Commencement Celebrities

According to USA Today, it appears that students are having more of a say in determining who will give the annual commencement address.

This year’s list of luminaries—and others— who will give the class of 2008 a sendoff include:

Oprah Winfrey—Stanford University

J.K. Rowling—Harvard University

Jon Stewart—William and Mary

Craig Newmark of Craig’s List—Case Western Reserve

Jessica Lange—Sarah Lawrence College

Brian Williams—Ohio State University

Michael Bloomberg—University of Pennsylvania

David McCullough— Boston College

Meredith Viera—Tufts University

Al Gore—Carnegie Mellon University

Sandra Day O’Connor—Gettysburg College

Carl Bernstein—University of Maryland

Michael Chertoff—Fairleigh Dickinson U.

Cal Ripken Jr. —University of Delaware

Bill Clinton—UCLA

Deborah Lambert writes the Squeaky Chalk column for Accuracy in Academia.