For the first time in his second term, President Donald Trump will address graduating students with a commencement speech at the University of Alabama on May 1.
Trump announced the plans in an April 21 post on his social media platform Truth Social.
The president’s commencement address will precede Alabama’s regular degree conferral ceremonies on May 2, 3, and 4, the university said on its website.
“The University of Alabama is honored to have been selected as one of the universities President Donald J. Trump will visit to deliver a spring commencement address,” the school said in a statement earlier this month.
The announcement was met with some opposition from Alabama students and alumni who organized protests and a petition against Trump’s speech, Tuscaloosa News, part of the USA TODAY Network, reported.
UA President Stuart Bell and former UA football coach Nick Saban are also expected to speak at the Thursday, May 1 event.
Here’s what to know about Trump’s speech, including how and when to watch it.