OU Prepares For Katie Couric's Graduation Speech

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- University of Oklahoma graduates will have a well-known speaker at their commencement ceremony on Friday.<br/><br/>Katie Couric -- who soon is leaving the "Today" show on NBC to become

Monday, May 8th 2006, 6:15 am

By: News On 6

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) -- University of Oklahoma graduates will have a well-known speaker at their commencement ceremony on Friday.

Katie Couric -- who soon is leaving the "Today" show on NBC to become the anchor of the CBS Evening News -- will address OU graduates. OU President David Boren said students have been asking for three years for Couric to speak at graduation.

The graduation ceremony will be held at OU's Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium.

Oklahoma State University held its graduation ceremony Saturday. President Bush was the speaker at OSU.