Obama to speak at Ohio State’s spring commencement

Asso­ci­ated Press

COLUMBUS — Pres­i­dent Barack Obama will speak to grad­u­ates at Ohio State University’s com­mence­ment this spring.

The uni­ver­sity said Wednes­day that Obama’s May 5 speech at Ohio Sta­dium in Colum­bus will make him the third sit­ting pres­i­dent to deliver its com­mence­ment address. The oth­ers were Pres­i­dents George W. Bush in 2002 and Ger­ald Ford in 1974.

Uni­ver­sity Pres­i­dent E. Gor­don Gee (gee) says Ohio State is hon­ored to have Obama speak at the largest com­mence­ment in its his­tory. About 12,000 stu­dents are expected to grad­u­ate at the university’s first spring grad­u­a­tion on the semes­ter system.

Obama vis­ited the cam­pus four times last year, includ­ing in May for the offi­cial kick­off of his cam­paign ahead of his re-election.

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