Text of addresses given by keynote speakers and the President of the college at Commencement ceremonies, when available for publication.

Submissions from 2009

91st Connecticut College Commencement Address, Leo I. Higdon, Jr.

91st Commencement Address: "Not for Profit: Liberal Education and Democratic Citizenship", Martha Nussbaum

Submissions from 2008

President Higdon's 2008 Commencement Address, Leo I. Higdon Jr

Submissions from 2007

89th Connecticut College Commencement Address, Robert D. Ballard

President Higdon's 2007 Commencement Address, Leo I. Higdon, Jr.

Submissions from 2006

88th Connecticut College Commencement Address, Wangari Maathai

Submissions from 2005

87th Commencement Address, Estelle Parsons '74

Submissions from 2004

86th Commencement Address, Anita L. DeFrantz '74

Submissions from 2003

85th Commencement Address - What do Novelists Know?, Wally Lamb

Submissions from 2001

83rd Commencement Address, Wynton Marsalis

Submissions from 1999

81st Commencement Address, Frank McCourt

Submissions from 1998

80th Commencement Address, Andrew Young

Submissions from 1996

78th Commencement Address, Tom Brokaw

Submissions from 1989

71st Commencement Address, Leonard Lauder

Submissions from 1981

63rd Commencement Address, Patricia McGowan Wald' 48

Submissions from 1980

62nd Commencement Address, Alan Alda

Submissions from 1943

25th Commencement Address, Henry A. Wallace