Trump to speak at newly created University of Alabama commencement event prior to graduation
The University of Alabama today announced that President Donald Trump will deliver a spring commencement address as part of a separate ticketed event prior to its graduation ceremonies.
This follows Trump’s announcement Monday night that he would give the commencement speech for this year’s graduating class at the University of Alabama and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
The Alabama event will be held the evening of Thursday, May 1, at Coleman Coliseum, according to the release.
That is the night before the start of the regularly scheduled weekend spring commencement events.
“The University of Alabama is honored to have been selected as one of the universities President Donald J. Trump will visit to deliver a spring commencement address,” reads today’s release.
“All spring graduates will have the opportunity to attend this distinct event in addition to their college-specific ceremonies where degrees will be conferred from May 2–May 4, as scheduled.”
The release adds that “campus logistics and security measures are being carefully coordinated, and ticketing information for graduates and other event details will be communicated in the coming days.”
“We look forward to celebrating our graduates throughout commencement weekend as we confer degrees to thousands of hardworking students who will go on to make a positive impact in the workforce and in communities across Alabama, our nation and the world,” it reads.