The actor will receive over $100,000 for speaking at UH commencement. | Courtesy of UH Media Relations
The University announced today that Matthew McConaughey will be paid $135,000 for speaking at UH’s spring commencement ceremony, according to the Houston Chronicle.
The actor will reportedly donate his earnings to his charity, j.k. livin foundation, which provides at-risk high school students with the tools and resources to prepare them for graduation and adult life.
The announcement comes on the heels of the University citing a confidentiality clause after the amount promised to the actor was requested by the Houston Chronicle. The University will also pay McConaughey’s booking agency, Celebrity Talent International, $20,250 for booking him.
The actor will speak at 7 p.m. May 15 in TDECU Stadium. Students will not walk at the University commencement, but will cross the stage at separate ceremonies for each college.
Just a little more pressure building up in the education bubble.
I know that it’s a small drop in the bucket, but are we to believe that $135,000 had nowhere better to go … maybe to help a few needy students with their tuition bill …?
Did you not read where the money is being donated to charity? Come on, keep up buddy…
Of course I read that. I’ve also read where students are amassing more and more college debt than ever before.
What’s going to help needy kids more? A one-time $135k donation to a charity, or less college loan debt, resulting in more money in grad’s pockets, which would result in more charitable donations over a longer period of time? I understand that there are some “what ifs” in that statement … but Christ, when are colleges going to start looking out for the reason they exist: the students?
Keep up buddy….