Former First Lady Michelle Obama, NBA icon Lebron James and Olympic gold medal swimmer Michael Phelps were some of the blockbuster names recommended by students, staff and faculty for the Spring 2024 Ohio State commencement.
Those three guys have the national prominence and stature appropriate for a commencement speaker at the third largest university in the country. For the pedantic, I mean by student enrollment at a single campus.
The last Spring commencement speaker to be recommended by the advisory committee and be chosen in the same year was Apple CEO Tim Cook, who delivered the speech virtually in 2020.
The last university president was incompetent and had an agenda, so chose speakers who weren’t suggested by the advisory committee. All the speakers recommended by the advisory committee aren’t winners, but it’s a plausible list. I don’t know what Morgan Freeman would have to say, but it would sound terrific.
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