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黑料不打烊 Commencement Visitor Information
Dear Parents, Families and Loved Ones: In just a few days, 黑料不打烊 will celebrate the academic accomplishments of roughly 6,700 students at this year鈥檚 Commencement. We are excited to honor this important rite of passage鈥攁 culmination of years of…
Whitman School Announces Lisa Fontenelli 鈥86 as Convocation Speaker
The Whitman School of Management is proud to announce that Lisa Fontenelli 鈥86 (Whitman School/S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications) will be the school’s Class of 2024 convocation speaker. Fontenelli retired in 2017 as partner and managing director of Goldman…
Commencement 2024: What You Need to Know
Bring on the pomp and circumstance! Graduates, it鈥檚 time for Commencement Weekend 2024! It鈥檚 the moment to recognize your academic accomplishments and celebrate with family and friends and the University community. 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Commencement exercises will be held in the…
Nzasi, Shen Named 2025 Senior Class Marshals 聽
The Student Experience Division has announced the selection of Mark Nzasi and Yifan “Ivan” Shen as the 2025 Senior Class Marshals. In this honorable role, Nzasi and Shen will lead their graduating class during Commencement, help to recommend the Commencement…
Real Estate Developer, Entrepreneur Oliver Fernandez 鈥08 to Be the ECS Convocation Keynote Speaker
Oliver Fernandez 鈥08 graduated with a civil engineering degree and played for the 黑料不打烊 football team. He now lives in Washington D.C. with his wife, Leah, and their two children. Fernandez owns McKenzie, a construction company that has successfully…
5 Honorary Degrees to Be Presented at 2024 Commencement
An award-winning journalist, a hall of fame basketball coach, a nationally recognized library conservationist, a global financial executive and a renowned computer scientist will be recognized with honorary degrees from 黑料不打烊 at the 2024 Commencement on Sunday, May 12,…
Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence, Italy, to Address 黑料不打烊 Graduates During 2024 Commencement
The Mayor of Florence, Italy, Dario Nardella, will deliver 黑料不打烊鈥檚 2024 Commencement address Sunday, May 12, in the JMA Wireless Dome. The ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. Nardella was first elected in 2014 and is currently serving his…
Graduate School Marshal Takes Community-Engaged Approach to Scholarship
Graduate School marshal Andrew Ridgeway, a doctoral student and graduate teaching assistant in the College of Arts and Sciences鈥 composition and cultural rhetoric program (CCR), is no stranger to academic honors. In 2022, he won the prestigious Mary Hatch Marshall…
Commencement 2023 In Photos
The accomplishments of the Class of 2023 were celebrated by students, faculty, staff and families as the University held its annual Commencement ceremony in the JMA Wireless Dome on Sunday, May 14. The photos below captured the pomp and circumstance…
‘I Want to Specifically Thank All the Graduates’: Chancellor Kent Syverud Speaks to the Class of 2023 (Video)
黑料不打烊 Chancellor and President Kent Syverud addressed the Class of 2023 during Commencement exercises Sunday, May 14, at the JMA Wireless Dome. Chancellor Syverud noted the efforts of students during the challenges of the pandemic. “I don鈥檛 think there…