Kermit the Frog to speak at University of Maryland's 2025 commencement Thursday, honoring creator Jim Henson's legacy.

On May, 22, 2025, at Jim Henson's alma mater, the University of Maryland, a familiar green frog urged the 2025 graduates to embrace kindness, curiosity, and community. He closed his speech by inviting ...

Kermit the Frog was revealed as the Terrapins’ commencement speaker in March. As noted in Kermit’s speech, Jim Henson (who “had a hand in literally everything I did,” the Muppet quipped ...

Some University of Maryland (UMD) students are expressing outrage that commencement speaker Kermit the Frog will not give a ...

transcript Kermit took the podium in a muppet-size formal cap and gown on Thursday to deliver a commencement speech at the University of Maryland, the alma mater of his creator, Jim Henson.

Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet ...

It was in some respects a full-circle moment, as the university is Muppets creator Jim Henson's alma mater. Kermit the Frog delivered the commencement address to the Class of 2025 at the ...

Kermit the Frog, slated to speak at the University of ... you're knee-deep in the sticky muck of life." Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the University of Maryland in 1960.

When graduates imagine possible speakers for their commencement, a Muppet probably doesn't come to mind. Yet, there is ...