The University of Maryland (UMD) is welcoming an unlikely commencement speaker on Thursday to usher off the class of 2025: a bright-green Muppet. Kermit the Frog, a famous family favorite and self ...

Kermit the Frog delivers commencement speech at University of Maryland 16:31. Kermit the Frog addressed University of Maryland (UMD) students Thursday as he delivered a commencement speech.

Read the full text of Kermit the Frog’s May 22, 2025, University of Maryland commencement address (voiced by muppet performer Matt Vogel).

Kermit the Frog to deliver commencement speech at University of Maryland 03:54. Being green's not easy, nor is the path to a diploma. Kermit the Frog, slated to speak at the University of Maryland ...

Kermit the Frog practices his University of Maryland commencement address in College Park, Maryland, on May 22, 2025. Allison Robbert/The Washington Post via Getty Images ...

Kermit the Frog speaks during University of Maryland's commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 22, 2025, in College Park, Md. (Stephanie S. Cordle/University of Maryland via AP) ...

Kermit the Frog’s Commencement Speech at the University of Maryland Has Everyone in Tears But the joy of Kermit’s speech didn’t end there. After he spoke, he did something else he’s known ...

Kermit the Frog speaks during University of Maryland's commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 22, 2025. AP "Stay connected to your dreams - no matter how big, no matter how impossible they seem." ...

Kermit the Frog speaks during University of Maryland's commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 22, 2025, in College Park, Md. Riley Sims / University of Maryland via AP ...

The beloved Muppet, created in 1955, will deliver the commencement address at the University of Maryland, the alma mater of his creator Jim Henson.

The university announced in March that Kermit, who was created in 1955 and became the centerpiece of the Muppets franchise, would be this year’s commencement speaker. He’s also no stranger to ...