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 was the commencement speaker Thursday for the Class of 2025 at the University of Maryland, where his creator, Jim Henson, was a student decades agao. Henson, who was the creator of The Muppets,

Kermit the Frog delivered the commencement speech at the University of Maryland. The iconic green frog, and the rest of the Muppets, were created by Jim Henson, who graduated from UMD in 1960.