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Dalai Lama to speak at Tulane University Commencement
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, spiritual leader of Tibet, will deliver the keynote address to graduates at Tulane University’s 2013 Commencement. |
Released: 4/30/2013 8:00 AM EDT
Tulane University |
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Peter B. Lewis to Speak at CWRU's CommencementRenowned business leader and philanthropist Peter B. Lewis has been named Case Western Reserve University commencement speaker. The Progressive Insurance Co. chair to give address and receive an honorary degree on 10th anniversary of the opening of the Weatherhead School of Management building with his name. |
Released: 4/22/2013 10:30 AM EDT
Case Western Reserve University |
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Alum Kavita Ramdas Named Mount Holyoke Commencement Speaker
Social justice advocate and leader Kavita N. Ramdas ’85 will give the 2013 commencement address and receive an honorary degree when Mount Holyoke College celebrates its 176th commencement on Sunday, May 19. |
Released: 3/4/2013 4:15 PM EST
Mount Holyoke College |
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Former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher to Speak at NSU Commencement on August 25
Former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker at a commencement ceremony for Nova Southeastern University’s (NSU) colleges of Nursing and Health Care Sciences on Saturday, August 25. |
Released: 8/13/2012 10:40 AM EDT
Nova Southeastern University |
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Macy’s Parade Leader Addresses Ithaca College Graduates
Amy Kule, planner and producer of Macy’s annual Thanksgiving Day Parade, brought showmanship, flair and wisdom as Ithaca College’s Commencement speaker |
Released: 5/21/2012 7:00 AM EDT
Ithaca College |
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Military Medical University Holds 33rd Commencement More Than 200 Uniformed Medical Professionals Prepare to ‘Care for Those in Harm’s Way’For the last four years, students from all over the United States have been ‘learning to care for those in harm’s way’ at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), the nation’s only federal health sciences university, operated by the Department of Defense. On Saturday, May 19, these more than 200 uniformed and civilian medical professionals and scientists will take the final step towards that goal as they receive advanced degrees at USU’s 33rd Commencement Exercise. |
Released: 5/18/2012 1:55 PM EDT
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) |
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'Doonesbury' Creator Trudeau Speaking At St. Lawrence University CommencementGarry Trudeau and Skidmore dance professor Mary DiSanto-Rose, a Class of 1975 graduate, will speak at St. Lawrence University's Commencement May 20. |
Released: 4/9/2012 9:00 AM EDT
St. Lawrence University |
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Leading Innovation Expert and Former U.S. House of Representatives Science and Technology Committee Chairman Barton J. Gordon Will Speak at 206th RPI CommencementU.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin G. Scalia, Digital Camera Inventor and Rensselaer Alumnus Steven J. Sasson ’72, and Stanford University Computer Science Professor Emeritus Edward A. Feigenbaum Also Will Receive Honorary Degrees |
Released: 4/4/2012 3:20 PM EDT
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) |
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IBM's Sam Palmisano to Speak at Johns Hopkins University's Commencement Ceremony
Sam Palmisano, chairman of the board of IBM and chair of IBM’s executive committee, will return this spring to his alma mater, the Johns Hopkins University, as the featured speaker at the university-wide commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 24. A former university trustee, Palmisano will also receive an honorary degree of doctor of humane letters during the ceremony, which is for graduates from all divisions and campuses. |
Released: 3/8/2012 3:50 PM EST
Johns Hopkins |
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Azar Nafisi to Give 175th MHC Commencement Address
Best-selling writer Azar Nafisi, author of Reading Lolita in Tehran, will address Mount Holyoke College graduates during the College's 175th commencement on May 20. |
Released: 2/9/2012 4:00 PM EST
Mount Holyoke College |