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In the next two decades the advent of digital technology and the Internet made it much easier for students to engage in school-focused speech from their own homes. The Second Circuit was the first to decide a case involving a student's online speech with 2007's Wisniewski v.
A commencement speech is typically given by a notable figure in the community or a graduating student. The person giving such a speech is known as a commencement speaker. Very commonly, colleges or universities will invite politicians, important citizens, or other noted speakers to come and address the graduating class. A student speaker may ...
Donovan Livingston, a 2016 Masters of Education graduate, gave what Harvard Graduate School of Education is calling "one of the most powerful, heartfelt student speeches" you will ever hear, and ...
Valedictorian is an academic title for the highest-performing student of a graduating class of an academic institution in the United States. The valedictorian is generally determined by an academic institution's grade point average (GPA) system but other methods of selection may be factored in such as volunteer work , scholastic awards ...
UCLA commencement ceremonies kicked off Friday with at least one event marked by student speakers who delivered searing criticism of the university's handling of pro-Palestinian protests and ...
Katie Holmes, Bill Nye, Pierce Brosnan and Jennifer Garner delivered some of the most memorable 2019 graduation addresses.
The Free Speech Movement was the first US student movement that became a focus of scholarly attention into student activism. [117] The largest student strike in American history took place in May and June 1970, in response to the Kent State shootings and the American invasion of Cambodia. Over four million students participated in this action ...
Hazelwood School District et al. v. Kuhlmeier et al., 484 U.S. 260 (1988), was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held, in a 5–3 decision, that student speech in a school-sponsored student newspaper at a public high school could be censored by school officials without a violation of First Amendment rights if the school's actions were "reasonably related" to a ...