Distinguished gentleamphibian Kermit the Frog, who was awarded an honorary doctorate of amphibious letters degree in the late ...

Our pride in Jim Henson knows no bounds, and it is an honor to welcome Kermit the Frog to our campus, 65 years after Mr. Henson graduated from the University of Maryland." A bronze statue of ...

MOVIN' RIGHT ALONG showcases four very gifted young people with a love for Henson’s creations. That love is obvious in the ...

The University of Maryland knew just the frog for the job: Kermit, whose creator, Jim Henson, graduated from the school in 1960. To some students, like Rohin Mishra, 21, the opinion editor of The ...

SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Kermit The Frog in Spicewood, Texas on March 14, 2024. The university noted that the lovable puppet’s appearance “honors the long history between UMD and Muppets creator ...

Kermit has a connection to the school ... his creator, Jim Henson, is a 1960 graduate. He built the original Kermit using one of his mother’s coats and a pingpong ball cut in half. The puppet ...

Kermit has a long history with the school. Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the university in 1960.The campus garden even has a bronze statue of Kermit and Henson. This is not the first ...