Commencement Speakers

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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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Marcia Gay Harden, a University of Texas at Austin graduate who has received an Oscar, a Best Actress Tony Award and numerous other honors throughout her career, will be the speaker for the 127th Spring Commencement at The University of Texas at Austin on May 22, 2010.

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Paul J. Evanson and Most Rev. Guy A. Sansaricq to Receive Honorary Degrees

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Sheila C. Bair, head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, will be the speaker at the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Undergraduate Commencement ceremony on May 15 at McGuirk Alumni Stadium. One of the highest profile women in Washington, D.C., Bair last year received the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation’s Profile in Courage Award for her early warnings about the subprime lending crisis.

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With more than 25 years of writing experience and 13 years as senior writer and Asia Edition Editor at BusinessWeek in New York, Pete Engardio will speak to students and their families at Central Michigan University’s spring commencement ceremony. The ceremony will take place May 8 at 2 p.m. in Kelly/Shorts Stadium.

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Rachel Maddow, a political analyst and media host who rose to national prominence after launching her career on local radio, will be the speaker at Smith College’s 132nd commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 16, at 10 a.m. in the campus Quadrangle. Maddow and four other accomplished women will receive honorary degrees prior to the address.

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Ambassador Susan E. Rice will address the graduating class of 2010 along Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund receiving an honorary degree. Michael Beckwith, founder of Agape International Center will serve as the Baccalaureate speaker.

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Her husband Randy Pausch inspired millions with his “Last Lecture”

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She has told the story of a 67-million-year-old dinosaur known as Tyrannosaurus Sue, won a Peabody Award for her coverage of extreme anorexia, and reported live from the 1990 Wellesley College commencement, as then-First Lady Barbara Bush addressed the graduates.

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Juan Williams will deliver the 2010 Whitman College Commencement address at the ceremony on May 23.

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Santa Clara University has chosen global leaders, who have dedicated their lives to humanitarian aid and human rights, to speak at its undergraduate and graduate commencement ceremonies.

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Diego del Corral, an international education leader who was instrumental in forging an innovative partnership between Equatorialis University in Ecuador and Alma College, will deliver the 2010 Alma College commencement address.

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New York Times columnist and author Gail Collins will give the commencement address and receive an honorary degree at Mount Holyoke College on Sunday, May 23.

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American University students will hear speeches from the first female president of Chile, Michele Bachelet; three dedicated public servants, Janet Napolitano, Eric Holder and Donna E. Shalala; entrepreneur Seth Goldman; and Academy–Award winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple, at AU’s 124th main commencement.

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United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the Reverend Peter J. Gomes and poet, publisher and author Chase Twichell will be awarded honorary degrees by St. Lawrence University at its Commencement, on Sunday, May 16 at 10 a.m. All three will offer remarks at the ceremony.

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Kenneth I. Chenault, chairman and chief executive officer of American Express Company, will deliver the Northeastern University commencement address to the Class of 2010 on May 7, 2010, at TD Garden.

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Peter R. Orszag, Director of the Office of Management and Budget in President Obama’s Administration, To Deliver Commencement Address May 29.

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Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University, will address the Class of 2010 at Grinnell College’s 164th Exercises of Commencement, on Mon., May 24, at 10 a.m. on Central Campus.

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The University of Maryland is ready to send a new crop of graduates out into the world. They're ready!

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Elmhurst College welcomes Eboo Patel to deliver the Commencement Address on Sunday, May 31 at 2:00 p.m. in the College Mall, 190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst. Patel is founder and executive director of the Interfaith Youth Core, a Chicago-based institution building the global interfaith youth movement.