UGS hears presentation on Stanford’s removal of student speakers from department commencement ceremonies

UGS hears presentation on Stanford’s removal of student speakers from department commencement ceremonies

At its Wednesday meeting, the Undergraduate Senate (UGS) heard a presentation from Stanford Education and Democracy United (EDU) on the recent removal of student speakers from Stanford’s department commencement ceremonies.  This policy change was announced in an email to department heads, according to the presenters. The only public mention of the University’s policy change is in an op-ed from the American Association of University Professors pu…