YouTube has announced a virtual commencement ceremony featuring speeches from Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Condoleezza Rice, and Malala Yousafzai
“As Elle Woods once said…” Photo: Jason Szenes/EPA/Shutterstock/Jason Szenes/EPA/Shutterstock The Parent Teacher Association over at YouTube High got wind that Facebook Prep booked Oprah Winfrey and Miley Cyrus for their virtual commencement ceremony, and not ones to let a collegiate rivalry lie, YouTube has announced their own virtual commencement ceremony featuring speeches from President Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Condoleezza Rice, and Malala Yousafzai.
Obama’s going to have to write a whole stack of alternate speeches, though, because YouTube isn’t the only virtual commencement ceremony where he’ll be speaking. On May 16, he will deliver the commencement speech for “Show Me Your Walk, HBCU Edition” at 2 p.m. ET. That night, he will also be the commencement speaker on a prime-time special Graduate Together: America Honors the High School Class of 2020, which will air simultaneously on ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC at 8 p.m.
Watch this space for the inevitable announcement that Tumblr will stream its own virtual alt-commencement hosted by the Grimes baby.
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