UVU continues without keynote speaker after Sharon McMahon removed

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Author Sharon McMahon was disinvited from Utah Valley University’s spring commencement ceremony over “safety concerns,” following backlash to her comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

McMahon, known as “America’s Government Teacher,” was slated to deliver the keynote speech at the university Wednesday, April 29, but the event continued without a speaker at all. The university made the initial announcement on March 26.

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