High School Reunion tournament on Thursday, Feb. 23. Faculty applaud the masters and doctoral graduates as the exit following the ceremony. "I am delighted to announce that Ruth Simmons will deliver our principal address," said Harvard . These speakers have often included prominent people well known through their work in politics, arts, business, journalism, and public service. Brown Commencements have been major events for University guests and Providence residents since the 18th century. The latter program allowed her to teach third-grade in a public school while taking courses at night at a local college. Class of 2021 graduate Siddhi Nadkarni, who concentrated in health and human biology with a focus on global health, delivers one of the senior orations during the College ceremony on Sunday, May 2, part of Browns 253rd Commencement. Chancellor DiStefano, President Benson, and the Regents of the University I am honored to be here, thank you. honorable harold brown, secretary of defense. And, of course, theres Campus Dance (tickets required). With an eye toward lives and careers that make an enduring and positive impact, 763 masters and Ph.D. graduates earned Brown degrees in a Saturday afternoon Commencement ceremony on the College Green. Former Brown professor and dean of the College Maud S. Mandel accepts her honorary Doctor of Humane Letters as part of the 2021 College Commencement ceremony. graduate Adriel Barrios-Anderson 17 delivered his speech, Experts in Uncertainty, at the Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Many departments also welcome graduate students. Manly will discuss the reasons people do and do not finish their dissertations. Fred and Gayle had specific ideas about the architecture and tone . In addresses at Brown's 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. Jack Kemp, Doctor of Laws. Carolyn Greene, selected as this year's medical class speaker, will present remarks titled "Hope, Humor and Humility: Shedding the Short, White Coat Without Losing the Ideals." Rider University 2083 Lawrenceville Road Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Brown University alumnus Norman Atkins, Class of 1984, accepts his honorary Doctor of Humane Letters as part of the 2021 College Commencement ceremony on May 2. Elon Collins '23.5 originally learned that she was nominated to speak in early December through an email from the University. If you are planning to join us in 2023, please consider making . As Brown celebrates Commencement and Reunion Weekend 2022, look no further for complete news, photo, video and social media coverage of the festivities, both in-person and virtual. 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. Ruth Simmons, Ph.D. '73, president of Prairie View A&M University, president emerita of both Brown University and Smith College, and one of the nation's foremost leaders in higher education, will be the principal speaker at Harvard's celebration of the Class of 2021 on Thursday, May 27. The University of South Florida awarded more than 6,400 degrees during spring commencement. The ceremonies will also be streamed live and graduates unable to attend in person will be recognized online on the commencement website. Adriel Barrios-Anderson, who served as a student orator upon earning his bachelors degree from Brown in 2017, hopes to inspire newly minted M.D.s to feel confident about embracing the uncertainty of the future. 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. Class of 2022 Ph.D. graduate Jiuyang Bai delivered his speech, Don't Be Afraid of Being Vulnerable, at the Doctoral Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Congratulations, Class of 2021! 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. Main: 609-896-5000 Admissions: 800-257-9026 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. Browns newest medical graduates process following the ceremony. Lee Shallat Chemel '65. 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. While at Brown, Eckstein spent a semester at Tougaloo College in Jackson, Miss., and a semester in the Urban Education program in New York. Find videos, photos and messages of congratulations to Browns Commencement social feed using the hashtags #Brown2020, #Brown2022 and #BrownU. Lynn Gangone is the commencement speaker and will speak to the ECU 2020 Class. 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. Commencement will be held Saturday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University. Savannah Sellers | Spring 2019. He is chair of the Association of American Universities and past president of The Ohio State University, University of Colorado and West Virginia University. . Rich McClure. Class of 2021 graduates applaud a speaker during the morning College ceremony. The address is titled "On Not Losing Heart.". Speakers. The multifaith service incorporates many spiritual and cultural traditions, embraces lively expressions of thanksgiving, harmony and rhythm, and includes music, dance, student performances and spiritual readings. Paxson will preside, and seniors orators Kaitlan Bui, Alexandra Ali Martnez and Michelle Liu will address their fellow graduates. Her most recent books include Reading for Life: Beauty, Pluralism and Responsibility; Seeing and Believing: Religion and Values in the Movies; Desire and Delight: A new reading of Augustine's Confessions; and Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West. The University's unjust refusal to accept . This person is selected through an application and interview process conducted by a special committee that includes students, faculty, and staff. 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. 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. Media credentials will be reserved exclusively for journalists working on assignment for credentialed professional news organizations. Students present at Commencement call and text loved ones, who watch from afar because of the pandemic. Boston University School of Law is pleased to announce that Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States, will deliver the 2023 Commencement address. The Baccalaureate began with a procession from the heart of College Hill to the church, led by Class Coordinating Board co-presidents Bree Zhang and Melissa Cui. Commencement speakers include students and honored guests. Orations, Addresses and Forums with Honorary Degree Recipients. Brown & Dancers since 2006, Brown will address undergraduate and graduate students at the University Commencement at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University. 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 . Journalist Maria Shirver will be the commencement speaker for UM's 2022 graduating class. 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. U.S. Speaker of the House and honorary degree recipient Nancy Pelosi urged the Class of 2022 to bring a spirit of unity to whatever they choose to do, saying they are graduating into a country deeply divided socially, politically and culturally. Here's a sampling of famous speakers and their words of wisdom for the class of 2022. Click the image for the full list. University President Christina H. Paxson addresses masters and doctoral students directly during the Graduate School Commencement ceremony an opportunity usually not afforded given simultaneous ceremonies. Class of 2020 Ph.D. graduate Miroslava Nikolaeva Nikolova delivered her speech, Reflections on a Pandemic and the Strength of the Saguaro, at the Class of 2020 Graduate School Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Mandel is the 18th president of Williams College. Class of 2022 M.D. Brown, Bullock announced as UGA Spring Commencement speakers. He is also a special correspondent . Taylor Swift, New York University. Commencement 2022 Procession 9:30 a.m. | The Van Wickle Gates Medical school graduate Soumitri Barua processes jubilantly through the Van Wickle Gates following the Saturday morning ceremony. Undergraduates will process to the First Baptist Church in America for their ceremony. Brown was the principal commencement speaker for the undergraduate student ceremony held Friday, Dec. 10 in the UNO Lakefront Arena. Brown's commencement speaker is actor John Krasinski. Michael Bloomberg, center, gave the commencement speech at Harvard University on May 29, 2014. Kimberly Miragliuolo. Class of 1975, the schools first graduating class. Charles S. Bullock, University Professor of Public and International Affairs, will deliver the graduate Commencement address on Thursday, May 11, at 10 a.m . The ceremony will be live-streamed on the web. Dr. Allan R. Tunkel, professor of medicine and medical science, will deliver the faculty address, titled Lessons Learned From My Life as a Physician. And graduate Adriel Barrios-Anderson will present the student address, titled Experts in Uncertainty. The ceremony will be live-streamed on the web. Doctor of Public Service. Graduate students who completed studies in October 2019, February 2020 and May 2020 will be welcomed back to campus for a ceremony that will include many of the time-honored traditions of Commencement. Doctoral Ceremony 10:30 a.m. | Pembroke Field The ceremony will also be live-streamed on the web. 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. 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. John Krasinski, who graduated from Brown University in 2001, returned to Rhode Island as the baccalaureate speaker during the school's commencement and reunion weekend in 2019. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala MCP '78, PhD '81, director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), will deliver the address at the OneMIT Commencement Ceremony to all members of the Class of 2022 on Friday, May 27. This years Baccalaureate address will be delivered by Dr. Seth Berkley, a physician and public health leader who earned his bachelors degree and M.D. . Orthopedic surgeon Leah Brown, a University alum and All-American for the Gym Dogs, will deliver the spring undergraduate commencement address May 12 in Sanford Stadium. The ceremony will be live-streamed on the web, and simulcast for family and friends to view via screens on the College Green. The ceremonies included recipients of approximately 4,843 undergraduate, 1,295 master's and 297 doctoral degrees. This year, classes ending in 2 or 7, plus recent graduates, are returning. The University will bestow honorary degrees on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Seth Berkley of the Vaccine Alliance, recording artist Shaggy and six other accomplished leaders. For the full list of performers, please see our page of thanks and acknowledgments. Ms. Jobs, an alumna of Penn and the widow of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, is the founder and president of . Ramphele is the first black person and the first female to hold the university's highest office. Highlights of the ceremony also include presentation of the Horace Mann Medal, established in 2003 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Graduate School and awarded annually to a Brown graduate who has made significant contributions in their field, and the Joukowsky Family Foundation Outstanding Dissertation Awards. Laurene Powell Jobs will be the 2021 commencement speaker at the University of Pennsylvania. Class of 2020 graduate Sydney Lo delivered her speech, Opening Our Hearts, at the Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. 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. 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. from Brown, will deliver the Baccalaureate address to the undergraduate Class of 2022 on Saturday. University Ceremony 1:15 p.m. | The College Green A symposium commemorating the legacies of Lani Guinier and bell hooks, two of the last centurys most influential Black women thinkers, convened discussions on their outsize influence on education, law and society. 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. OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DFP FILE. In addition, several members of the Brown community, including Brown's 17th President E. Gordon Gee, senior orators Daniel Massey and Katherine Eckstein, faculty member Dr. Kevin Vigilante, graduating medical student Carolyn Greene and graduating doctoral student Charlotte Manly, will speak. The Commencement Speaker Nominations Committee will review the nominations and provide a list of recommended nominees to the President, who consults with the Board of Trustees before selecting the final speaker. Commencement is an important milestone for all Brown students the culmination of their educational journey as undergraduates, graduate or medical students. During its 253rd Commencement on Sunday, May 2, Brown University bestowed honorary degrees on a diverse group of business leaders, educators, scholars and scientists. Friday, May 9, 1997 - Jack Kemp, Speaker. Facebook's event will be co-hosted by The Office vets Mindy Kaling and B.J. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi addressed the graduates at the University Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. A&T Taps Emmy Award-Winning Actor Brown as Spring Commencement Speaker. College of Business, Nursing, etc.) Dr. Seth Berkley, a physician and public health leader who earned his bachelors degree and M.D. Class of 2021 graduate Sonya Brooks, who earned a masters in urban education policy, speaks during the Graduate School ceremony on Saturday, May 1, part of Browns 253rd Commencement. Student speakers. A series of in-person, socially distanced Commencement ceremonies for graduates and a wide range of virtual events for students, families and Brown alumni will take place from April 30 to May 2 here is what to expect. Location information by department is listed on the Commencement website. Brown percussionists lead the recessional to the Van Wickle Gates following the College ceremony. Gee, 54, was born and raised in Vernal, Utah, where he was valedictorian of his 150-person high school class and president of the student body. Graduate students celebrate their 2021 Commencement safely by processing through Browns Van Wickle Gates with masks on. Because seating is limited, only graduating seniors will be admitted into the church. graduates at the Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. 129th Commencement, for the Class of 2020 held in-person in 2022. . UGA political scientist Charles Bullock . A triumphant graduate celebrates after the afternoon ceremony. In a virtual address during the annual celebration of cultures and traditions, former NFL player, business leader and Brown alumnus Steven Jordan urged graduates to uncover their purposes in life by examining their passions. 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. 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 +. On the day of his death, Paxson conferred upon him a Doctor of Humane Letters and presented him a doctoral hood. 2011 Stephen Colbert (speaker at general commencement ceremony) Gloria Ladson-Billings (School of Education and Social Policy Convocation) 1965 - Adlai Stevenson. Sherent Harris, a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe, shared the Universitys newly adopted land acknowledgement at the start of the University Ceremony in recognition that Brown is located on lands within ancestral homelands of the Narragansett tribe. Date: May 15th. Its a time of celebration for many in our community, including graduates, families, friends and alumni. 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. With the return of the Class of 2020 this year, the weekend includes even more student speakers than usual: . A Lawrence University alumna who paved an impressive 40-year career in theater, film, and television will return to campus on June 9 as the 2019 Commencement speaker. He became one of the country's youngest college presidents when he assumed leadership of West Virginia University in 1981 at the age of 37. Look no further for complete news, photo, video and social media coverage of previous Commencement and Reunion Weekend festivities. Warren Alpert Medical School Dean Jack A. Elias presides over the 2021 Commencement ceremony. 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