Hillary Clinton is scheduled to speak at this year’s Wellesley College commencement, returning after a hard-fought presidential campaign to the alma mater that she has long cited as a crucial influence on her life and political outlook.

Clinton has twice before given the address that welcomed Wellesley women into the post-college world — at her own graduation in 1969 and again in 1992, the year her husband Bill Clinton was elected. Since then, she has been a US senator, secretary of state, and the first woman nominee for a major party.

Amal Cheema, co-president of the senior class, said the announcement Tuesday of Clinton’s appearance created excitement across campus — “My Facebook newsfeed blew up,” she said.