Obama to deliver commencement address at Ohio State University
(CNN) - President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at The Ohio State University on May 5, the school announced Wednesday, becoming the third sitting president to deliver a commencement address at the school.
Obama has visited the Columbus, Ohio school at least five times, including on May 5, 2012 for the first campaign rally of his re-election campaign. His most recent visit to the university was in October for a campaign rally in the important battleground state.
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Presidents George W. Bush and Gerald Ford also delivered commencement addresses there; George H. W. Bush and Walter Mondale delivered commencement addresses when they were vice presidents.
The university has approximately 43,000 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of 63,000.
Obama will also speak at the spring commencement at Morehouse College in Atlanta, the college announced over the weekend.
- CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report
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Obama will also speak at the spring commencement at Morehouse College in Atlanta, the college announced over the weekend.
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Morehouse. It's nestled up against three other traditionally black colleges. It's also where Morehouse graduate Spike Lee filmed many scenes from his movie, "School Daze".
Someone better tell Rubio about this. He may want to get back to the States fast.
......poor baby......
Right next to Tan Man's district...good
The [Ohio Stete] university has approximately 43,000 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of 63,000.
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I'd hate to be the poor soul delivering pizzas on football Saturday afternoons. Or even worse, what about the the poor souls in the stores trying to make a hundred pizzas, or far more during peaks, per hour.
"Someone better tell Rubio about this. He may want to get back to the States fast."
That's ok...the Trojan Token will no doubt release a statement saying that he's "pleased" the President has "finally decided to visit OH State" or something similarly condescending, disingenuous and smarmy.
I am just waiting for someone to either attack him for speaking at a "bastion of liberalism" ( higher education, or education in general), or attack him for not being at his desk 24×7, dutifully rolling over to the will of Speaker Boehner and Mitch McConnell and their campaign contributors. I wonder what word salad someone will spit out over this: it should be interesting.
Good job Obama!