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.
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."
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.
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.
The scientists of tomorrow will converge at the University of Delaware for the 2002 National Tournament of the Science Olympiad, May 17-18. The event brings together the best middle and high school aged scientists from across the nation.
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.
Civilian space traveler and Rensselaer alumnus Dennis Tito will be the featured speaker at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's 196th Commencement ceremonies on May 18.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
In the summer of 2002, the Writing Program at Southampton College of Long Island University will host its first major national writers conference, running from July 17 to July 28. Workshop classes will be led by some of the finest writers and teachers of writing in the country.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gettysburg College students are planning a project, including a large outdoor banner, to memorialize some of the 4,700 victims of lynching in the United States.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige will be the featured speaker at April Commencement Exercises at Brigham Young University.
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.
Pioneering law professor and civil rights champion Lani Guinier will be the speaker at Smith College's 124th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19.
The landmark discovery of self-recognition in bottlenose dolphins will be the main focus of Dr. Diana Reiss's upcoming lecture "Do I Look Fat?: Mirror Self-Recognition in Dolphins" in Manhattan on April 17
The University of Michigan Regents voted at their March 14 meeting to award four honorary degrees at the University's spring commencement exercises.
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.
1980 Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Perez Esquivel will lead 300 high school students from four Southern states in a BRIDGES PeaceJam at Rhodes College.
Acclaimed Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish will read his poetry for the first time in the U.S. at Swarthmore College in the Lang Performing Arts Center. The event is free but seating is limited, with priority given to Swarthmore students.
Just what is it like to grow up as a teenager in the suburbs and how do the types of communities in which teens live impact their lives? The Center for Sustainable Communities at Temple University Ambler will explore those topics with a forum featuring a Temple psychologist, a national expert in adolescent development, and author of A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence.
John Stanfield II, international educator, author and researcher, will deliver the eighth annual Karen Honig Memorial Lecture. This lecture is presented by the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Should the government assassinate the leader of a terrorist organization responsible for acts of violence against the United States? A panel of nine experts on constitutional law, intelligence, politics, religion and the military will decide that question April 11 in a role-play scenario opening "Terrorism and Assassination," the annual Allen Symposium at the University of Richmond School of Law.
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