Williams College President Morton Owen Schapiro will confer Bachelor of Arts degrees on 517 seniors at the college's 217th Commencement on Sunday, June 4. Fourteen students in the History of Art Program and 27 fellows from the Center for Development Economics will receive master's degrees.
Graduation announcement for Ohio University College of Osteopathic Medicine's Class of 2006, which is to be held Saturday, June 3, 2006, at 10 a.m.
Jordan J. Cohen, MD, president and CEO of the Association of American Medical Colleges, will address University of Colorado School of Medicine graduates during the school's May 26 hooding and oath ceremony.
"Too many Americans have nightmares instead of dreams," NAACP President and Chief Executive Officer Bruce Gordon told 594 graduates Sunday at his alma mater, Gettysburg College.
Author Anna Quindlen told Hamilton College graduates to put fear aside and fight the tyranny of homogeny. "The ultimate act of bravery does not take place on a battlefield," Quindlen said. "It takes place in your heart, when you have the courage to honor your character, your intellect, your inclinations and yes, your soul by listening to its clean clear voice of direction instead of following the muddied messages of a timid world."
Despite the steady downpour and 45-degree temperature, Eliot Spitzer, attorney general of New York, implored Colgate University graduates to stay in the Empire State "for the sake of our collective future" during the school's 185th commencement Sunday. He made the request to nearly 700 graduates from 44 states and 17 countries.
"Lord of the Rings" star Viggo Mortensen told the graduates of St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York, that "activism is not a dirty word" and urged them to be active citizens, particularly to make changes in the country's health-care system.
Central Connecticut State University's Undergraduate Commencement Exercises will be held on Saturday, May 20, 2006, beginning at 10:30 a.m. in the Hartford Civic Center. Some 1,885 students are eligible to participate in this year's undergraduate commencement exercises. This year's Undergraduate Commencement speaker is Bob Englehart, editorial cartoonist for The Hartford Courant.
New York College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYCOM) at New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) will honor its Class of 2006 when the medical school hosts its 26th annual hooding ceremony on Monday, May 22, 2006, at 10 a.m. The ceremony will take place at the Tilles Center in Old Brookville, N.Y. Matthew Schure, Ph.D., president and CEO of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine and former NYIT president and CEO, will deliver the keynote address. Gulf War hero Richard Jadick, D.O., has been invited to be the special guest alumni speaker.
The 62nd Annual Iona College Commencement exercises for undergraduate and graduate students will take place Sunday, May 21 at 6 p.m. in The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Mary Alice Williams, award winning writer, anchor and network executive for over 35 years, will receive an honorary doctorate.
Martin Luther King III will give the address at Cornell University's Senior Convocation on May 27, and President Hunter Rawlings will preside over Commencement ceremonies May 28.
In addition to taking on the task of a rigorous academic schedule, a select group of students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have also undertaken the rigorous preparation to serve their country. They are among the 36 Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) men and women who will receive their diplomas during Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's 200th Commencement on May 20, at 9:30 a.m. on the Harkness Field.
Eliot Spitzer, attorney general of New York, will speak at Colgate University's Commencement May 21. During the event, Spitzer, Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz, Drew University professor; Alfred J. and Aminy I. Audi, owners of L. & J. G. Stickley, Inc.; and Walter Massey, president of Morehouse College, will receive honorary degrees.
As the Institute prepares to celebrate its 200th Commencement on Saturday, May 20, the School of Architecture is marking its 75th anniversary.
Retiring U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes, Maryland's longest serving U.S. senator, will speak to University of Maryland graduates at spring commencement on May 21.
Swarthmore College President Alfred H. Bloom will award honorary degrees to philosopher and Africana studies scholar Kwame Anthony Appiah, renowned scientist and inventor Neil Gershenfeld '81, and distinguished jurist Mary Murphy Schroeder '62 at the College's 134th commencement on Sunday, May 28.
Bethesda, Md. "“ The Graduate School of Nursing (GSN) at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) will for the first time, bestow the Doctorate of Philosophy in Nursing Science degree to four students, during the university's 27th commencement exercise at the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Constitution Hall, in Washington, D.C., at 11 a.m., on Saturday, May 20.
Leading bioethicist Daniel Callahan will address graduates at SUNY Upstate's commencement May 21. Callahan has offered ethical analysis on all subjects from flu vaccination distribution to physician-assistant suicide and medical research.
With the presence of presidents and the scrutiny of national media, Tulane University's 2006 Commencement entered into history as an event that rode a range of musical and emotional notes and paid homage to both the students and the city of New Orleans for overcoming the tragedy of Hurricane Katrina.
U.S. Surgeon General Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, and Jordan J. Cohen, MD, retiring President of the Association of American Medical Colleges, will be the speakers at commencement ceremonies of SUNY Downstate Medical Center on May 25, 2006 at Carnegie Hall in Manhattan.
EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson will be the featured speaker at Taylor University's 2006 Commencement. School officials will also award three posthumous degrees to students killed in an April 26th traffic accident.
Binghamton University announced that Dr. Erwin Goldberg, a prominent reproductive biologist; Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse and renowned percussionist Evelyn Glennie will receive honorary degrees from the University during Commencement ceremonies scheduled for May 20 and 21.
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"Hardball" host tells USC grads to "get yourself in the game;" wife advises: In helping others, "... the world opens wide."
Reed Hastings, founder and CEO of online movie rental service Netflix, will speak at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business MBA Commencement at 9 a.m. May 21.
Martha D. Lamkin, president and chief executive officer of Lumina Foundation for Education, was the Commencement speaker for the USI Commencement on May 6, 2006, when 1,675 degree candidates of the Class of 2006 earned degrees.
Dedication to serving others is the key to happiness and 2006 Vanderbilt University graduates should consider beginning by volunteering on the Gulf Coast before starting their careers, First Lady Laura Bush told seniors gathered as part of Senior Day at Vanderbilt University, one day prior to Commencement.
The director of the National Institutes of Health, Elias Zerhouni, will address seniors graduating from The Johns Hopkins University's schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering at their diploma ceremony on Thursday, May 25. Other Johns Hopkins commencement speakers include Michael Griffin, NASA administrator; Michael Bloomberg, mayor of the New York; and Mohamed ElBaradei, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Elizabeth City State University welcomed Dr. Sarah E. Moten, the Education Division Chief for the U. S. Agency for International Development's Africa Bureau, as the spring commencement speaker.
Gilberto Perez, president of U.S. operations for CEMEX, the largest cement, concrete and concrete products company in the United States, will be the commencement speaker for UTEP's spring 2006 ceremonies Saturday, May 13.
Steve Forbes, editor in chief of Forbes magazine and president and CEO of its publisher, Forbes Inc., will address the Canisius College Class of 2006 during graduate ceremonies on Wednesday, May 17. Cardinal Theodore Edgar McCarrick, Archbishop of Washington D.C., will deliver the commencement address during Canisius' undergraduate ceremonies on Saturday, May 20, 2006.
A sellout Coliseum crowd watched on Nov. 26, 2005, as West Virginia University officials retired the No. 44 jersey of one of the most famous athletes to ever wear the Gold and Blue "“ Jerry West. West will return to the Coliseum May 14 to another capacity crowd as the guest speaker at the University's 137th Commencement.
More than 5,300 Texas A&M University students will be receiving their degrees Friday and Saturday (May 12-13), each with his or her own success story-but for at least four of those Aggies and their families the occasion marks major milestones.
Antonio O. Garza Jr., the United States ambassador to Mexico and former chairman of the Texas Railroad Commission, will be the speaker at the 123rd Spring Commencement at The University of Texas at Austin on May 20.
John Edwards, the former North Carolina senator who was the vice presidential candidate on the 2004 Democratic ticket, will be the featured speaker at the University of Maine's 204th Commencement, scheduled for Saturday, May 13.
Comedian, philanthropist, author and community servant Dr. William Cosby will return to the campus of Spelman College as it celebrates 125 years of women who change the world.
U.S. Senator Barack Obama will deliver the keynote address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree at the University of Massachusetts Boston's 38th Commencement ceremony on June 2, 2006.
New York City College of Technology/CUNY has selected interactive design pioneer Dr. Edwin Schlossberg as its 2006 commencement speaker and the recipient of an honorary doctor of humane letters degree. The commencement exercises will take place on Tuesday, June 6, 10:30 a.m., in the Theater at Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.
Dr. Dennis P. Kimbro, the author of Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice and Daily Motivations for African-American Success, told North Carolina Central University's (NCCU) 780 graduates that they must hustle to be successful.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and novelist Anna Quindlen will deliver the Commencement address at Hamilton College on Sunday, May 21, at 10:30 a.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell will speak at Bucknell University's 156th commencement ceremony Sunday, May 21. Rendell also will receive the Bucknell Award of Merit.
The lieutenant governor of North Carolina will address more than 500 graduates during Fayetteville State University's 139th Spring Commencement on May 13, 2006.
Jennifer Hyde, CNN director of development and alumna, will speak at the main ceremony of University of Richmond's 176th commencement May 14. The Hon. F.G. Rockwell, judge of Virginia's 12th Judicial Circuit, will address the law school ceremony May 13, and Belle Wheelan, president of SACS' Commission on Colleges and former Virginia secretary of education, will address the continuing studies ceremony, also May 13.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute announced that General Wesley K. Clark will deliver the 2006 Commencement address, and will receive an honorary degree at the Institute's 200th Commencement, on Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 9:30 a.m., at the Harkness Field.
The president of the National Civic League, Christopher Gates, will address the graduating class at Elizabethtown College's commencement ceremony, which will begin at 11 a.m., May 20, in The Dell.
Wendy Kopp, president and founder of Teach for America, will deliver the spring commencement address at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chancellor James Moeser has announced.
Prize-winning author, essayist and commentator Ron Chernow, whose recent biography Alexander Hamilton was hailed as one of the best books of 2004, will deliver the Commencement address at the University of Delaware's 157th Commencement to be held at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 27, in Delaware Stadium.
Chancellor Gordon Gee will send off Vanderbilt University's class of 2006 during commencement on Friday, May 12, but not before students and their families get to dance to the music of Kool & the Gang on Wednesday, May 10, and hear from First Lady Laura Bush on Thursday, May 11.
George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States, and William J. Clinton, 42nd President of the United States, will be the keynote speakers at Tulane University's 2006 Commencement, May 13 at 9:30 a.m. in the New Orleans Arena.
Representative Jim Kolbe and Governor Janet Napolitano keynote speakers at University of Arizona commencement.
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