Stephen Colbert has kept relative radio silence since his departure from The Colbert Report last year. 

However, not appearing in public probably wasn’t going to last all the way until the premiere of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert in September.

So, here’s Colbert, on the week that David Letterman is exiting The Late Show, sans The Colbert Report “Stephen Colbert” character, giving one great send-off to the Wake Forest Class of 2015.