Taylor Swift's NYU Graduation Speech: What To Know

West Village NY

17 May, 2022

11:04 AM

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WEST VILLAGE, NY — It is one of the hottest tickets in town, but you can tune in to watch Taylor Swift's speech at NYU's graduation ceremony on Wednesday for free. The pop star is the commencement speaker for the NYU Class of 2022 and will also receive an honorary doctorate. Yes, Swift is becoming a doctor. No, she likely will not sing. The ceremony is set to begin at Yankee Stadium Wednesday at 11 a.m. You can watch a livestream of the event on NYU's website, which will go live closer to the start time. Here's the full schedule for the ceremony Swift is participating in: 9 a.m.: Gates Open10 a.m.: Preshow10:30 a.m.: Faculty Procession10:45 a.m.: Platform Party Procession11 a.m.: Ceremony Begins12:30 p.m.: Ceremony Concludes Since the news broke that Swift would be speaking at NYU's 2022 ceremony, fans who don't attend the Lower Manhattan school have been trying their best to land tickets. Flooding the social media pages of students and offering hundreds of dollars for tickets to the Yankee Stadium ceremony. Controversially, Swift will only be speaking at the commencement ceremony for the graduating class of 2022, and not at the ceremony for the pandemic delayed graduating classes of 2020 and 2021 later in the day. A petition calling for Swift to speak at both ceremonies on Wednesday called the school's decision "casually cruel." Disability rights activist Judith Heumann will be the speaker at the second ceremony. The ceremony for the classes of 2020 and 2021 will begin at 4 p.m. Read More: NYU Is Making Taylor Swift A DoctorTaylor Swift's NYU Commencement Absence Sparks Outrage Among Grads