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Sara Bareilles To Deliver 2025 UCLA Commencement Address

Sara Bareilles will deliver the 2025 UCLA college commencement address, returning to her alma mater for the June 13 event.

“I feel so honored to get to share in this deeply meaningful time of transition for all the graduates, and to celebrate all the hard work, creativity, dedication, and resilience that helped them arrive at this very special day.” Northern California native Bareilles earned her bachelor’s degree in communication in 2003 from the school where, as an undergraduate, she performed with the campus’ Awaken A Cappella group and competed as a solo act in the university’s annual Spring Sing showcase, according to a press release; she won the competition in both 2000 and 2003. Bareilles will be one of the speakers at the three ceremonies scheduled to take place at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. that day, alongside Chancellor Julio Frenk and students from the class of 2025.

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