Despite some 2,000 deaths in the last 18 months, hope is alive for peace in the Middle East, former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) told reporters before the 167th commencement exercises at Gettysburg College.
Honorary doctorates of Humane Letters will be presented to: Dr. Michelle Fine, Dr. Mindy Thompson Fullilove, Dr. Robert Fullilove and David Wolkenberg.
Chicago's dynamic Congressional Representative from the 7th Congressional District, Danny K. Davis, Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker at the June 1st commencement of the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University.
Minnesota author Bill Holm, a celebrated poet and essayist, will deliver the Gustavus Adolphus College commencement address at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 2 on Hollingsworth Field.
As at so many recent occasions, the normal celebration of Bowdoin College's commencement was tempered by memories of an academic year that began with the attack on the World Trade Center, and ends with the U.S. and other nations engaged in "the war on terrorism."
Former Elmhurst College student Jacques Paul Klein, who now heads the U.N. mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, will return to Elmhurst on Sunday, May 26, to address 2002 graduating class. Klein has been a leading figure in Croatia and Bosnia for the past seven years.
University of Rhode Island President Robert L. Carothers has announced that URI's first Rhodes Scholar, Rachel Walshe, will be the speaker at this year's undergraduate commencement. Commencement will be held Sunday, May 19.
Husband and wife astronauts, Captain Robert L. "Hoot" Gibson and Dr. Rhea Seddon will be the speakers for Westminster College's 127th commencement.
Cornell University will celebrate its 134th Commencement Sunday, May 26, with President Hunter Rawlings presenting the commencement address and presiding over the ceremony at 11 a.m. on Schoellkopf Field. Actor and human rights activist Danny Glover will present the Senior Convocation address Saturday, May 25.
Academy Award-winning actress Kathy Bates, a 1969 graduate of Southern Methodist University's Meadows School of the Arts, will give the address May 18 at SMU's 87th annual commencement ceremony and will receive an honorary doctor of arts degree.
Connecticut Governor John G. Rowland will be the Commencement speaker this year when Trinity College holds its 176th Commencement on Sunday, May 19, 2002. Massachusetts Governor Jane Swift will deliver the Class Day address on Saturday, May 18.
Civilian space traveler and Rensselaer alumnus Dennis Tito will be the featured speaker at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's 196th Commencement ceremonies on May 18.
Acclaimed poet Alice Friman will be the keynote speaker at the 97th University of Indianapolis Commencement Ceremony, slated for Saturday, May 4, at 2 p.m. in Nicoson Hall. Friman taught at the university for more than 20 years.
Entrepreneur and philanthropist Kenneth Langone will speak May 19 at Bucknell University's commencement ceremony. He is perhaps best known for co-founding Home Depot, Inc., the well-known home improvement chain.
Robert L. Keiser of Dallas, Texas, retired chief executive officer and chairman of Oryx Energy Co. (now Kerr McGee Corp.) and a 1965 University of Missouri-Rolla graduate, will deliver the commencement address during UMR's Annual Commencement Saturday, May 18.
CBS broadcast journalist Bob Schieffer will serve as the Commencement speaker for the class of 2002 at Muhlenberg College's 154th Commencement Exercises, Sunday May 19. Schieffer will receive an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.
"Brewster Place" Author Gloria Naylor and "End of Nature" Author Bill McKibben will be among the honored guests speaking at St. Lawrence University's Commencement May 19.
Bob Wright, chairman and CEO of NBC, and vice chairman of the board, executive officer and a member of the Corporate Executive Office of General Electric, will deliver the commencement address at LSU's 247th commencement exercises on May 24 in the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Publisher John H. Johnson and retired General Wesley K. Clark will receive honorary doctor of laws degrees at the University of Arkansas 2002 all-University commencement exercise.
She's an author, educator, community volunteer, wife and a mother, but Saturday, May 11, Nancy Hunter Denny will be the featured speaker at Catawba College's Graduation Exercise. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. on the lawn of Abernethy Quadrangle.
The Washington Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist William Raspberry will deliver the North Carolina State University commencement address on Saturday, May 18, at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Raleigh. He will also receive an honorary doctor of humane letters degree from NC State.
Sylvia Nasar, author of the award-winning book, "A Beautiful Mind," will be the 2002 Commencement speaker at The University of Tulsa's 109th commencement on May 11.
The University of Utah trustees approved honorary degrees for four outstanding individuals and gave their nod of approval to Chief Justice Christine Durham as this year's commencement speaker. Honorary degree recipients include James E. Faust, Louis H. and Ellen Callister and Jon Jory, who will be recognized during graduation ceremonies on May 10.
Morris Dees, co-founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center and the center's chief trial counsel, will be the principal speaker at Williams College's 213th Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 2.
John McCain, U.S. senator from Arizona and decorated Navy veteran, will deliver Wake Forest University's 160th commencement address and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree on May 20.
Acclaimed journalist Charlie Rose, who "could draw a fascinating interview from a stone," according to critic, will deliver the address at Colgate University's 181st commencement on Sunday, May 19.
The man who helped take Oracle Corporation to the top of the computer software industry and now guides established businesses in Internet opportunities and entrepreneurial strategies will give the main address at West Virginia University's 133rd Commencement.
This year's commencement speaker is Connie Payton, widow of former Chicago Bears running back Walter Payton. Mrs. Payton has given many years of public service on behalf of children who are wards of the state and vigorously promoted family issues and family awareness.
Former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell, who led the international fact-finding committee on violence in the Middle East that produced The Mitchell Report, will speak at Gettysburg College's 167th commencement exercises on May 19.
The Reverend Dr. Cynthia McCall Campbell, McCormick Theological Seminary president, delivers the Commencement speech at Alma College's Commencement April 20. Dr. Campbell receives an honorary degree, Doctor of Letters during the ceremony.
LeRoy Walker, a legendary figure in Olympic coaching as well as higher education, will give the keynote address at UNC Asheville's annual commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 18.
New York Health Commissioner and former U.S. Surgeon General Antonia Coello Novello will deliver the commencement address to the University of North Texas Health Science Center's graduating osteopathic physicians, scientists, public health officers, and Physician Assistants May 18.
Director of Homeland Security Tom Ridge will give the keynote address at Carnegie Mellon University's 105th commencement on Sunday May 19, 2002. He will also be awarded an honorary degree.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, renowned author, researcher, and professor, will speak during Colorado College's 2002 commencement ceremony on Monday, May 20. His best-selling book, "Flow," explains his theory of flow, living through peak experiences and engaging in everyday life.
University of Pittsburgh alumnus and trustee William E. Strickland Jr.-- president and CEO of Manchester Craftsmen's Guild and Bidwell Training Center--will deliver the University's 2002 commencement address.
Robert Nardelli, president and CEO of The Home Depot, and Eric Gleacher, president and CEO of Gleacher & Co. will be presented with Honorary Doctorates of Humane Letters and will speak at Western Illinois University's May 11 Commencement Ceremonies.
Roan Conrad, director of the Office of Sustainable Development and Intergovernmental Affairs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Washington, D.C., will deliver the commencement address to the Daemen College Class of 2002.
The University of Michigan Regents voted at their March 14 meeting to award four honorary degrees at the University's spring commencement exercises.
Pioneering law professor and civil rights champion Lani Guinier will be the speaker at Smith College's 124th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19.
Cecelia M. Long, the first African-American woman to graduate from Hollins University, will be the commencement speaker at school's 160th graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 19, at 10 a.m.
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige will be the featured speaker at April Commencement Exercises at Brigham Young University.
Full Text of Speeches: Bowdoin's commencement includes a speech by the oldest graduating senior, Christine DeTroy, who is 72. She graduates from Bowdoin 51 years after her husband did (and 31 years after her son). South African activist and Managing Director of the World Bank Mamphela Ramphele speaks at the Baccaulaureate service. Five others also give speeches.
Gustavus Adolphus College President Axel Steuer will deliver the college's commencement address Sunday, May 27 on Hollingsworth Field. After 10 years as president, Steuer will share reflections and dreams with the graduating class, whose members were first-year students when the storm (March 1998 tornadoes) changed the look and life of the campus.
Robert E. Rubin, former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, will be principal speaker at Williams College's 212th Commencement on Sunday, June 3.
Bowdoin's commencement includes speeches by the oldest graduating senior, Christine DeTroy, who is 72. South African activist and Managing Director of the World Bank Mamphela Ramphele speaks at the Baccaulaureate service. Five others also give speeches.
William T. Close, a surgeon who served as one of only three physicians in a 2,000-bed hospital in Africa and later supervised the logistics for the international medical team investigating the Ebola fever outbreak in the mid-1970s, will deliver this year's School of Medicine commencement address.
Al Hunt, executive Washington editor of The Wall Street Journal, will address seniors at Johns Hopkins University on Thursday, May 24. Noteworthy speakers at other commencement events include the Dalai Lama, Surgeon General David Satcher, and violinist Isaac Stern.
Swarthmore College President Alfred H. Bloom will award honorary degrees to bioethicist and civil rights advocate Adrienne Asch, author Ken Hechler of the Class of 1935, and author and physician Abraham Verghese at the College's 129th commencement on Monday, June 4.
W. Richard West, director of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian, will be the commencement speaker and receive an Honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the 2 p.m. June 10 graduation ceremonies at UAB Bartow Arena.
Fifty graduating seniors will receive their bachelor's degrees during Marlboro College's 54th Commencement at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 20. Joseph Sebarenzi, former parliamentary speaker of the Republic of Rwanda, will deliver the commencement address.
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