Facebook to stream a virtual graduation ceremony with Oprah Winfrey as commencement speaker

  • Thread starter Thread starter The Verge RSS
  • Start date Start date
T

The Verge RSS

Guest
Author: Ashley Carman

The USC Annenberg School For Communication And Journalism Celebrates Commencement With Keynote Address From Oprah Winfrey
Photo by Leon Bennett/Getty Images
Students around the world are going to miss their opportunity to have an in-person graduation ceremony, so Facebook has decided to host its own version.

The social media platform announced today that it’ll stream a live graduation event on May 15th over Facebook, which will feature a commencement speech from Oprah Winfrey, as well as smaller speeches by Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X, and Simone Biles. Miley Cyrus will also perform. Although the show will be broadcast over Facebook, select clips will show up on Instagram, at @instagram, too.

The ceremony will be a live graduation event streamed on Facebook and Instagram

Starting May 11th, that same account will host senior-related content, like senior superlatives and portrait...

Continue reading…

Continue reading...