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Kermit the Frog to deliver commencement address at the University of Maryland graduation
Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet ...
Kermit the Frog set to deliver University of Maryland commencement address: 'I’ll be there!'
Kermit the Frog to speak at University of Maryland's 2025 commencement Thursday, honoring creator Jim Henson's legacy.
Graduating class at University of Maryland gets special sendoff
Kermit the Frog will deliver the commencement speech honoring the long history between UMD and Muppets creator Jim Henson, who graduated from university in 1960.
Kermit the frog to deliver commencement address at University of Maryland
This is a speech that graduates and guests will all remember, not everyone can say a Muppet gave them their final farewell at college.
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U.Md. reschedules graduation ceremony to Thursday due to rain
The University of Maryland will be moving its commencement ... Muppets’ creator Jim Henson, who died in 1990, graduated from the university in 1960 with a home economics degree.