University of the Sciences will bestow two honorary doctor of science degrees when it holds graduation at The Mann Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, at 1 p.m.
The 139th commencement of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign will be held in two ceremonies May 16 (Sunday) at the Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., Champaign.
Bert Jacobs, co-founder of Life is good, an apparel and accessories company known for its smiling stick figure Jake and its optimistic messages, will be the keynote speaker at UNH's 140th commencement on Saturday, May 22, 2010.
Stephen Zack, the first Hispanic-American to serve as president-elect of the American Bar Association, will be the speaker at the commencement ceremony for Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad Law Center in Ft. Lauderdale on May 16.
Sen. Mike Prusi, who represents Michigan's 38th district, will address Northern Michigan University graduates and receive an honorary degree.
Wayne Meisel, president of The Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation, will address the audience at Centre College's 187th commencement ceremony.
An entrepreneur and a Turkish educational partner will each receive an honorary doctorate at Binghamton University’s Commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 15-16 in the Events Center on the campus. Honorary doctorates will be awarded to Steven H. Bloom and to Ahmet Acar, rector (president) of Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Turkey. Bloom will receive the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and speak at the Harpur College of Arts and Sciences morning ceremony to be held at 8:30 a.m. Sunday, April 16. Acar will receive the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters and speak at the Harpur afternoon ceremony to be held at 3:30 p.m.
Doug Kass, a popular columnist and commentator on money matters, will return to his alma mater Alfred University to deliver this year’s commencement address at his alma mater. The University will confer an honorary Doctor of Laws degree on Kass during the ceremony, scheduled for 10 a.m. Saturday, May 15, at McLane Center.
The GW Community Completed More Than 100,000 Hours of Service to Secure the First Lady as its Commencement Speaker, Sunday, May 16 on the National Mall.
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, longtime president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), and a tireless advocate for promoting education within underrepresented groups, will deliver the keynote address during the 52nd Commencement ceremony for Harvey Mudd College (HMC), Sunday, May 16.
Ahmed Zewail, the first Arab to win a Nobel Prize in a scientific field, will give the 2010 commencement address at Southwestern University. The ceremony will be held Saturday, May 8, at 2 p.m. in the Corbin J. Robertson Center.
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani will be the keynote speaker at The University of Southern Mississippi’s Centennial Celebration Commencement ceremony Saturday, May 15, in M.M. Roberts Stadium.
Highly successful actor, community activist and philanthropist Danny Glover has been named commencement speaker for Utah State University’s 123rd graduation ceremony. He will join a group of four other prominent individuals who will receive honorary doctorates during the undergraduate ceremony May 8 at the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in Logan.
Influential leaders in environmental affairs, financial media, corporate information technology, and the psychology of women and gender are this year’s commencement speakers at Pace University.
Indianapolis native Shanel Poole spent a year in reform school, spent nights sleeping in her car and struggled to obtain a GED before Indiana State University helped her turn her life around.
U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi and Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal will be among speakers during University of Wyoming commencement ceremonies Friday and Saturday, May 7-8.
Prudence Bushnell, CEO of Sage Associates, whose role in raising awareness to the genocide in Rwanda in 1994 was portrayed by Debra Winger in the movie, “Sometimes in April,’’ will be the guest speaker when Misericordia University hosts its 84th annual Commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 23.
John Harwood, Chief Washington Correspondent for CNBC and political writer for The New York Times, will address graduates at Washington College's 227th Commencement ceremonies Sunday morning, May 16.
Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education, will deliver the address at University of Richmond's main commencement on May 9.
Elizabeth City State University will hold its 150th Commencement at 9 a.m. on May 8 at Roebuck Stadium. ECSU welcomes U.S. Rep. Chaka Fattah, (D-PA) speaker.
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