University of Maryland graduates will soon be center stage at commencement on May 21 — and they will have, as commencement speaker, a superstar who got his start right there: ...

The University of Maryland announced that beloved Muppet ‘Kermit the Frog’ will deliver the university’s 2025 commencement address.

Second, take along your banjo. Bring along the one you strummed while singing your famous song, “Rainbow Connection” to open ...

Some students were intrigued and excited by the announcement, while others debated the value of having a puppet address the ...

Last week, the University of Maryland announced that Kermit the Frog would serve as the school's guest speaker for its spring ...

Kermit the Frog is set to deliver the commencement address at the University of Maryland this spring. The university just so happens to be Jim Henson‘s alma mater, where he graduated with a ...

Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the university in 1960. The campus garden even features a bronze statue of Kermit and Henson. Kermit previously delivered a commencement address to the ...

Popular Muppets character Kermit the ... the 1996 winter commencement batch at the University of Maryland and delivered a speech at Harvard University in 1982. Years after Jim Henson's death ...

The iconic green frog, who was awarded an honorary doctorate of amphibious letters degree in 1996, will address University of Maryland graduates.