the graduating class of the Wharton School, 2005.
- George W. Bush: United States Air Force Academy
- Remarks by the President at the June 2004 graduation ceremony. Includes video and audio streams.
- In Their Own Words: Graduation Speeches
- Inspiring speeches from high school and middle school graduates and valedictorians across the U.S.
- Samuel L. Jackson: Vassar College
- Speech given in 2004.
- The Chronicle: Commencement Speaker Database
- Subscribers can search for texts of past commencement addresses by speaker, institution, or year.
- YouTube: Commencement Addresses
- Watch video clips of notable commencement addresses, including graduation speeches by Randy Pausch, J.K. Rowling, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, and Steve Jobs.
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