- 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.
- Alan Alda: California Institute of Technology
- Speech to the Caltech class of 2002.
- Alan Greenspan: University of Pennsylvania
- Given to the graduating class of the Wharton School, 2005.
- Anna Quindlen: Mount Holyoke
- Text of Quindlen's May 1999 graduation speech, delivered at Mount Holyoke College
- Barbara Bush: Wellesley College
- Includes text and audio files from the June, 1990 commencement address.
- 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.
- Bill Clinton: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1998 commencement address.
- Bob Newhart: Catholic University of America
- May 1997 commencement address.
- Callie Khouri: Sweet Briar College
- Text of Callie Khouri's 1994 commencement address.
- Carly Fiorina: California Institute of Technology
- "Dare to Dream" speech given to the class of 2004.
- Doris Kearns Goodwin: Dartmouth College
- 1998 commencement speech.
- Ernesto Zedillo: Harvard University
- Speech given by the former President of Mexico in 2003.
- flylittlebird.org
- Online experiment in building collective wisdom from hundreds of undergraduate commencement addresses. Features an extensive archive of graduation speeches by world leaders, celebrities, and educators, as well as notes on the major themes from the speeches.
- George Bush: Johns Hopkins University
- Text of the May 22, 1996 address given by former President Bush.
- George W. Bush: United States Air Force Academy
- Remarks by the President at the June 2004 graduation ceremony. Includes video and audio streams.
- 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.
- Hillary Rodham Clinton: Harvard Medical School
- Text of the First Lady's 1998 commencement speech.
- Humanity.org: Commencement Addresses
- Archive of notable graduation speeches, including pieces by Elie Wiesel, Cornel West, Gloria Steinem, Steve Jobs, Bono, and Desmond Tutu.
- Jon Stewart: College of William and Mary
- Speech given at the 2004 graduation at the College of William and Mary.
- 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.
- Lyndon B. Johnson: To Fulfill These Rights - Howard University
- Text of Johnson's June 1965 commencement speech.
- Madeleine K. Albright: Harvard University
- Commencement address from June 1997.
- Nora Ephron: Wellesley College
- Text of Ephron's 1996 speech.
- Oliver Stone: University of California, Berkeley
- Text of Stone's May 1994 commencement address.
- Oprah Winfrey: Wellesley College
- May 1997 commencement address.
- Ray Bradbury: California Institute of Technology
- Text of The Great Years Ahead, Ray Bradbury's speech to the class of 2000.
- 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!.
- Robert Pinsky: Stanford University
- Transcript of the speech given by the Poet Laureate in 1999.
- Salman Rushdie: Bard College
- Salman Rushdie's 1996 graduation speech.
- 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.
- Susan Sontage: Wellesley College
- Be Bold! speech from 1983.
- 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.
- The Chronicle: Commencement Speaker Database
- Subscribers can search for texts of past commencement addresses by speaker, institution, or year.
- Ursula K. Le Guin: A Left-Handed Commencement Address - Mills College
- Le Guin's 1983 graduation speech.
- Wellesley College Commencement Archives
- Includes commencement addresses from past years.
- Will Ferrell: Harvard University
- Will Ferrell's Class Day speech given in 2003.
- Wisdom Engine
- Motivational advice from commencement speeches and visual self-help affirmations.
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