Oklahoma governor clarifies after comments about graduates joining Army after high school go viral
Oklahoma's Republican governor, Kevin Stitt, has revealed his vision for the state's high school graduates, following reports that he wants the state's high school graduates to join the military if they do not choose college or technical school. As 2024 draws to a close, Stitt began touting:From the classroom to your career” initiative gives parents […]
Staffing Firm Discriminated Against U.S. Graduates
Bloomberg News reports that major U.S.-based companies are using the H-1B visa program to fill low-wage Indian college graduates into white-collar jobs in the U.S., while hiring American college graduates. was discriminating against. The company, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., repeatedly promised to hire more U.S. graduates, but those promises were “all smoke and mirrors,” said […]
FDNY graduates fresh fleet of EMTs: ‘It feels amazing’
The FDNY academy graduated its newest cohort of paramedics on Tuesday, bringing a host of new paramedics to the department, including some who come from a proud lineage of public servants. Javon Fabian, who attended the morning ceremony with 86 other graduates at the Christian Cultural Center in Brooklyn, is part of that generation. His […]
105-year-old woman graduates from Stanford University 83 years after leaving campus: ‘Amazing’
A 105-year-old woman who attended Stanford University in 1936 recently returned to campus for the first time in 83 years to earn her graduate degree, and she’s been an inspiration ever since. Virginia Hislop graduated a few weeks ago from the university in Palo Alto, California, with a master’s degree in education, according to Stanford […]
Donald Trump Dangles Green Cards To Foreign Graduates
Trump has always supported a merit-based legal immigration system. (File) Washington: Former US President Donald Trump softened his stance on immigration, promising to automatically issue green cards to foreign students who graduated from US universities to prevent them from returning to their home countries such as India and China and becoming billion-dollar millionaires. Trump’s retraction […]
Bannon pushes back on Trump’s green cards for graduates idea
Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former White House chief strategist, is opposed to former President Trump’s idea of offering green cards to international students who graduate from U.S. universities. Bannon, a podcaster and ally of President Trump, spoke out strongly against immigration policy on Friday, arguing that students’ exit visas should be attached to their […]
Trump proposes green cards for college graduates, echoing Clinton
Former President Trump suggested offering green cards to overseas college graduates on his podcast on Thursday. “But what I want to do, and what I’m going to do, is when you graduate from college, you automatically get a green card as part of your diploma, so you can stay in this country,” Trump said. Said […]
Bill Maher, Larry Wilmore Slam Biden’s ‘Condescending’ Speech to Black College Graduates
Comedians Bill Maher and Larry Wilmore slammed President Joe Biden’s commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta, calling it “condescending” toward black people. Speaking at Morehouse College’s commencement in May, Biden said the United States was a racist country where black people were not welcome and that “old ghosts in new clothes” were trying to […]
New Orleans valedictorian graduates after living in homeless shelter
Elijah Hogan recently graduated at the top of his class from Walter L. Cohen Charter High School in New Orleans after living in a homeless youth shelter for more than a year. In his speech, he congratulated his classmates for enrolling and graduating from high school during the pandemic and extolled the value of continuing […]
Homeless student graduates Louisiana high school as valedictorian
A Louisiana student living in a homeless shelter overcame hardship to graduate at the top of his class from his New Orleans high school this spring. Elijah Hogan, 19, received his diploma this spring as the top of Walter L. Cohen High School’s class of 2024 and plans to attend college in the fall. But […]