Hey, Zoners! Everybody have a good weekend? Here’s a little zeitgeisty goodness to help you get the new week started. I hope you all had a chance to watch the video from Stephen’s commencement address at MUSC a couple of days ago. The students got a wonderful speech, and it was a joy to see [...]
Q&A with Stephen Colbert from The Post and Courier (Charleston)
May 16, 2009 By
One of my favorite things about Stephen’s willingness to attend and participate in events like yesterday’s commencement at MUSC is that we usually get a flurry of articles surrounding them, and it looks like the MUSC graduation address is no exception. Charleston’s Post and Courier did a brief write-up about the event here, but it’s [...]
VIDEO: Stephen Colbert gives the MUSC graduation speech
May 15, 2009 By
Whoo hoo! Jennie has pointed us to this video from Stephen’s commencement speech to the 2009 grads at the Medical University of South Carolina — thanks, Jennie. The quality is less than pristine, but you can hear him. I can’t embed it, but click here or on the photo to go to the video from [...]
More on Stephen Colbert from MUSC
May 15, 2009 By
… And no sooner do I get the previous post up and running than I see this piece from the Charleston City Paper: Colbert to MUSC Grads: Fail … Carefully Posted by Greg Hambrick on Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:12 PM . . . [H]e summed up the student experience, gross medical mysteries and [...]
Stephen Colbert addresses the graduates of MUSC, Class of 2009
May 15, 2009 By
As we mentioned here last month, Stephen Colbert was chosen to give the commencement address today at the Medical University of South Carolina. We will, as ever, be on the lookout for potential footage from this event, but here’s a first look at some of what he said. From the Charleston Regional Business Journal: Colbert [...]
Medical University of South Carolina honors James W. Colbert Jr., M.D.
April 7, 2009 By
DB just forwarded me this nice story from Twitter user @jennygilson, and it made me … very happy. From the Medical University of South Carolina: Board approves renaming building for first provost MUSC Board of Trustees recently voted to name its education center and library in memory of the school’s first provost and vice president [...]
Stephen Colbert to be commencement speaker at MUSC
April 3, 2009 By
Here’s one for you Charlestonians, from The Digitel: Stephen Colbert to give MUSC commencement speech Published today at 11:22 am (47 minutes ago) by Ken Hawkins. Charleston’s native son, Stephen Colbert, is slated to give the Medical University of South Carolina’s commencement speech for the May 15th graduation ceremony. So, if you’re not affiliated with [...]