It’s not like he has a confirmation hearing to be at or anything.

Based on current tuition rates, completing a four-year undergraduate degree at Georgetown University costs students and their parents slightly more than $160,000. Given such revenue, one would assume that the school might be able to employ someone to make sure “University” is spelled correctly on the cover of its commencement program.

Image courtesy WJLA Think D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty is used to getting booed by now? In April, there were boos at his post-South Capitol shooting press conference. Then there were boos at Opening Day at Nationals Park. Today, the mayor received yet another round of boos, this time from students and parents at Dunbar Senior High School’s commencement ceremony. WJLA/ABC7 reports that these most recent boos were apparently due to a perception that Fenty…

Plenty of local love from Michelle Obama, as the White House announced today that two out of three commencement speeches the first lady has agreed to make this year will be right here in the District. The biggest news from the local perspective is that Obama will address graduating seniors at Anacostia Senior High School on June 11. This will mark the second time the first lady has chosen to deliver a speech at…

Photo by sally henny penny Welcome back to the Commencement Speaker Scouting Report! Last time, we brought you news of Gwen Ifill, Vernon Jordan and New York City police commissioner Raymond W. Kelly all heading to District universities to dispense platitudes and receive honorary degrees. Now it’s on to the rest of D.C.’s illustrious institutes of higher learning. Ready, set, graduate! >> It’s going to be hard to beat The George Washington University in…

As we told you on Monday in our first installment of the Commencement Speaker Scouting Report, Howard University will be leading off this season’s college graduation ceremonies on Saturday, May 9. Howard University Police Chief Leroy K. James announced the following streets will be closed to vehicular traffic for several days in preparation for commencement activities. Most of these closures are on the Howard campus, but LeDroit Park and Shaw residents will want to…

Photo by jbhaber We already told you that Project Runway’s Tim Gunn would be delivering the commencement address at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, but what about all the other traditional colleges and universities within the District? It’s time once again for our annual Commencement Speaker Scouting Reports, now with 80 percent more post-college recession-related job market panic than last year! Howard University gets the party started with its Saturday, May 9…

Photo used under a Creative Commons license with zephyrbunny. The Corcoran College of Art + Design will grant an honorary doctoral degree to celebrated fashion designer, Bravo icon, and favorite District son Tim Gunn. It won’t be the first Corcoran degree for Gunn, who graduated with a bachelor’s degree in sculpture in 1976. But it is the highest degree that the Corcoran can give. “Given all the success that he has accomplished in the…