Kids at the East Hancock Public Library spent Friday morning celebrating a famous green icon – Kermit the Frog.

A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother's coats and a ping-pong ball cut in half, according to a statement from the university. Henson died in 1990.

Kermit is no stranger to the University of Maryland, Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from the school in 1960 and created the original frog puppet of Kermit while a student there. Henson died ...

Fox News has taken aim at a tough new political opponent—Kermit the Frog. The prominent Muppet gave a commencement speech at the University of Maryland on Thursday, chosen to honor his creator ...

A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother's coats and a Ping-Pong ball cut in half, according to a statement from the university. Henson died in 1990.

While it's certainly strange for a puppet to give a commencement address, it's actually quite fitting for the University of Maryland as the iconic frog character was created by University of ...

Muppets creator Jim Henson graduated from Maryland in 1960. A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother’s coats.

Appreciate the people around you, Kermit the Frog urged University of Maryland graduates Thursday, because they are what makes life worth living. “Seriously, go ahead, look around,” he told ...

When graduates imagine possible speakers for their commencement, a Muppet probably doesn't come to mind. Yet, there is probably no one better to speak about a big leap than Kermit the Frog.

University of Maryland welcomes Muppet Kermit the Frog as the 2025 commencement speaker, ... Jane Nebel, who co-developed their daily puppet show, "Sam and Friends," in Washington, D.C.

Mr. Henson, Kermit said on Thursday, “had a hand in literally everything I did.” News that the famously cheery frog puppet would be delivering the “Ker-mencement,” as some students called ...

A home economics major, he fashioned the original frog puppet from one of his mother’s coats and a ping-pong ball cut in half, according to a statement from the university. Henson died in 1990.