Obama to deliver commencement address at Ohio State University

Obama will be 3rd sitting president to deliver commencement address at school

By By Gregory Wallace CNN
POSTED: 11:15 AM PST February 20, 2013    UPDATED: 4:38 AM PST February 21, 2013 
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President Barack Obama will deliver the commencement address at The Ohio State University on May 5, the school announced Wednesday, becoming the third sitting president to deliver a commencement address at the school.

Obama has visited the Columbus, Ohio school at least five times, including on May 5, 2012, for the first campaign rally of his re-election campaign. His most recent visit to the university was in October for a campaign rally in the important battleground state.

Presidents George W. Bush and Gerald Ford also delivered commencement addresses there; George H. W. Bush and Walter Mondale delivered commencement addresses when they were vice presidents.

The university has approximately 43,000 undergraduate students and a total enrollment of 63,000.

Obama will also speak at the spring commencement at Morehouse College in Atlanta, the college announced over the weekend.

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