I'm Geeking Out! Neil deGrasse Tyson Will Be Speaking in Central Maine

Maybe I’m a little desensitized to celebrities because my job has given me the opportunity to meet so many of them. Or maybe it’s just because this guy tickles my inner geek (that sounded really weird). Either way, I’m literally giddy over what I just read in the news this morning.

As I was sipping my morning coffee and scrolling through the local news, I’m came across a story on WGME 13 about astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson. At first, I was a little confused was Tyson would be making the local Maine news page on WGME… but then I kept reading.

As it turns out, Neil deGrasse Tyson, world renowned astrophysicist, scientist, tv and podcast host, is going to be speaking in Maine at a college commencement. WGME is reporting that even though the commencement isn’t until spring of 2025, Neil deGrasse Tyson has already been booked to speak at Maine’s Unity Environmental University.

Unity Environmental University President and CEO, Dr. Melik Peter Khoury, told WGME in part about Tyson,

“That is what we try to do at Unity. Make sure that our graduates are out there, you know, changing minds. So for us, it just became an obvious choice. He is, he embodies, what we try to do in our graduates.”

Though Unity Environmental College has had their fair share of famous speakers in the past, Tyson will arguably be the most notable that the school has ever booked. WGME said that the college is expecting more than 1,000 graduates to attend the commencement which is to be held at Portland’s Merrill Auditorium next May.

Now to figure out how I can weasel my way in to attending this…