Our pride in Jim Henson knows no bounds, and it is an honor to welcome Kermit the Frog to our campus, 65 years after Mr. Henson graduated from the University of Maryland." A bronze statue of ...

Kermit has a connection to the school ... his creator, Jim Henson, is a 1960 graduate. He built the original Kermit using one of his mother’s coats and a pingpong ball cut in half. The puppet ...

Kermit The Frog will speak at the University of Maryland 2025 Commencement Ceremony, the university announced. The iconic green frog, and the rest of the Muppets, were created by Jim Henson ...

The University of Maryland knew just the frog for the job: Kermit, whose creator, Jim Henson, graduated from the school in 1960. To some students, like Rohin Mishra, 21, the opinion editor of The ...

The lovable puppet’s appearance “honors the long history between UMD and Muppets creator Jim ... Henson." Henson, who graduated from UMD in 1960, also has a bronze statue of himself and Kermit ...

Kermit has a long history with the school. Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the university in 1960. The campus garden even features a bronze statue of Kermit and Henson. Kermit previously ...

This year, school officials decided to honor one of their own, Jim Henson, by asking Kermit the Frog to be the 2025 UMD commencement speaker. Henson, who created Kermit and The Muppets ...

Kermit the Frog, a character brought to life by Muppets creator and UMD alumnus Jim Henson, will deliver the university's commencement address on Wednesday, May 21, according to an UMD news release.

The most beloved Muppet, Kermit the Frog, will deliver the commencement speech to 2025 graduates at the University of Maryland on May 21, the school in College Park said Wednesday. Jim Henson ...

Kermit is no stranger to the university. The frog was created by alumnus Jim Henson when he was a student. The creative genius of the Muppets, who died in 1990, graduated from the university in 1960.

Kermit is returning to UMD after he made a sold-out visit to the campus in Fall 2024 as part of a lecture series. Their history extends farther back than that, as Muppets creator Jim Henson ...