College of Business, Nursing, etc.) Mankin's speech is titled "Will We Lose Academics in the Managed Care World?". Commencement speakers include students and honored guests. 1970 - John Lindsay. david b. henderson, speaker of the house of representatives. Matthew Brown/Hearst Connecticut Media Show More Show Less 68 of 81 Matthew Roer, Senior Class Speaker, at left, listens to Thomas Main, Head of School, deliver his final remarks at King School . February 15, 2023 at 4:22 am EST. Class of 2022 masters graduate Amelia Spalter delivered her speech, Google It, at the Masters Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Graduates and attendees can also download the BrownU mobile app to find information on the go during Commencement Weekend, including events, campus maps, dining and parking options, the location of water stations and restrooms, and more. Andrew G. Campbell, dean of the Graduate School, will preside, and more than 280 graduates will receive doctoral degrees. University Ceremony 1:15 p.m. | The College Green Charles S. Bullock, University Professor of Public and International Affairs, will deliver the graduate Commencement address on Thursday, May 11, at 10 a.m . This years forums address timely issues on topics that range from tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid crisis, to reflecting on Title IX at 50 years, to new approaches to global security and justice. Mankin is the Edith M. Ashley Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Harvard Medical School, a visiting orthopaedic surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and lecturer in orthopaedic surgery at Tufts University School of Medicine. Lynn Gangone is the commencement speaker and will speak to the ECU 2020 Class. Previous releases of YAF's Commencement Speaker Survey found dozens of commencement addresses delivered by members of the Obama administration, including 15 in 2015 and 11 in 2016. Mandel is the 18th president of Williams College. Location information by department is listed on the Commencement website. Commencement is an important milestone for all Brown students the culmination of their educational journey as undergraduates, graduate or medical students. Honorary degree highlights will include a Commencement oration delivered by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; a Baccalaureate address by . Tom Joyner Coming To Morgan State University, Morris Brown And Concordia Colleges The renowned national radio show host will speak at Morgan State 's 142nd spring commencement in Atlanta on May 19. A pioneer in global public health, Berkley is both a champion of equitable access to vaccines, and a driving force for improving the way the world prevents and responds to infectious disease. In order to accommodate graduates, families and friends who wish to take photographs, the Van Wickle Gates will remain open throughout the day. Warren Alpert Medical School Dean Jack A. Elias presides over the 2021 Commencement ceremony. Brown alumna Jessica U. Meir, Class of 1999, accepts her honorary Doctor of Science as part of the 2021 College Commencement ceremony on May 2. Members of the undergraduate Class of 2020 will assemble at the First Baptist Church in America for a unique ceremony complete with time-honored traditions of Commencement. Michael Bloomberg . Note: This list will be updated throughout the commencement season. Graduate students celebrate their 2021 Commencement safely by processing through Browns Van Wickle Gates with masks on. Seniors Kaitlan Bui and Alexandra Ali Martinez delivered their speech, We Are the Bearers of Many Stories, at the University Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. In all situations, a good faith effort (up until the time of the event) will be made to provide accommodations. At Marymount University's upcoming 70 th annual commencement ceremonies our newest graduates will hear from three distinguished commencement speakers - influential Virginian James Dyke, Jr., entrepreneur and philanthropist Sheila Johnson, and business leader Donald Graham.. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] During its Commencement and Reunion Weekend from May 27 to 29, Brown University will confer honorary doctorates on nine candidates who have achieved great distinction in a variety of fields. 129th Commencement, for the Class of 2020 held in-person in 2022. . Sunday, May 25, 2014. Find videos, photos and messages of congratulations to Browns Commencement social feed using the hashtags #Brown2021 and #BrownU. The Class of 2022 Masters Commencement Ceremony is led by Dean of the School of Professional Studies Leah VanWey and includes an invocation, welcome, student awards, awarding of more than 800 masters degrees and a benediction. Journalist Maria Shirver will be the commencement speaker for UM's 2022 graduating class. A&T Taps Emmy Award-Winning Actor Brown as Spring Commencement Speaker. Brown's commencement speaker is actor John Krasinski. This year, classes ending in 2 or 7, plus recent graduates, are returning. John Padberg, S.J. Pressley will deliver Boston University's 148th Commencement Address Sunday to the class of 2021. In addresses at Browns Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 29, student speakers entreated their peers to make a positive impact using lessons they had learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Brown University alumnus Steven R. Jordan, Class of 1982, a business leader and former NFL player, speaks to the graduating Class of 2021 as part of Baccalaureate on April 30. Reggae artist and 2022 honorary degree recipient Orville Shaggy Burrell spoke to members of the Class of 2020 at their Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. One of Brown's best-loved Reunion and Commencement traditions, Campus Dance brings people to Brown to dance the night away under a sky lit with over 600 paper lanterns on the College Green. President Christina Paxson will greet the class, deliver remarks and confer bachelor degrees on the church grounds. In case of rain the ceremony is scheduled for the Pizzitola Sports Center. CHICAGO Speakers for DePaul University's 119th commencement ceremonies are leaders in their respective fields including education, broadcast journalism, architecture, business and the arts. He earned a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Utah in 1968 and a law degree and doctorate in education from Columbia University in 1971 and 1972, respectively. Honorary degree recipients participating in Saturdays slate of Commencement Forums include physician and public health leader Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott, Nobel Laureate and economist Guido Imbens, and technology scholar and educator Zeynep Tfeki. President Christina H. Paxson presides over the first of two College ceremonies honoring the graduating Class of 2021. In addition, Brown will honor the late telecommunications pioneer George H. Billings (1950-2021), a Class of 1972 graduate. Arkansas' top-ranked regional university (U.S. News Best Colleges 2019), JBU enrolls more than 2,100 students from 38 . Archive. Michael Bloomberg, center, gave the commencement speech at Harvard University on May 29, 2014. These sought-after commencement speakers have spoken around the country at prestigious universities such as Harvard, NYU, Ohio State, USC, and Michigan. The days forums begin at 9 and 11 a.m. and at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Full details and schedules are included on Browns Commencement website. Class of 2020 masters of public health graduate Abdullah Shihipar delivered his speech, A Better World is Possible: Using Our Platforms to Imagine New Possibilities, at the Class of 2020 Graduate School Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Brown University President Christina H. Paxson speaks to graduating seniors in the Class of 2021 during the College ceremony on Sunday, May 2, part of Browns 253rd Commencement. Manly will discuss the reasons people do and do not finish their dissertations. All guests and family members are invited to watch the ceremony from the College Green, where the event will be simulcast, as space is limited inside the church. Facebook's event will be co-hosted by The Office vets Mindy Kaling and B.J. The address is titled "On Not Losing Heart.". Massey's interest in issues of social change was sparked as a young boy living in the Bronx, N.Y. The ceremony will be live-streamed on the web. At the Universitys Commencement 2021 celebration, the Brown faculty presented their peers Vincent Mor and Julie Strandberg with Rosenberger Medals of Honor, awarded just 33 times in more than a century. Since 1776, all but three Brown University Commencements have been held at the Meeting House. Both Dyke and Johnson will receive honorary degrees during the commencement . Dr. Seth Berkley, a physician and public health leader who earned his bachelors degree and M.D. What was originally called Harvard College (around which Harvard University eventually grew) held its first Commencement in September 1642, when nine degrees were conferred. Her talk is titled "Short Beds and Narrow Sheets" - a metaphor for inadequate religious orientation - will be about religion in pluralistic America. Commencement Speaker: Diana Natalicio, Ph.D. President, University of Texas at El Paso. College Ceremony 12:15 p.m. | The First Baptist Church in America Space is limited and the University may limit the total number of credentials awarded. A Commencement and Reunion Weekend tradition for more than four decades, the forums include lectures, discussions and performances by faculty, alumni and guests who are nationally recognized authorities in their fields with plenty of opportunity for audience questions and comments. He will challenge classmates to look at how the United States defines its history and how its citizens think about social change in comparison to South Africa. Elon Collins '23.5 originally learned that she was nominated to speak in early December through an email from the University. In two College ceremonies on Sunday, Brown President Christina H. Paxson and other speakers lauded graduates who, by successfully finishing their degrees during a pandemic, have proven they can handle whatever comes next. The ceremony for the Class of 2020 will be on May 13 at 6 p.m. Ceremonies for 2021 graduates will be on May 14 at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. and May 15 at 9:30 a.m., depending on the college or school . Founder and artistic director of Camille A. In 2006, when the graduating senior class had grown too large to be safely accommodated, the students voted to preserve the tradition by holding a portion of the Commencement ceremony on the church grounds. In addition to her iconic work in the dance world, Brown has in recent years branched into theater . One student speaker is given 3-5 minutes at the podium at the undergraduate Commencement ceremony each year. The latter program allowed her to teach third-grade in a public school while taking courses at night at a local college. Cari Hampton celebrates after the Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement ceremony. Maud Mandel, a former Brown professor and dean of the College and current president of Williams College, is presented with her honorary Doctor of Humane Letters during the 2021 College Commencement ceremony. Brown schedules class reunions and Commencement on the same weekend, allowing alumni to welcome graduating seniors into the fold while also celebrating their lifelong connection to the University. The annual neuroscience trivia competition hosted at Brown invites Rhode Island students to explore the wonders of the brain to inspire the next generation of scientists and researchers. Speakers: Oprah, Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X, gymnast Simone Biles. A graduate gives the thumbs up during the morning College Commencement ceremony, held on the College Green. Paxson will preside, and seniors orators Kaitlan Bui, Alexandra Ali Martnez and Michelle Liu will address their fellow graduates. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Continuing its long-standing tradition, Brown University will offer an array of speakers - including theologian Margaret R. Miles, South African university chancellor Mamphela Ramphele, and Dr. Henry J. Mankin - during its 230th Commencement Weekend. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, will deliver a Commencement oration during the University Ceremony on Sunday. Ms. Jobs, an alumna of Penn and the widow of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, is the founder and president of . Please contact the Commencement Office at commencement@jhu.edu or 410-516-7711 by April 21, 2023, to request ASL Interpreters, Assisted Listening Devices, and Braille program booklets. Graduates leave through the Van Wickle Gates following the afternoon ceremony on May 1. Browns Baccalaureate tradition derives from the immense range of religious, ethnic, geographic, linguistic and musical traditions present within the campus community. With the return of the Class of 2020 this year, the weekend includes even more student speakers than usual: . All degrees are symbolically conferred during the University Commencement Ceremony. Members of Browns graduating Class of 2021 shout out the moments and people that got them through the past year and made their time on campus special. Mira Nikolova and Abdullah Shihipar, who respectively earned a Ph.D. and masters from Brown in 2020, will return to campus to address their fellow alumni during a dedicated Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 28. University News. Class of 2022, introduced Barrios-Anderson. Support along the way is crucial Manly will receive a Ph.D. in cognitive and linguistic sciences and will go on to study brain-damaged patients on a post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. Brown alumna Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson, Class of 1973, accepts her honorary Doctor of Laws as part of the 2021 College Commencement ceremony on May 2. Boston University President Robert Brown announced this years' Commencement and Baccalaureate speakers on April 30 during a virtual rendition of the annual Senior Breakfast. The Universitys ceremonial Van Wickle Gates open for only two reasons: when new students enter campus to begin their studies and when new graduates depart for the world beyond Brown. Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Colin Harrington, M.D., delivers the faculty address to graduates at the 2021 Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement ceremony, part of Browns 253rd Commencement. Taylor Swift, New York University. We are thrilled to announce that acclaimed choreographer, director and School of Dance alumna Camille A. One of Browns best-loved traditions, Campus Dance brought more than 15,000 people to dance the night away on Friday under a sky lit with paper lanterns. Brown University alumnus Steven R. Jordan, Class of 1982, accepts his honorary Doctor of Humane Letters as part of the 2021 College Commencement ceremony on May 2. Mary M. McKay, the Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School, for the Brown School ceremony at 6:30 p.m. She was elected vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town in 1995. This list includes UNC-Chapel Hill's featured spring commencement speakers from 1951-2022. After the chancellor confers all degrees, there will be a moment where graduates can . 1904: general james r. carnahan. Main: 609-896-5000 Admissions: 800-257-9026 Congratulations, Class of 2021! Katherine Bogdanovich Loker, Doctor of Humane Letters. Keynote Speech Video. . + Caption. The May 1 ceremony took place live and in-person, with social distancing and masks, under a tent on Ruth J. Simmons Quadrangle. Bachelors degree recipients from 2022 gathered on the lawn of the First Baptist Church in America for the College Ceremony, a location that has hosted portions of all but three Brown Commencements since 1776. This year's group of honorary degree . Quincy Jones, Doctor of Music. Speakers on May 7 & 8: The three-time Emmy award winning broadcaster, James Brown, is the current host of "The NFL Today" on CBS and "Inside The NFL" on Paramount +. Brown University welcomed back its 2020 graduates, who missed their in-person Commencement when COVID-19 arrived their senior year, for the full, traditional experience of Commencement and Reunion Weekend. Masters Ceremony 10:30 a.m. | Meehan Auditorium He is chair of the Association of American Universities and past president of The Ohio State University, University of Colorado and West Virginia University. EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 6, 2021) - Two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Sterling K. Brown will be the keynote speaker for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's commencement ceremonies Sunday, May 9. Dr. Mukesh K. Jain will preside over his first graduation ceremony as Browns dean of medicine and biological sciences and will administer the Physicians Oath, a version of the Hippocratic Oath prepared by the M.D. Bloomberg, Aretha Franklin, left, and George H.W. Meir is a marine biologist and NASA astronaut who made history during her 2019-20 space mission when she conducted the first three all-woman spacewalks. Former President, Unigroup; Co-Chair, the Ferguson Commission. The ceremonies included recipients of approximately 4,843 undergraduate, 1,295 master's and 297 doctoral degrees. Duke University will welcome General Motors CEO Mary Barra as commencement speaker and honor four honorary degree recipients at its commencement exercises on Sunday, May 8, in Wallace Wade Stadium, President Vincent Price announced Tuesday. George Kubai and Siddhi Nadkarni, Browns undergraduate student orators, encouraged classmates to work toward a better and more equitable future for themselves and those around them. Find videos, photos and messages of congratulations to Browns Commencement social feed using the hashtags #Brown2020, #Brown2022 and #BrownU. . In the days leading up to their Commencement ceremonies, members of the Class of 2021 attended campus events preparing them for graduation day and celebrating their academic accomplishments at Brown. Paxson will preside over the ceremony, which will include student performances and more, and Brown alumni Sydney Lo and Dhruv Singh will deliver Commencement speeches. At its 253rd Commencement which will take place across two days of ceremonies on May 1 and 2, 2021 Brown University will confer a total of 2,505 undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary degrees. Mamphela Ramphele, vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, will deliver a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Lecture on International Affairs at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23, in Room 101 of the Salomon Center for Teaching. The 860 candidates who were eligible to participate in the ceremonies . Brown will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of business leaders, educators, scholars and scientists during its Commencement and Reunion Weekend celebration from April 30 to May 2. The ceremony will be live-streamed on the web. Class of 2022 graduates gather on the Main Green for the University Ceremony. View details and watch the ceremony on the Commencement website. A procession will precede the ceremony, which will be presided over by Dean of the Graduate School Andrew G. Campbell and Dean of the School of Professional Studies Leah VanWey. Julian Medina 17 and M.D. Class of 2022 Baccalaureate Service 2:30 p.m. | Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America honorable harold brown, secretary of defense. Class of 2022 M.D. As Brown celebrates Commencement 2022, Jiuyang Bai and Amelia Spalter will address their peers in separate Ph.D. and masters ceremonies on College Hill on Sunday, May 29. Brown's new President E. Gordon Gee will give his inaugural address at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, May 23, on The College Green, during a ceremony installing him as 17th president of the University. New President E. Gordon Gee, theologian Margaret R. Miles, South African university chancellor Mamphela Ramphele and members of the Class of 1998 are among those who will speak during Brown's 230th Commencement Weekend, May 23-25. west point commencement speakers . On Sunday, May 29, the University will confer a total of 2,788 degrees in all categories undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary. Also notably lacking from commencement ceremonies this year: any member of the Trump administration or conservative member of the U.S. House or Senate. Surgeon General shares lessons both professional and personal, Open details for Brown to celebrate Commencement and Reunion Weekend with mix of in-person, virtual events, Open details for Brown to confer six honorary degrees at Commencement 2021, Open details for Senior orators will encourage graduates to dream big and build community, Open details for Graduate School speakers to emphasize community, connection at Commencement, In spirited celebration, Brown community commemorates Class of 2021s resilience, ability to improvise, Student speakers take center stage at Browns Commencement, Reunion events, Commencement forums capture, virtually, the spirit of community celebration, intellectual discovery, Brown faculty confers highest honor on public health, dance scholars and educators, 2021 Baccalaureate Speaker: Steven R. Jordan, 2021 Medical School Student Address: Scholars of the Human Condition, 2021 Medical School Faculty Address: Notes from the Floors, 2021 Masters Orator Sonya Brooks: Our Connection in Chaos, 2021 Ph.D. Orator Bardiya Akhbari: Bani Adam: One Essence and Soul, 2021 Senior Orator George Kubai: Dare to Dream, 2021 Senior Orator Siddhi Nadkarni: From Problems to Progress, President Paxson remarks to 2021 College graduates, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Norman Atkins, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Steven R. Jordan, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient David Lobell, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Maud Mandel, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Jessica Meir, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient O. Rogeriee Thompson, Brown awards six honorary doctorates during Commencement, New Brown M.D.s convene to honor achievements, celebrate and reflect after exceptionally intense year, In socially distanced Graduate School ceremony, speakers call on peers to show up and do good work, Driven to purpose by passion, Class of 2021 celebrates the Baccalaureate, virtually, Brown to confer 2,505 degrees at its 253rd Commencement, PHOTOS: For soon-to-be graduates, pre-Commencement events cap their Brown student experiences, In address to Brown public health grads, U.S. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE. . Eckstein will deliver an address titled "Lessons from Brown: I am Because We Are," in which she will explore the responsibility humans have for each other. Class of 2020 graduate Dhruv Singh delivered his speech, Finding Our People, at the Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. The University will celebrate its Class of 2022 graduates, members of the Class of 2020 who missed their in-person Commencement experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and alumni from across the generations. 1966 - Lester B. Pearson. Brown Commencements have been major events for University guests and Providence residents since the 18th century. Along with Commencement, Brown held Reunion events over the weekend, inviting nearly 30,000 alumni to come together for a weekend . Massey's address, "Nation Building, Nation Reconstructing: History, Memory, and Social Change in the U.S. and South Africa," will discuss his experiences as an exchange student in South Africa and the story of his own participation as a young boy in the struggle for social change. Addressing Browns newest medical school graduates, President Christina H. Paxson acknowledged the challenges students faced this year and commended them on their accomplishments. "We have to make decisions about community and our responsibility," said Eckstein, adding that responsibility necessitates action. If you are planning to join us in 2023, please consider making . Because the Meeting House accommodates only members of the graduating class, the orations will be simulcast to The College Green, where parents, friends and guests of the University will gather. Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2009, Thompson is the first African American and second woman to serve as a judge on the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals. . MIT's 138 th Commencement exercise takes place on Friday, June, 5, 2015. Media credentials will be reserved exclusively for journalists working on assignment for credentialed professional news organizations. The Brown University Graduate School Commencement Convocation will feature an address by doctoral candidate Charlotte Manly at 9:15 a.m. Monday, May 26, in Lincoln Field. 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