Taylor Swift will speak at the New York University graduation event on May 18.
Taylor Swift will receive an honorary doctorate from New York University and will speak to alumni during the graduation ceremony in May, New York University announced on Monday, March 28th.

The 32-year-old pop star will be honored with the title of Doctor of Fine Arts and will speak at the graduation ceremony of New York University on May 18 at the Yankees Stadium.

This will be her first degree, as Taylor Swift was successful and was touring as she completed high school.

The upcoming New York University graduation ceremony will honor the ranks of 2020, 2021 and 2022. Disability rights activist Judith Heumann will also receive an honorary degree and speak to alumni.

"I can not overstate how excited I am to meet in person with alumni, parents, faculty, and New York University graduates. "Since 2019, we have been deprived of the festive, common joy of graduation and its absence has been strongly felt", says the president of New York University, Andrew Hamilton.

"Few groups of graduates deserve more of a celebration than these classes: their studies were interrupted, they were isolated from a terrible pandemic, these classes of 2022, 2021 and 2020 were distinguished by their strength, grace and endurance." continues.

"We meet again at Yankee Stadium with a renewed sense of appreciation for the fact that we are all celebrating together up close, a recognition of our alumni's tremendous achievements and a tribute to their character and perseverance," he added.

Taylor Swift
New York University also listed some of Taylor Swift's most impressive accomplishments.

"Awarded 11 Grammy Awards, Ms. Swift is one of the most prolific and famous artists of her generation," she said, noting that she is the only artist in history to have won three times the highest honor in the music industry, the Grammy Award for the Album of the Year.

Her numerous awards and accolades include the fact that she is the artist with the most awards in the history of the American Music Awards, which have also been named Artist of the Decade, reminds the University of New York.

It is also noted that Taylor Swift is the winner of the BRIT Awards for International Woman Solo Artist of the Year in 2015 and the Global Icon Award in 2021, as well as the first and only artist to be honored twice with the Woman of the Decade award. from Billboard.

New York University also reports that Taylor Swift is the only solo artist of this century to have three albums that have reached No. 1 on the charts in one year.