Peabody and Emmy Award-winning reporter Ti-Hua Chang, who has worked for WNBC News since 1993, will deliver the commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate in humane letters.
Bradley Whitford, a Wisconsin native and recipient of an Emmy Award for his role on NBC's "The West Wing," will address graduates during this spring's commencement weekend, May 14-16.
William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, will speak at the 2004 Exercises of Commencement. The New York Times Review of Books says he "has done more ... in the American human rights movement to make human rights issues known" in the US.
Award winning author, political activist, and beloved Professor Emeritus Grace Paley will be the speaker for Sarah Lawrence College's 75th Commencement on May 21. One of the most respected writers of the last 40 years, Paley will address the 284 BA candidates and 152 MA candidates.
Actor and comedian Bill Cosby will address graduates from the schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering on May 20. Noteworthy speakers at other commencement events are Nicholas Burns, US ambassador to NATO, and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Corgliano.
Lucent Technologies Chief Scientist Arun N. Netravali, a pioneer in the field of digital technology, will be a featured speaker at the 111th Commencement. He will also receive an honorary degree for his inventive impact in advancing digital technology.
Corporate leader, civil engineer, and humanitarian Charles H. Thornton, co-chairman of the Thornton-Tomasetti Group, Inc., will be a featured speaker at the 111th Commencement. He will also receive an honorary degree from for his leadership in engineering design.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology W. H. Dow Professor Howard Brenner will be a featured speaker at the 111th Commencement. He will also receive an honorary degree for his outstanding achievements during a distinguished half-century career as a chemical engineer.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute President Shirley Ann Jackson will be a featured speaker at 111th Commencement on Sunday, May 9. Jackson will address the nearly 600 Clarkson students who will be granted degrees that day. She will also receive an honorary degree.
Former Illinois state representative and now a justice in the Illinois Third District Appellate Court Mary K. O'Brien and international financier Alfred D. Boyer will receive Distinguished Alumni Awards and address graduates during Western Illinois University's Commencement Ceremonies May 8.
NY's Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Antonia Coello Novello will deliver the keynote address at the 24th annual Hooding Ceremony at NYIT's New York College of Osteopathic Medicine. Dr. Novello is the first woman and first Hispanic to become surgeon general of the U.S. Public Health Service.
Texas senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, the first woman representative from Texas in the U.S. Senate, will deliver this spring's commencement address May 8 during the general convocation. About 2,000 students are expected to receive their degrees during the commencement ceremonies that day.
Robert W. Lawless, the outgoing UT president, will be the speaker at the 113th commencement on May 8. More than 700 students will receive diplomas during the ceremony.
David E. Davis, founder of Automobile Magazine and the dean of automotive journalists in the U.S. will receive an honorary degree and be the featured speaker at Spring Commencement on May 1.
David Hartman is a 1972 graduate and the first blind person in the US to graduate from medical school at Temple University in 1976. Hartman will also accept an honorary degree from Gettysburg College.
Tom Ridge, the first secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will address the class of 2003-2004 on Friday, May 7, at the Jon M. Huntsman Center.
Robert Archibald, president of the Missouri Historical Society and of the national Lewis and Clark Bicentennial, will speak at spring commencement May 1.
Clifton R. Wharton Jr. will deliver the commencement address Saturday, May 8. Chancellor James H. Mullen Jr. will confer honorary degrees on Wharton as well as Wall Street Journal columnist Sharon Begley, University of Hawaii President Evan Dobelle, and Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson.
U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge will address graduates at commencement services on May 20.
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet will be the keynote speaker at the 200th Commencement Sunday, May 23, at 9 a.m. Mamet was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1984 for his play Glengarry Glen Ross, and has lived part-time in Vermont for 40 years.
Newsman Pierre Thomas will be the keynote speaker at the university commencement event. Howard University's Graduate School Dean Orlando L. Taylor will speak at Graduate School commencement. Harold G. Koenig will be the keynote speaker at Virginia Tech's Center for Gerontology's ceremony.
Krista Tippett, Minnesota Public Radio host, will speak at Commencement Activities.
Former president Bill Clinton will give the Senior Convocation address May 29, 2004. By tradition, the commencement address will be given by the president of the university, Jeffrey S. Lehman.
Playwright August Wilson, who has received two Pulitzer prizes and numerous other awards for his plays, will be the featured speaker at the 129th annual Commencement ceremonies June 12 at Husky Stadium.
Three distinguished graduates will be awarded honorary degrees by their alma mater at Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 16.
Colin L. Powell is scheduled to address approximately 1,500 graduates and receive an honorary doctor of laws degree during a 9 a.m. outdoor ceremony May 17.
President John Sexton and Board of Trustees Chairman Martin Lipton have announced the names of those to be honored at the 172nd Commencement Exercises, Thursday, May 13th. Time-Warner CEO Richard Parsons will offer "A Response on Behalf of the Honorary Degree Recipients," an university tradition.
UAB will conduct graduation ceremonies at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 8. Ceremonies will be held at Bartow Arena, 617 S. 13th St. About half of the nearly 2,000 May graduates will take part in the ceremonies.
Steve Burke, president of Comcast Cable, has been chosen to deliver the keynote address at Colgate's 183rd commencement exercises on Sunday, May 16, 2004.
Senator Barbara Boxer to address 2004 graduates at Dominican University of California.
Tom Beaudoin, author and visiting assistant professor of theology at Boston College, will deliver the commencement address.
Continuing the tradition of outdoor spring ceremonies on campus that began in 2000, the commencements for 2004 graduates will begin with the university-wide Baccalaureate Mass, on Thursday, May 13, at 7 p.m. Approximately 1,300 students will graduate.
U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., a 1965 University of Delaware graduate, will speak at the 155th Commencement exercises at 9 a.m., Saturday, May 29, in Delaware Stadium on the Newark campus. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
Donald L. Evans, the 34th Secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, will be the speaker for spring commencement at 8 p.m. on May 22. Evans is a recipient of university's Distinguished Alumnus Award and is a former chairman of the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System.
Fireworks, music, and keynote address by U.S. Sen. John McCain will be among the highlights April 30 as the university honors the spring class of 2004 with a special convocation celebration.
U.S. Surgeon General and Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona will address more than 1,800 undergraduate students at commencement exercises on May 1, 2004, at 10 a.m. at the FleetCenter in Boston.
Peter J. Gomes, the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Member of the Faculty of Divinity School at Harvard University, will be the commencement speaker on May 15, 2004.
"Richard Channing" from the '80s TV hit drama "Falcon Crest" will be delivering WVU's 135th Commencement address at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 16.
Newly appointed Cabinet Secretary Alphonso Jackson will deliver the Commencement Address.
Senator John Breaux, a leader in national politics who has served Louisiana in Congress for 32 years, will deliver the commencement address to approximately 2000 graduates on May 22 at 9:30 a.m. in the Louisiana Superdome.
Delaware Congressman Mike Castle, a 1961 graduate, will deliver the college's commencement address on Sunday, May 23, at 10:30 a.m. The commencement ceremony will take place on the Main Quadrangle, or in the event of inclement weather, in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House.
Actress Celia Weston will speak to Salem College's graduates at the 2004 Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 22 at 10 a.m. in the May Dell, an outdoor amphitheater on Salem's campus.
Music industry sound equipment pioneer Hartley Peavey will deliver the May 8 commencement address and receive an honorary doctorate.
National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice will address Michigan State University undergraduates at spring commencement convocation ceremonies Friday, May 7.
In keeping with tradition at Davidson College, Commencement weekend activities will focus on members of the Class of 2004 rather than a prominent speaker. President Robert Vagt will offer brief remarks to the 400 or so graduating seniors during Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 16.
The nation's top education official, US Secretary of Education Rod Paige, will deliver a special address to graduates at Commencement Ceremonies, held April 24 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Tim Russert, JD, moderator of "Meet the Press" and Washington bureau chief of NBC News, will deliver the keynote address at the 2004 Commencement. Russert will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Public Service degree at the ceremony, set for Friday, May 21, at 3 p.m.
Judy Woodruff, CNN anchor and senior correspondent, will be the speaker at the 126th commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 16.
Former senator and presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun will address the graduating class of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at her alma mater.
Google co-founder and Maryland alum Sergey Brin will be the keynote speaker at the University of Maryland's December 20th Commencement ceremonies.
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