As the University of Maryland’s graduating class prepares to leap into the next stage of life, Kermit the Frog left the students with a message of connection and love.

At the end of the speech, Kermit led the crowd in singing “Rainbow Connection.” Kermit is no stranger to the University of Maryland, Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the school in ...

Thinking that Kermit singing “Rainbow Connection” is silly tells me a lot about you as a person. That song is all about being a dreamer and keeping that alive. Someday we’ll find it ...

He closed his speech by inviting the crowd to join him in singing “The Rainbow Connection ... of public media to educate and unite. Yet, as Kermit celebrated this milestone, public broadcasting ...

“I’m taking this seriously — as seriously as a singing, dancing frog can take anything,” he told a chuckling Jackson, who dubbed today’s occasion “a Ker-mencement.” Above all, Kermit ...

“I’m so humbled by it,” Kermit said. “I’m kind of taking this seriously — as seriously as a singing, dancing frog can take anything.” Maryland knows Muppets well: Their ...