Henson died in May 1990, but he made certain positions about his beloved Muppets very clear It's been 11 years since we met ...

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 ...

Which would be one thing if Steve Whitmire was someone with only tangential ties to The Jim Henson Company and the puppeteer’s imaginative empire. But he took over as the key Kermit the Frog ...

The University of Maryland says this year's commencement speaker is an environmental advocate, best-selling author, and Peabody Award winner. He's also green. The university says Kermit the Frog will ...

Kermit has a long history with the school. Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the university in 1960. The campus garden even features a bronze statue of Kermit and Henson. Kermit previously ...

This year, school officials decided to honor one of their own, Jim Henson, by asking Kermit the Frog to be the 2025 UMD commencement speaker. Henson, who created Kermit and The Muppets ...

The iconic green frog, who was awarded an honorary doctorate of amphibious letters degree in 1996, will address University of ...