- Jenna Johnson
- Reporter
Jenna Johnson writes about higher education for The Washington Post. She also runs the blog “Campus Overload,” hosts a weekly online chat about student life issues and tweets as @wpjenna. Previously, she worked in the Post’s Southern Maryland bureau and covered D.C. police. Jenna is a graduate of the University of Nebraska.
Rapped advice for Class of 2012
GMU dean of the engineering school rapped his commencement speech with the help of a tuba player.
Cliches for the Class of 2012
A commencement speech that could be given to any Class of 2012, anywhere--using cherry-picked quotes from real speeches.
Protested graduation speakers
Sometimes commencement speakers bring some controversy to the stage.
Georgetown, George Washington draw commencement controversies
Protests against Sebelius, Slim, show universities’ choice of graduation speaker can be fraught with political risks.
- At Georgetown, Sebelius urges ‘conversation and compromise’
- HHS Secretary Sebelius to address Georgetown graduates despite protest from Catholic archbishop
- GWU’s Knapp recalls playing with Chuck Brown
- ‘Call Me Maybe’ lip-sync craze hits college sports teams
- George Huguely’s police interview in Yeardley Love investigation
- Q&A: George Huguely murder trial evidence released
- American University graduate pops the question at commencement
- University of Maryland student behind @FakeWallaceLoh outs himself
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