While there will be a lot of eyes on Perry, there may be just as many on actor John Leguizamo at Vassar College, who became the second keynote choice after ex-Director of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson withdrew his entry as commencement speaker. UCLA is the place where dreams begin. Effortlessness is a myth. We invite you, your family, loved ones and friends to gather to celebrate this important milestone. The keynote speaker at Morehouse College' commencement ceremony announced a grant Sunday wiping out the student debt of the entire 2019 graduating class. Please let us know. She is also an associate professor of emergency medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is also the co-founder of independent publishing company Small Beer Press and co-edits the occasional zine Lady Churchills Rosebud Wristlet. She mentioned Ida Bell Wells, born a slave in Mississippi and who lived from 1862 to 1931. From raising awareness about aphasia, to practicing yoga and learning Spanish, Giffords spirit of resiliency, perseverance and courage resonates around the world as she has become the nations most renowned leader in the movement to end gun violence. Today, it is one of the largest womens liberal arts colleges in the United States, educating women of promise for lives of distinction and purpose. Her efforts now focus on encouraging STEM education and arts access for all. in history from Southern Illinois UniversityCarbondale, and both his M.A. Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and first African to lead the WTO, is the Institute's 117th Commencement speaker, a tradition that dates back to 1880, the earliest year that MIT . As the youngest woman ever elected to the Arizona State Senate and a trailblazer in other offices, she represented her community in the Arizona legislature from 2000 to 2005, and then in Congress from 2006 to 2012. Now is the time to claim it. Chris is a reporter and associate editor for University Business and District Administration magazines, covering the entirety of higher education and K-12 schools. In recognition of her work as an artist and humanitarian, she serves as a United Nations Messenger of Peace. We are counting on you. In her address, Dr. Buffy Smith said, "We should always remember that our graduates are remarkable and unstoppable." She said, "Our graduates did not Here are highlights of the honorary degree recipients and commencement speakers scheduled to address CUNY's Class of 2022: Dr. Sandra Lindsay, director of Patient Care Services at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the first person in the U.S. to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, will address Lehman College and receive the Alumni Achievement . Jacinta Arden, New Zealand's Prime Minister, will address graduates of Harvard University (while United States Attorney General Merrick Garland will address graduates of the Classes of 2020 and 2021 whose commencements were impacted by the pandemic). Let kindness be one of them. Briggs-Malonson prides herself in building a culture of innovation, collaboration and excellence. Commencement Weekend is our chance to honor your accomplishments and celebrate you. I am an eternally proud, third-generation Bruin! Its no surprise I married a Bruin to keep the tradition alive. Harrison currently serves on the boards of directors of the Hawaii Bankers Association, Hawaii Business Roundtable, Hawaii Community Foundation and Pacific Guardian Life and is chairman of Hawaii Medical Service Association, the Hawaii licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association. I've Speakers Honorary Degree Recipients and Speakers. Throughout college, she worked at the library, as a note-taker and at a local arbitration firm. Dr. Abraham Verghese, infectious disease physician and best-selling author, giving the address. Briggs-Malonson received her undergraduate degree from UCLA, her M.D. She was the second person in her family to attend college, and the first to go to graduate school. Aniyah Smith. The MGH Institute will hold its commencement ceremony May 13 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. The ceremony will begin at noon, and the speaker will be Ashley Lena Victor, a selected student from the graduating class. Friday, April 15, 2022. And Other Conversations About Race. I feel indebted to UCLA, as it offered me education, fun, friendships and personal growth opportunities during a critical time in my life. NEC will hold its 151st commencement ceremony this year with a commencement concert on May 21, and commencement on May 22 at Jordan Hall. The prolific pop singer received an honorary doctorate of fine arts on. The couple married during a June 28, 1994 ceremony on campus. All Rights Reserved. To: The Caltech Community. Use it. Dear Barnard Seniors, We are excited to celebrate the academic success and accomplishments of Barnard's graduating Class of 2023 together, in person with family, friends, and guests, in just over three months. The commencement speech will be given by singer-songwriter James Taylor, who will also receive an honorary degree. My grandmother, father, uncle and sister all hail as proud daughters and sons of Westwood. We regret that Luma Mufleh 97 will not be able to serve as the college's 2022 commencement speaker. She has been instrumental in the development and implementation of legislation, such as Section 504, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act, and the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He served in the U.S. Navy before earning a B.A. McRae received his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1988 and earned a B.A. In addition, he established the Pak Family Endowed Speaker Series in Economics, which will launch in the 2023 academic year. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, Deen came to UCLA as a freshman intending to study economics and business administration. Badhan-Smith is a graduate of Southwestern University School of Law, class of 2002. The graduating students come from 20 states and two countries and between them have completed more than . RT @CarrieNBaker: On Tuesday, Feb. 28, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)the first Senate committee hearing on the ERA since 1984. Note: This list will be updated throughout the commencement season. Saujani is the author of the instant bestseller, PAY UP: The Future of Women and Work (And Why Its Different Than You Think) and the international bestseller Brave, Not Perfect. US Representative Jim McGovern will be the featured speaker. Mount Holyoke will host its commencement on May 22 with addresses from poet Natalie Diaz, Katherine Butler Jones 57, Susannah Sirkin 76, and author Ocean Vuong. He also drafted numerous appellate briefs filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and had several arguments before that court. He currently serves on UCLAs Social Sciences Deans Advisory Board and Political Science Board of Advisors. UMass Lowells undergraduate commencement will be held on May 14 in the Tsongas Center. Students Narcisse Kunda and Thais Sousa will speak. Were excited about sending graduates off to new adventures with the knowledge that your connection to Smith will always remain. Dr. Michael Sorrell, president of Paul Quinn College, will address the Class of 2022. Grace Gilson can be reached at grace.gilson@globe.com. BSU will hold its undergraduate commencement ceremony on June 25 and its graduate ceremony on June 24 at Gillette Stadium. Shawn Holley is a partner at Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump Holley LLP, a boutique Santa Monica law firm, where she practices entertainment/business litigation and criminal defense. Courtesy of Texas Southern University. In 1997, she received the Massachusetts Public Policy Award from the Massachusetts Office of Victim Assistance. . Get a closer look at the Smith campus with our interactive map and tours. Emerson will have its commencement ceremony May 8 at Agganis Arena, and the ceremony will be livestreamed. Curry Colleges commencement will take place May 22 at the Xfinity Center in Mansfield. Boston University will hold its all-university commencement on May 22 at Nickerson Field. The Stonehill commencement will take place on May 22 at the Colleges Quad with speaker John Judge, president and CEO of The Trustees. interim president of Mount Holyoke College. }Customer Service, The Smith College commencement ceremony will take place on May 15 with an address given by Luma Mufleh, a Smith alumna who founded. Boston University will hold its all-university commencement on May 22 at Nickerson Field. Graduate Student Speaker. His involvement with detention camps at the U.S.-Mexico border did not sit well with students. Sri Rajan, who grew up in India and resides in San Francisco, attended to see his daughter graduate. Northwestern Oklahoma State University alumnus Dr. Randy Smith, who is currently retired after 41 years in education, will deliver the commencement address at his alma mater during the University's fall commencement ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 4, at 3:30 p.m. in Percefull Fieldhouse. An award-winning author and advocate for independent writers, Kelly Link is best known for her short stories that span a variety of genresmost notably, magic realism, fantasy and horror. She attended a visual and performing arts public high school before she was accepted to UCLA. in African American studies and his Ph.D. in history from UCLA. Los Angeles, CA 90095-1413, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology. We have come through two long years of a global pandemic, which is not over yet; we see the escalation of global conflict as wars rage; we recognize the backlash against racial progress and the rise of white nationalist movements at home and abroad; we feel the impact of climate change; and we are confronted today by the growing threats to democracy, and the erosion of womens rights. It is no exaggeration to say that I would not be where I am were it not for UCLA.. Check out our hand-picked selection of commencement addresses, going back to 1774. Elizabeth Bonker, 2022 Valedictorian (through computer voice): God gave you a voice. Go where you are wanted, where you and your voice and your talents are needed. Beginning July 2022, Tatum will serve as the interim president of Mount Holyoke College, where she spent much of her career as a faculty member and dean of the college. I've already started working on my speech and thinking about how to inspire this amazing generation of leaders. COVID-19 changed everything sitting behind a screen for hours on end, said Matilda Rose Cantwell Guiso Gallisay, the Senior Class president. #ada-button-frame { @MsMagazine @smithcollege #ERA UCLA is in my blood; my first words may have been the eight-clap. All rights reserved.360 Hiatt Drive, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418. Olin will hold commencement on May 15 on the Needham campus. He has also served on the Pepperdine University board and on the boards of several private companies and nonprofits. To me, UCLA has always meant opportunitythe opportunity to be inspired and challenged in reaching for ones potential, knowing that you are truly welcomed, supported and valued as a member of a rich and diverse community of scholars, students and others of the highest caliber and integrity on so many levels.. Since the investigation will not be complete before Commencement, we regret that Luma Mufleh will not be able to serve as our 2022 Commencement speaker. As a postdoctoral researcher at M.I.T. Luma Mufleh 97 is changing the lives of refugees through educationand soccer. As a UCLA freshman, I was most impressed by the academic opportunities and the water polo team on which I played. Stepping down from Congress in January 2012 to focus on her recovery, Giffords embarked on a path to regain her ability to speak and walk, inspiring the country. But don't you dare let them define you. Lasell will host its commencement on May 13 and 14 with an address given by Razia Jan, an award-winning humanitarian, social innovator, and advocate for women and girls in her native Afghanistan. In addition to the National Book Critics Circle Award, the book received the Heartland Prize for Nonfiction, the Lynton History Prize from Harvard and Columbia universities, and a number of other awards. Olivia Parker, an internationally recognized fine art photographer, will also receive an honorary degree. Bags are subject to search before entering . Celebrating Commencement 2022. You started out your sophomore year when the pandemic again. Heumann serves on a number of nonprofit boards, including the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Humanity and Inclusion, Human Rights Watch, and the United States International Council on Disability. From famous celebrities and award-winning athletes, to . Throughout her career, she has held several administrative and academic roles focused on innovative health care system redesign to advance health equity within diverse communities. A native of Southern California, he graduated magna cum laude from UCLA (B.A., communications with business emphasis) and from Stanford Law School (J.D.). And now you are here. These are the confirmed big names so far that are scheduled to be 2022 spring commencement speakers at colleges and universities across the nation (this list will be updated): 2023. (Jim Russell photo) By Jim Russell | Special to The Republican NORTHAMPTON Beverly Daniel Tatum, commencement. 1309 Murphy Hall This has led her to become a nationally recognized health care improvement advisor, speaker and bestselling author. Tatum, who will become Mount Holyoke Colleges interim president on July 1, spoke about resistance narratives related to women opposing fascism and Nazi ideology during World War II in France and Italy. Deeply committed to furthering humanitarian and educational goals, she has founded several non-profit organizations: the New York City-based Midori & Friends; MUSIC SHARING, based in Japan; Partners in Performance, which helps to bring chamber music to smaller communities in the U.S.; and the Orchestra Residencies Program, which supports American youth orchestras. Telling stories about her . The Smith eDigest is sent to all campus email accounts on Tuesday and Thursday each week during the academic year and on Tuesdays during the summer. Northwestern Alumnus Scheduled as Fall 2022 Commencement Speaker. Salem State will hold its commencement ceremonies from May 19 to May 21, with each school having a separate ceremony. - Northeastern University celebrates its graduate 2022 Commencement ceremony at Boston's Historic Fenway Park on Friday May 13, 2022. A livestream will be available for those unable to attend. Every year, college students are eager to hear from some of the most popular motivational keynote speakers at their graduation ceremonies. D'Amore-Mckim School of Business. https://t.co/BB3r4f8r9X. From attracting famous actors to star athletes and politicians, higher education leaders know that choosing the right person to deliver a commencement address can both enhance the celebration and shine a national spotlight on their institutions. Bob Harrison is chairman, president and chief executive officer of First Hawaiian Bank. Williamsserves as a civil rights issues and history consultant for the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Southern Poverty Law Center, National Civil Rights Museum, Social Justice Initiative at the University of IllinoisChicago, and Kairos Center for Religion, Rights and Social Justice. BFITs commencement ceremony is scheduled for May 14 and will be held in-person in the BFIT Auditorium. She lives in Los Angeles with her family of humans, two big dogs and a school of fish. Marianne Winters has been an advocate and activist in movements to end and address interpersonal violence for 35 years, starting as a volunteer hotline counselor. Wife and husband Una Grewal, Smith class of 1991 and David Backer, Amherst College class of 1990, watched their daughter Annika Kaur Backer graduate. An anthropology major at Smith, Mufleh completed the Executive Program in Social Entrepreneurship at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. 2023 Commencement Main Ceremony- Friday, May 12 at 7:00 pm- Williams Stadium. Mufleh has been widely honored for her work: She received a Smith College Medal in 2010and was named a CNN Hero in 2017. DJuan Farmer is an assistant professor in the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology at UCLA, with a joint appointment in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery. Known as the founder of Girls Who Code and Moms First, activist Reshma Saujani will deliver the commencement address at Smith College's graduation ceremony on Sunday, May 21, in Northampton. And know the irony of a nonspeaking autistic encouraging you to use your voice is not lost on me, because, if you can see the worth in me, then you can see the worth in everyone you meet. SPEAKERS AND HONORARY DEGREES After moving to Brazil, Garcia-Navarro developed a series on the Amazon rainforest that won an Edward R. Murrow Award for best news series. Donato J. Tramuto, health care and social justice activist, philanthropist, and author will deliver the commencement address. It will likely be a memory that these students won't soon forget. Her work began in 2004, when she stumbled across a group of boys playing soccer in the streets of Clarkston, Georgia, and asked to join them. On May 29 there will also be a ceremony celebrating the graduates from 2020 and 2021 who were unable to have an in-person ceremony. The people who want it the most are the people I now hire to work for my company. Witness Robert F. Smith's pledge that he would pay off the debt for all of Morehouse College's 396 graduates last week. UCLA College Commencement 2022 Alumni Speakers Academic Advancement Program Medell Briggs-Malonson '01, M.S. Former Atlanta Mayor and CNN Commentator Keisha Lance Bottoms and DeMaurice Fitzgerald Smith, Executive Director of the National Football League Players Association, will be the featured speakers the upcoming Commencement ceremonies at Delaware State University. In addition to the 404 graduates of the Class of 2022 who received their degrees, the College also celebrated more than 200 members of the Class of 2020 and three from the Class of 2021 young . On Sunday, June 5, Oberlin College will celebrate the Class of 2022 with a Commencement ceremony on Tappan Square beginning at 9:30 a.m. Cyril Amanfo '22, a neuroscience and theater major, was selected by the Commencement Class Speaker Search Committee to address the graduating class. Jeremi Gorman is chief business officer at Snap Inc., where she is a member of the executive team and is responsible for revenue and revenue operations, leading global sales, creative strategy and Snaps newest creative studio for augmented reality, Arcadia. Jones is currently a Leverhulme Visiting Professor in Global Health and Social Medicine at Kings College London. To help close the gender gap in the tech sector, Saujani founded Girls Who Code. Photos courtesy of LA Clippers, Gail Mellow and Nina Subin. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, director-general of the World Trade Association, will give the commencement speech for the OneMIT ceremony. 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