‘Hot Ones’ host and Illinois alumnus Sean Evans named 2026 Commencement speaker

From University Of Illinois Urbana-champaign

Daytime Emmy® Award-nominated talk show host and Illinois alumnus Sean Evans will serve as the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Commencement speaker on Saturday, May 16, in Gies Memorial Stadium. Evans graduated from Illinois with a degree in broadcast journalism in 2008.