Posts Tagged: Commencements

From Malawi Leader to Guvs to Actor Redford, More Commencement Speakers at New England Colleges

Joyce Banda, former president of Malawi Naturalist and free-speech advocate Terry Tempest Williams will address the Unity College graduation on Saturday, May 9 at 1 p.m. in the Unity gym. Joyce Banda, president of the Republic of Malawi from 2012 to 2014, will deliver the Wheelock College undergraduate commencement address on Friday, May 15 at 10 a.m. Temple Israel. MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnel...

Lawmakers, Authors, Entrepreneurs Among Newly Announced Commencement Speakers

Isabel Wilkerson, author of The Warmth of Other Suns Jane Altes, former vice president for academic affairs and interim president of Empire State College, and Daniel B. Ginsberg, former assistant secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs, will address Southern Vermont College's 87th Commencement on Saturday, May 10. Homebuilder and founder of C&S (College Student) Builders ...

Your Chance to Listen in on the NSA … and Other Commencements

Former NSA Director Keith Alexander. General Electric aviation executive Mike Sims will address graduates at Wentworth Institute of Technology on Saturday, April 26 at 10 a.m. on the main quadrangle. Western Connecticut Health Network President and CEO John Murphy M.D. will address thegraduate commencement at Western Connecticut State University on Friday, May 9 in the Stephen Feldman Arena.Educ...

Commencements: The Anchor, the Ambassador et al

U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power. Judith S. Kaye, former chief judge of New York and of the Court of Appeals and now a lawyer with the Skadden firm, will deliver the commencement address at the Roger Williams University School of Law ceremony on Friday, May 16 at 1 p.m. on the university’s main athletic field. Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee will address the Roger Williams Uni...

Commencement Speakers Range from a Science Guy to an Inaugural Poet

Bill Nye, scientist, inventor and executive director of The Planetary Society.Janet Napoli­tano, former sec­re­tary of home­land secu­rity and now pres­i­dent of the Uni­ver­sity of Cal­i­fornia System, will keynote the 112th commencement at Northeastern University on May 2 at Boston's TD Garden. **** Massachusetts Gov. Deval L. Patrick will keynote comm...

Commencements: Mass. Gov. Patrick Among Speakers

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick. Quinnipiac University announced six commencement ceremonies. On Saturday, May 10 at 10 a.m., investor Guy Adami of Fast Money and Drakon Capital will address graduate commencement at the TD Bank Sports Center on Quinnipiac's York Hill Campus. At 3 p.m. in the same location, Linda Schwartz, Connecticut commissioner of veterans affairs, will address health sci...

IMF Director, Former NYC Mayor Among NE Commencement Speakers

IMF Director Christine Lagarde. Partners HealthCare System President and CEO Gary Gottlieb will address graduates of the MGH Institute of Health Professions at Boston's John B. Hynes Veterans Memorial Convention Center on Thursday, May 8. ****Former New Hampshire House Speaker and New Hampshire Republican Party Chair Donna P. Sytek will deliver the Regis College commencement address on Satu...

Among Comings and Goings, Mohler-Faria to Leave Bridgewater State U Presidency Next Year

Bridgewater State University President Dana Mohler-Faria announced that he would step down on June 30, 2015, at the end of the 2014-15 academic year. **** FAME (the Finance Authority of Maine) named Bruce Wagner to a four-year term as CEO. Wagner has been an executive with W.R. Grace, Barber Foods and Martin’s Point Health Care. **** President Obama appointed Yale psychologist and Comer Scho...

Ted Kennedy Jr., Sen. Murphy, Gov. Shumlin, Ed Guru Canada Among Additional Grad Voices

Tom Friedman, a conceptual sculptor, will keynote Montserrat College's 2013 commencement on Friday, May 17, at 10 a.m. at the Cabot Street Cinema Theatre in Beverly, Mass. John M. Barry, historian and biographer of Roger Williams, will address the Roger Williams University commencement on Saturday, May 18, at 10 a.m. on the University’s main athletic field. Mary E. Kennard will address the...

Boston Police Commish, Sen. Angus King Among Additional Commencement Speakers

Dianne Dillon-Ridgley, a leader in environmental sustainability, corporate responsibility and social justice, will keynote Green Mountain College’s 176th commencement  on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. on the Griswold Library lawn Max Mutchnick, Emmy Award winner and co-creator of the television show Will & Grace, will deliver the undergraduate address at Emerson College’s 133r...