- December 09, 2025
- By Maryland Today Staff
(Photo by Stephanie S. Cordle)
Amid clips of Lady Gaga’s world tour, bedazzled Labubus and the shocking Luka Dončić trade, Google’s 2025 Year in Search video on Monday featured advice from the University of Maryland’s green Commencement speaker.
“Stay connected to your dreams, no matter how big, no matter how impossible they seem,” Kermit the Frog says as he’s shown addressing Terp graduates from the stage at SECU Stadium in May. “Life’s like a movie. Write your own ending.”
The moment, included as part of Google’s annual roundup of the year’s search trends, was from May’s “Kermencement” ceremony, when the beloved Muppet created by Jim Henson ’60 spoke in his tiny academic regalia to nearly 13,500 graduates.
A photo of the scene by university photographer John T. Consoli was also included in CNN’s Year in Pictures.