Commencement Speakers

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Staten Island, Queens and Law School commencements highlight spring graduation schedule.

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Dr. Julie Louise Gerberding, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, will deliver the commencement address at the Medical College of Georgia May 12 at 2 p.m. in the Augusta-Richmond County Civic Center.

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Jerry Bruckheimer, film and television producer, is being honored with a doctor of fine arts degree from The University of Arizona College of Fine Arts (CFA) during the UA's Spring 2006 commencement morning ceremony.

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Acclaimed author Ann Patchett is the speaker for Sarah Lawrence College's 77th Commencement taking place on Westlands lawn on May 19 at 10 a.m. She will address the 296 graduating seniors, 137 graduate students receiving their master's degrees, and their families.

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Actor Viggo Mortensen, a 1980 graduate of St. Lawrence University, is one of three alumni who will speak at Commencement May 21 and receive an honorary degree.

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Alphonse "Buddy" Fletcher Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Fletcher Asset Management Inc. will receive an honorary degree and make brief remarks at Clarkson University's Commencement, Sunday, May 14.

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Dr. Donald A. Henderson will receive an honorary degree and make brief remarks at Clarkson University's 113th commencement May 14.

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Former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner will address approximately 1,500 Wake Forest University graduates and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree during a 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony May 15.

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Senator Barbara Boxer will be the speaker at Mills College's 118th Commencement, May 13, 2006.

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Rep. Elijah Cummings, an accomplished attorney and legislator, and a staunch advocate of the University, will be the keynote speaker at UMB's 2006 Commencement to be held on May 19th at 3 p.m. at 1st Mariner Arena.

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Chair of the 9/11 Commission Thomas Kean, Congressman Charles Rangel, author David Halberstam and sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer among those to address Teachers College, master's graduates On May 16.

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Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin will deliver the address to the undergraduates at the Georgia Institute of Technology's 223rd commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. on Saturday, December 17, 2005 at Alexander Memorial Coliseum.

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Martha Grace, chief justice of the Massachusetts Juvenile Court, will be the 2005 Commencement speaker at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology on June 5, 2005.

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Journalist Jerry Mitchell, whose work led to the murder indictment of a former Ku Klux Klansman in the "˜64 murders of three civil rights workers, will deliver the commencement address at Queens College on Thursday, June 2 at 9 am.

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Legendary civil rights leader Julius Chambers to deliver keynote address at Northeastern University School of Law's 2005 commencement. Honorary Doctor of Laws presented to the Honorable Janet Bond Arterton, United States District Court Judge for the District of Connecticut.

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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) encouraged the Class of 2005 to "always stand true to yourselves" and to "stand up for research and for open inquiry" in her address today to approximately 1,100 graduates at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's 199th Commencement.

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Mount Saint Mary College will confer 554 degrees during its 42nd annual commencement ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday (May 21). Dan Zevin, author, humorist and journalism professor, will deliver the address. The Mount will confer 423 bachelor's and 131 master's degrees.

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Brian Billick, head coach of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League, will deliver the keynote address at the University of Maryland, Baltimore's 2005 Commencement.

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Joseph J. Grano, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Centurion Holdings, LLC and Chairman, Homeland Security Council, and Ellyn A. McColgan, President, Fidelity Brokerage Company, will speak at Babson College's 86th Commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 21, 2005.

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Gov. Mike Huckabee, former Chancellor Daniel Ferritor and philanthropist Pat Walker will be honored with honorary degrees at the 2005 All-University Commencement, which will be held at 8:45 a.m. May 14 in Bud Walton Arena. The schedule of commencement for the university's colleges and their speakers was also announced.

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Kurt Schmoke, dean of the Howard University School of Law and former mayor of Baltimore, will deliver the Commencement address at Hamilton College on Sunday, May 22, at 10:30 a.m.

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Leon E. Panetta, Chief of Staff for former U.S. President William J. Clinton and founder/director of the Panetta Institute, will address approximately 2,200 undergraduate students as the keynote speaker at Northeastern University's morning commencement exercises.

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Seattle business attorney T. Dennis George will be the featured commencement speaker at his alma mater, Northern Michigan University. The ceremony will be held on Saturday, May 7.

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More than 5,000 degrees will be conferred at May 14 University of Arizona two Commencement ceremonies. UA graduate and Phoenix Suns majority owner Robert G. Sarver will address the morning ceremony and U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., will be the afternoon speaker.

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Kathryn S. Fuller, president and chief executive officer of the World Wildlife Fund will be a featured speaker at Clarkson's 112th Commencement on Sunday, May 8.

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Award winning author Russel Banks will be a featured speaker at Clarkson University's 112th commencement in Potsdam, NY on May 8.

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Dr. Andreas Acrivos, Albert Einstein Professor Emeritus of Science and Engineering at the City College of he City University of New York will Address Clarkson University commencement May 8 and receive an honorary doctorate degree.

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United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) will speak at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 199th Commencement, on Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 9:30 a.m. at the Harkness Field.

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Two commencement addresses will be given at SDSU April 30, one by former U.S. Senator Tom Daschle and one by graduating senior Laura Lynn Geraets.

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This year's Convocation at Teachers College will include a line-up of honorees who together have made enormous contributions to closing the gap in opportunity and achievement between America's more privileged students and their poorer, chiefly non-white peers.

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Dot Richardson, M.D., director and medical director of the National Training Center in Clermont, FL, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, will deliver the commencement address for Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine's 115th commencement.

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Carol Bellamy, director of UNICEF since 1995, and a respected voice in the international community, will speak at the 2005 Exercises of Commencement at Grinnell College on Monday, May 23, 2005.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Kennedy will speak and receive an honorary degree at St. Lawrence University's Commencement in Canton, New York, on May 15.

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Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund, will speak at Colgate University's 2005 commencement ceremony May 15. Also receiving honorary degrees are the Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, alumnus Emlyn Griffith, former U.S. Surgeon General David Satcher, and artist Alex Katz.

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Arnold Palmer, one of the most beloved golf legends of all time and a Wake Forest University alumnus, will deliver the university's commencement address May 16. He will address approximately 1,450 Wake Forest graduates during the 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony on University Plaza.

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The University of Maryland will celebrate the graduation of more than 2,600 students who are applicants to receive bachelor and advanced degrees during commencement ceremonies on Saturday, December 18, at the Comcast Center. Maryland Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen is the featured speaker.

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Democratic Representative, Raul Grijalva of Arizona, was born in Tucson in 1948. His father was a "bracero" who emigrated from Mexico in 1945 to help offset the loss of skilled American ranch hands serving with the armed forces in World War II.

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David H. Barlow, PhD, a renowned psychologist whose work has led to a greater understanding of and new treatments for anxiety disorders, will deliver the keynote address at the commencement celebration for the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (MSPP) on Sunday, June 6.

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Elmhurst College also honors Sifton, Molnar during ceremony.

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Canadian musical icons Daniel Lanois and Jeff Healy, former federal cabinet minister The Honourable Lloyd Axworthy, and astronaut Julie Payette are among the distinguished recipients who will be given honorary degrees at McMaster University's Spring Convocation ceremonies, June 2-4.

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Historian, journalist, and author David Halberstam will be the principal speaker at Williams College's 215th Commencement exercises on Sunday, June 6.

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Commencement speech by author Barbara Ehrenreich at Barnard College.

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Mount Saint Mary College will confer 618 degrees at its 41st annual commencement ceremonies Saturday (May 22). Dr. Dennis J. Selkoe, an authority on Alzheimer's Disease, will deliver the address at the 10 a.m. ceremony. Executive recruiter Gerard R. Roche will speak at the 2 p.m. ceremony.

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Her Imperial Highness Princess Hisako Takamado of Japan will receive an honorary degree from the University of Alberta on June 10, 2004.

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Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen to deliver commencement address to NSU Class of 2004 College of Osteopathic Medicine graduates.

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University of New Hampshire graduates will share the celebration of their academic accomplishments with Dr. Mae Jemison, the first African-American woman in space, who is the keynote speaker at the 134th Commencement Saturday, May 22, 2004.

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More than 5,041 degrees will be conferred on May 15 during two Commencement ceremonies. UA graduate and Pac 10 and NBA star Steve Kerr will address both ceremonies.

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Kinko's founder Paul Orfalea and Indra Nooyi, President & Chief Financial Officer of PepsiCo, Inc., will address graduates at commencement ceremonies on May 15.

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As the host of "The Planet's Funniest Animals" Matt Gallant has achieved celebrity status. His television career began in Rhode Island while studying communications and theater at URI. He graduated from URI in 1986 and will return to his alma mater this month to give the commencement address.

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Film actor and director Forest Whitaker and actress Rosemary Harris will speak at the North Carolina School of the Arts' commencement ceremonies for college and high school graduates, respectively, on May 29.