George Kubai and Siddhi Nadkarni, Browns undergraduate student orators, encouraged classmates to work toward a better and more equitable future for themselves and those around them. Congratulations, Class of 2022 and Class of 2020! The day's forums begin at 9 and 11 a.m. and at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Full details and . All guests and family members are invited to watch the ceremony from the College Green, where the event will be simulcast, as space is limited inside the church. She will do her residency in internal medicine at the
University of California-San Francisco. University President Christina H. Paxson addresses masters and doctoral students directly during the Graduate School Commencement ceremony an opportunity usually not afforded given simultaneous ceremonies. Michael Bloomberg, center, gave the commencement speech at Harvard University on May 29, 2014. In the annual procession, graduates pass through the Van Wickle Gates to mark the end of their academic journey at Brown, and then to their respective ceremonies; Brown alumni from across many generations join in the fun, welcoming new graduates. Space is limited and the University may limit the total number of credentials awarded. A concentrator in African-American Studies and American Civilization,
Massey, 22, studied at Fort Hare in South Africa during his junior year. A triumphant graduate celebrates after the afternoon ceremony. 129th Commencement, for the Class of 2020 held in-person in 2022. . This year, classes ending in 2 or 7, plus recent graduates, are returning. Fred and Gayle had specific ideas about the architecture and tone . Before moving to Berkeley in 1996, Miles was Bussey
Professor of Historical Theology at Harvard Divinity School, the first woman to
hold a full professorship on that faculty. Since its founding in 1764, Brown has selected members of the graduating class to speak during its Commencement ceremonies. Astrophysicist Brian G. Keating, a 2000 Ph.D. graduate of Brown, will receive the Horace Mann Medal and will speak at a 12:30 p.m. Commencement Forum on Saturday. The multifaith service incorporates many spiritual and cultural traditions, embraces lively expressions of thanksgiving, harmony and rhythm, and includes music, dance, student performances and spiritual readings. graduates at the Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. After delivering an honorary degree oration, reggae icon Shaggy puts his talent on full display, grabbing a mic and offering a medley of his hits, from Boombastic, to Angel to It Wasnt Me.. Mankin is the Edith M. Ashley Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the
Harvard Medical School, a visiting orthopaedic surgeon at Massachusetts General
Hospital and lecturer in orthopaedic surgery at Tufts University School of
Medicine. Arkansas' top-ranked regional university (U.S. News Best Colleges 2019), JBU enrolls more than 2,100 students from 38 . Michael Bloomberg . Kathleen Leavey McCarthy, Doctor of Humane Letters. The University will celebrate its Class of 2022 graduates, members of the Class of 2020 who missed their in-person Commencement experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and alumni from across the generations. Class of 2021 graduate George Kubai, a biomedical engineering concentrator, delivers one of the senior orations during the College ceremony on Sunday, May 2, part of Browns 253rd Commencement. Leah Brown, an orthopedic surgeon, University of Georgia alumna and All-American for the GymDogs, will deliver the spring undergraduate Commencement address at the University of Georgia on Friday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Sanford Stadium. Named June 27, 1997, as president-elect of Brown, Gee is a well-known
national advocate for higher education. About the ceremony: The All-University Commencement will comprise of speeches from Boston University President Robert A. Fauci, Shirver, and Maria M. Klawe, the president of Harvey Mudd College, will also all be awarded . Savannah Seller's 2019 Commencement Speech was abbreviated due to inclement weather, below are her remarks as prepared. The Van Wickle Gates. The ceremonies included recipients of approximately 4,843 undergraduate, 1,295 master's and 297 doctoral degrees. The University of South Florida awarded more than 6,400 degrees during spring commencement. If you are planning to join us in 2023, please consider making . Open details for Brown Brain Bee brings brain science to local high schoolers, Open details for Brown student reunites with former competitors in Jeopardy! tournament, Open details for In tribute to pair of late Black women thinkers, scholars and leaders urge the pursuit of justice, Open details for One-of-a-kind Brown Commencement and Reunion Weekend set for May 27 to 29, Kaitlan Bui, Alexandra Ali Martnez and Michelle Liu, Brown Brain Bee brings brain science to local high schoolers, Brown student reunites with former competitors in Jeopardy! tournament, In tribute to pair of late Black women thinkers, scholars and leaders urge the pursuit of justice, One-of-a-kind Brown Commencement and Reunion Weekend set for May 27 to 29, Two years later than planned, Brown alumni, Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott Physician and public health leader, Dr. Seth Berkley Physician and public health leader, Guido Imbens Nobel Laureate and economist, Stanley Nelson Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Alice and Thomas Tisch Brown leaders and benefactors, Zeynep Tfeki Technology scholar and educator. He is also a special correspondent . 1905: franklin murphy, president of the board of visitors. The ceremony will be live-streamed on the web, and simulcast for family and friends to view via screens on the College Green. Class of 2020 Ph.D. graduate Miroslava Nikolaeva Nikolova delivered her speech, Reflections on a Pandemic and the Strength of the Saguaro, at the Class of 2020 Graduate School Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Laurene Powell Jobs will be the 2021 commencement speaker at the University of Pennsylvania. Jiuyang Bai, who will earn his Ph.D. in cognitive science, will deliver the student address. Julian Medina 17 and M.D. 1984 Jack E. Brown (Speech Convocation) John A.D. Cooper (Medical Convocation) Robert C. McFarlane (Arts and Sciences Convocation) . "She has devoted herself to what we
do best at Brown, which is teaching," said Janet Cooper Nelson, Brown
University chaplain. Doctor of Divinity. Quincy Jones, Doctor of Music. It's a time of celebration for many in our community, including graduates, families, friends and alumni. U.S. Speaker of the House and honorary degree recipient Nancy Pelosi urged the Class of 2022 to bring a spirit of unity to whatever they choose to . University-issued media credentials are required for access to the weekends events, including the procession route, the Van Wickle Gates and the University Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, when most honorary degrees will be awarded and Speaker Pelosi will deliver a Commencement oration. Massey's trip will be funded by Brown's prestigious Arnold
Fellowship, which is awarded to students interested in independent learning
experiences. Swift will join an impressive list of past NYU Commencement speakers including President Bill Clinton (2011), Sonia Sotomayor (2012), David Boies (2013), Janet Yellen (2014), Sherrilyn Ifill (2015 . In a sunny, spirited celebration, three Brown graduating seniors addressed Class of 2022 members, encouraging their fellow graduates to honor their roots while forging new paths ahead. A Commencement and Reunion Weekend tradition for more than four decades, the forums include lectures, discussions and performances by faculty, alumni and guests who are nationally recognized authorities in their fields with plenty of opportunity for audience questions and comments. One of Brown's best-loved Reunion and Commencement traditions, Campus Dance brings people to Brown to dance the night away under a sky lit with over 600 paper lanterns on the College Green. Brown percussionists lead the recessional to the Van Wickle Gates following the College ceremony. Eckstein will deliver an address titled "Lessons from Brown: I am Because We
Are," in which she will explore the responsibility humans have for each other. Reggae artist and 2022 honorary degree recipient Orville Shaggy Burrell spoke to members of the Class of 2020 at their Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. John Padberg, S.J. 1968 - James Reston. Highlights of the ceremony also include presentation of the Horace Mann Medal, established in 2003 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Graduate School and awarded annually to a Brown graduate who has made significant contributions in their field, and the Joukowsky Family Foundation Outstanding Dissertation Awards. Brown's commencement speaker is actor John Krasinski. He earned a
bachelor's degree in history from the University of Utah in 1968 and a law
degree and doctorate in education from Columbia University in 1971 and 1972,
respectively. Faculty applaud the masters and doctoral graduates as the exit following the ceremony. . Brown University President Christina H. Paxson addressed graduates from the College, the Graduate School and the Warren Alpert Medical School at the University Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will deliver a Commencement oration, and honorary and symbolic degrees will be awarded. In addresses at Browns Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 29, student speakers entreated their peers to make a positive impact using lessons they had learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are planning to join us in 2023, please consider making arrangements early to ensure the best possible experience. Find videos, photos and messages of congratulations to Browns Commencement social feed using the hashtags #Brown2020, #Brown2022 and #BrownU. While at Brown, Massey helped found the Student Labor Alliance
(SLA) and announced hockey and basketball games for WBSR-FM, the student radio
station. The ceremony will be live-streamed on the web. from Brown, will deliver the Baccalaureate address to the undergraduate Class of 2022 on Saturday. Look no further for complete news, photo, video and social media coverage of previous Commencement and Reunion Weekend festivities. Commencement is an important milestone for all Brown students the culmination of their educational journey as undergraduates, graduate or medical students. Tunkel, whose speech was titled Lessons Learned from My Life as a Physician, was introduced by 2022 M.D. Multiple weekend events are open to the public and many of the most prominent events will be streamed live on the web an abbreviated summary of the weekend follows, and additional information and updates are available on Browns Commencement and Reunion websites. Senior Michelle Liu delivered her speech, Take a Moment, at the University Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. 2011 Stephen Colbert (speaker at general commencement ceremony) Gloria Ladson-Billings (School of Education and Social Policy Convocation) Medical school graduate Soumitri Barua processes jubilantly through the Van Wickle Gates following the Saturday morning ceremony. Jordan is a human resources director at Ryan Companies and a former NFL athlete with the Minnesota Vikings. Masters Ceremony 10:30 a.m. | Meehan Auditorium The
lecture is free and open to the public. The student speaker is Sierra Debrow, candidate for a master's in social work. Class of 2021 graduate George Kubai, a biomedical engineering concentrator, delivers a speech titled Dare To Dream., Class of 2021 graduate Siddhi Nadkarni, a health and human biology concentrator, addresses her class in a speech titled From Problems to Progress.. Friday, May 9, 1997 - Jack Kemp, Speaker. Katherine Bogdanovich Loker, Doctor of Humane Letters. One student speaker is given 3-5 minutes at the podium at the undergraduate Commencement ceremony each year. By Olga Benacerraf and Jess Marrero Suarez. Honorary degree recipients participating in Saturdays slate of. One of Browns best-loved traditions, the event is expected to bring more than 15,000 people to dance the night away under a sky lit with paper lanterns. The rain site for the simulcast is the
Salomon Center for Teaching. In case of rain the ceremony is scheduled for the Pizzitola
Sports Center. 1965 - Adlai Stevenson. Sunday, May 25, 2014. Class of 2020 Procession 9:45 a.m. | The Van Wickle Gates Cheering crowds greeted alumni who earned their doctoral and masters degrees in 2020 as they passed through the Van Wickle Gates as part of a truly one-of-a-kind Commencement and Reunion Weekend. In 2006, when the graduating senior class had grown too large to be safely accommodated, the students voted to preserve the tradition by holding a portion of the Commencement ceremony on the church grounds. Paxson will preside, and seniors orators Kaitlan Bui, Alexandra Ali Martnez and Michelle Liu will address their fellow graduates. Brown University President Christina H. Paxson speaks to graduating seniors in the Class of 2021 during the College ceremony on Sunday, May 2, part of Browns 253rd Commencement. Undergraduates will process to the First Baptist Church in America for their ceremony. The 2017 Commencement speaker selection will be announced to the campus community and the public during the 2016-17 academic year . Along with Commencement, Brown held Reunion events over the weekend, inviting nearly 30,000 alumni to come together for a weekend . Massey, who is white, remembers being
ridiculed by other whites during the protest march, and chanting back "Howard
Beach have you heard, this is not Johannesburg.". Dr. Mukesh K. Jain will preside over his first graduation ceremony as Browns dean of medicine and biological sciences and will administer the Physicians Oath, a version of the Hippocratic Oath prepared by the M.D. Please contact the Commencement Office at commencement@jhu.edu or 410-516-7711 by April 21, 2023, to request ASL Interpreters, Assisted Listening Devices, and Braille program booklets. Both Dyke and Johnson will receive honorary degrees during the commencement . At Browns medical school Commencement ceremony, the 119 graduates in the Warren Alpert Medical Schools Class of 2021 marked four years of intense academic and clinical training in joyous, jubilant solidarity. May 26-28, 2023. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will deliver a commencement oration and receive an honorary doctorate degree during Brown University's commencement ceremonies later this month. Graduates process through the gates and onto their respective Commencement ceremonies, and alumni join in the fun. Her
address takes its title from one of her books, Across Boundaries: A Journey
of a South African Woman, and will be simulcast on The College Green. Carolyn Greene, selected as this year's medical class speaker, will present
remarks titled "Hope, Humor and Humility: Shedding the Short, White Coat
Without Losing the Ideals." In the days leading up to their Commencement ceremonies, members of the Class of 2021 attended campus events preparing them for graduation day and celebrating their academic accomplishments at Brown. Campus Dance. He
plans to return there after graduation to study the University's role in the
liberation movement. Class of 2022, introduced Barrios-Anderson. Since 1776, all but three Brown University Commencements have been held at the Meeting House. Shaggy, a reggae icon and former U.S. Marine, will deliver an honorary degree oration during the Undergraduate Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE. The Commencement Speaker Nominations Committee will review the nominations and provide a list of recommended nominees to the President, who consults with the Board of Trustees before selecting the final speaker. Warren Alpert Medical School graduate Sydney Tan introduces Class of 2021 Commencement speaker Jason Tsichlis. Surgeon General shares lessons both professional and personal, Brown to celebrate Commencement and Reunion Weekend with mix of in-person, virtual events, Brown to confer six honorary degrees at Commencement 2021, Senior orators will encourage graduates to dream big and build community, Graduate School speakers to emphasize community, connection at Commencement. Acclaimed TV, theater director to return to Lawrence as Commencement speaker. david b. henderson, speaker of the house of representatives. 1970 - John Lindsay. Support along the way is crucial Manly will receive a Ph.D. in cognitive
and linguistic sciences and will go on to study brain-damaged patients on a
post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. News and Events Reunion events, Commencement forums capture, virtually, the spirit of community celebration, intellectual discovery. Jean-Pierre Changeux, Doctor of Science. Her talk is titled "Short Beds and
Narrow Sheets" - a metaphor for inadequate religious orientation - will be
about religion in pluralistic America. In addition, Brown will honor the late telecommunications pioneer George H. Billings (1950-2021), a Class of 1972 graduate. In two College ceremonies on Sunday, Brown President Christina H. Paxson and other speakers lauded graduates who, by successfully finishing their degrees during a pandemic, have proven they can handle whatever comes next. Because the Meeting House can accommodate only the graduating class, the service will be live-streamed on the web and simulcast for family and friends, who can watch it on the College Green. Duke University will welcome General Motors CEO Mary Barra as commencement speaker and honor four honorary degree recipients at its commencement exercises on Sunday, May 8, in Wallace Wade Stadium, President Vincent Price announced Tuesday. "I am delighted to announce that Ruth Simmons will deliver our principal address," said Harvard . Mankin's speech is titled
"Will We Lose Academics in the Managed Care World?". For requests that are granted, credentials will be made available for pickup on the Brown campus in advance of the weekend. Surgeon General shares lessons both professional and personal, Open details for Brown to celebrate Commencement and Reunion Weekend with mix of in-person, virtual events, Open details for Brown to confer six honorary degrees at Commencement 2021, Open details for Senior orators will encourage graduates to dream big and build community, Open details for Graduate School speakers to emphasize community, connection at Commencement, In spirited celebration, Brown community commemorates Class of 2021s resilience, ability to improvise, Student speakers take center stage at Browns Commencement, Reunion events, Commencement forums capture, virtually, the spirit of community celebration, intellectual discovery, Brown faculty confers highest honor on public health, dance scholars and educators, 2021 Baccalaureate Speaker: Steven R. Jordan, 2021 Medical School Student Address: Scholars of the Human Condition, 2021 Medical School Faculty Address: Notes from the Floors, 2021 Masters Orator Sonya Brooks: Our Connection in Chaos, 2021 Ph.D. Orator Bardiya Akhbari: Bani Adam: One Essence and Soul, 2021 Senior Orator George Kubai: Dare to Dream, 2021 Senior Orator Siddhi Nadkarni: From Problems to Progress, President Paxson remarks to 2021 College graduates, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Norman Atkins, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Steven R. Jordan, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient David Lobell, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Maud Mandel, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Jessica Meir, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient O. Rogeriee Thompson, Brown awards six honorary doctorates during Commencement, New Brown M.D.s convene to honor achievements, celebrate and reflect after exceptionally intense year, In socially distanced Graduate School ceremony, speakers call on peers to show up and do good work, Driven to purpose by passion, Class of 2021 celebrates the Baccalaureate, virtually, Brown to confer 2,505 degrees at its 253rd Commencement, PHOTOS: For soon-to-be graduates, pre-Commencement events cap their Brown student experiences, In address to Brown public health grads, U.S. Brown, the Commencement speaker, and the student speaker, plus presentations to the Honorary Degree Recipients and the conferring of degrees. Class of 2022 masters graduate Amelia Spalter delivered her speech, Google It, at the Masters Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. All other recipients will receive their degrees during the Class of 2022 University Ceremony on Sunday. Speakers: Oprah, Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X, gymnast Simone Biles. Founder and artistic director of Camille A. Class of 2020 graduate Dhruv Singh delivered his speech, Finding Our People, at the Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Students present at Commencement call and text loved ones, who watch from afar because of the pandemic. As Brown celebrates Commencement 2022, Jiuyang Bai and Amelia Spalter will address their peers in separate Ph.D. and masters ceremonies on College Hill on Sunday, May 29. Class of 2022 Ph.D. graduate Jiuyang Bai delivered his speech, Don't Be Afraid of Being Vulnerable, at the Doctoral Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Brown alumna Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson, Class of 1973, accepts her honorary Doctor of Laws as part of the 2021 College Commencement ceremony on May 2. During Commencement, Billings brother, John Billings, will accept a diploma in recognition of the honorary degree. She expects
to return to school for a master's in teaching and to pursue a career teaching
bilingual children. Class of 2021 graduate Siddhi Nadkarni, who concentrated in health and human biology with a focus on global health, delivers one of the senior orations during the College ceremony on Sunday, May 2, part of Browns 253rd Commencement. November 2022, March 2023, and May 2023 degree recipients will participate in this one festive occasion marking the transition from student to alumni in Harvard University's Commencement on Thursday, May 25, 2023.. An all-day affair, Commencement provides multiple opportunities for celebration, including a Dean's . CHICAGO Speakers for DePaul University's 119th commencement ceremonies are leaders in their respective fields including education, broadcast journalism, architecture, business and the arts. from Brown, who will receive an honorary degree on Sunday. Former Brown professor and dean of the College Maud S. Mandel accepts her honorary Doctor of Humane Letters as part of the 2021 College Commencement ceremony. The interested student must write an essay about why they wish to speak . Brown University alumnus Steven R. Jordan, Class of 1982, accepts his honorary Doctor of Humane Letters as part of the 2021 College Commencement ceremony on May 2. Commencement 2022 Procession 9:30 a.m. | The Van Wickle Gates A pioneer in global public health, Berkley is both a champion of equitable access to vaccines, and a driving force for improving the way the world prevents and responds to infectious disease. Other speakers include: Thursday, May 20. . A fully virtual Reunion Weekend, featuring longstanding traditions and unexpected twists, and a series of remote Commencement forums complemented in-person events taking place on College Hill from April 30 to May 2. Doctor of Science. Because
the Meeting House accommodates only members of the graduating class, the
orations will be simulcast to The College Green, where parents, friends and
guests of the University will gather. Anthony Fauci and Kizzmekia Corbett (delivered virtually) President Christina H. Paxson presides over the first of two College ceremonies honoring the graduating Class of 2021. Lobell is an agricultural ecologist and environmental scientist and a professor at Stanford University. The evening joins together graduating seniors and their families, alumni of all ages and Brown faculty and staff. Shaggy, a reggae icon and former U.S. Marine, will receive an honorary degree and deliver an honorary degree oration. Ramphele is the first black person and the first female to hold the
university's highest office. Graduating 2022 seniors gathered for the Baccalaureate Service and other graduation ceremonies and activities. The University will bestow honorary degrees on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Seth Berkley of the Vaccine Alliance, recording artist Shaggy and six other accomplished leaders. Main: 609-896-5000 Admissions: 800-257-9026 Simmons was selected by the Committee on Honorary Degrees, which includes University trustees . The ceremony for the Class of 2020 will be on May 13 at 6 p.m. Ceremonies for 2021 graduates will be on May 14 at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. and May 15 at 9:30 a.m., depending on the college or school . Telling stories about her . University News. Warren Alpert Medical School Dean Jack A. Elias presides over the 2021 Commencement ceremony. Date: May 15th. Student speakers. 1971 - Ren Dubos. The student address will be delivered by Amelia Spalter, who will receive her masters degree in religious studies. April 7, 2021, 2 p.m. Prairie View A&M University President Ruth J. Simmons, who previously served as president of both Brown University and Smith College, will deliver the keynote address at Princeton University's 2021 Baccalaureate ceremony. A Lawrence University alumna who paved an impressive 40-year career in theater, film, and television will return to campus on June 9 as the 2019 Commencement speaker. He will challenge classmates
to look at how the United States defines its history and how its citizens think
about social change in comparison to South Africa. Commencement is an important milestone for all Brown students the culmination of their educational journey as undergraduates, graduate or medical students. Meet Our Commencement 2021 Speakers. The University's ceremonial Van Wickle Gates open for only two reasons: when new students enter campus in the fall and when new graduates depart for the larger world beyond campus. The May 1 ceremony took place live and in-person, with social distancing and masks, under a tent on Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle. He became one of the country's youngest college presidents when
he assumed leadership of West Virginia University in 1981 at the age of
37. Commencement procession 9:45 a.m. Graduate students celebrate their 2021 Commencement safely by processing through Browns Van Wickle Gates with masks on. The procession begins at 9:45 a.m. at the Van Wickle Gates. Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the WTO, is the Institute's 117th Commencement speaker, a tradition that dates back to 1880, the earliest year that MIT . Former President, Unigroup; Co-Chair, the Ferguson Commission. Faculty applaud graduates as they carry out the Commencement tradition of leaving through the Van Wickles Gates following the afternoon ceremony. John Brown University is a leading private Christian university, training students to honor God and serve others since 1919. The days forums begin at 9 and 11 a.m. and at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Full details and schedules are included on Browns Commencement website. "Neither brains nor hard work can guarantee that you do," said
Manly. Members of the masters degree program processed through the Van Wickle Gates. Here are highlights of the honorary degree recipients and commencement speakers scheduled to address CUNY's Class of 2022: Dr. Sandra Lindsay, director of Patient Care Services at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the first person in the U.S. to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, will address Lehman College and receive the Alumni Achievement . Cari Hampton celebrates after the Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement ceremony. Along with Commencement, Brown held Reunion events over the weekend, inviting nearly 30,000 alumni to come together for a weekend of virtual activities from April 30 to May 2. Mary M. McKay, the Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School, for the Brown School ceremony at 6:30 p.m. A&T Taps Emmy Award-Winning Actor Brown as Spring Commencement Speaker. February 21, 2023. . Commencement at John Brown University is held every year in May and December and streamed online. Commencement Speaker: Diana Natalicio, Ph.D. President, University of Texas at El Paso. The commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients will be Shelly C. Lowe, the first Native American chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities, and Geeta Pradhan, president of the . Maud Mandel, a former Brown professor and dean of the College and current president of Williams College, is presented with her honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the 2021 College Commencement ceremony. In
post-apartheid South Africa, the school which for decades only served white
students, is now 45 percent black. EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 6, 2021) - Two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Sterling K. Brown will be the keynote speaker for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's commencement ceremonies Sunday, May 9. Dr. Henry J. Mankin, chairman emeritus of the Department of Orthopaedics at
Harvard Medical School, will speak in the Brown University School of Medicine's
Commencement Convocation which begins at 8:45 a.m. Monday, May 25, in the First
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