This semester's ceremonies celebrated 1,690 summer graduates and 3,930 fall graduates 1,500 bachelor's students, 3,760 master's students, and 360 doctoral students across both semesters. The days forums begin at 9 and 11 a.m. and at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Full details and schedules are included on Browns Commencement website. Massey's address, "Nation Building, Nation Reconstructing: History, Memory,
and Social Change in the U.S. and South Africa," will discuss his experiences
as an exchange student in South Africa and the story of his own participation
as a young boy in the struggle for social change. Lee Shallat Chemel '65. The University will bestow honorary degrees on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Seth Berkley of the Vaccine Alliance, recording artist Shaggy and six other accomplished leaders. Boston University School of Law is pleased to announce that Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States, will deliver the 2023 Commencement address. Open details for Brown Universitys 255th Commencement. Class of 2020 Procession 9:45 a.m. | The Van Wickle Gates Graduates process through the gates and onto their respective Commencement ceremonies, and alumni join in the fun. Commencement is an important milestone for all Brown students the culmination of their educational journey as undergraduates, graduate or medical students. Please contact the Commencement Office at commencement@jhu.edu or 410-516-7711 by April 21, 2023, to request ASL Interpreters, Assisted Listening Devices, and Braille program booklets. The annual neuroscience trivia competition hosted at Brown invites Rhode Island students to explore the wonders of the brain to inspire the next generation of scientists and researchers. College of Business, Nursing, etc.) He will challenge classmates
to look at how the United States defines its history and how its citizens think
about social change in comparison to South Africa. Spalter was selected as the speaker by the Graduate Student Council. Mamphela Ramphele, vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town in South
Africa, will deliver a Stephen A. Ogden Jr. Lecture on International Affairs at
3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23, in Room 101 of the Salomon Center for Teaching. Students present at Commencement call and text loved ones, who watch from afar because of the pandemic. Doctor of Public Service. A procession will precede the ceremony, which will be presided over by Dean of the Graduate School Andrew G. Campbell and Dean of the School of Professional Studies Leah VanWey. She was one of the founders, with the slain leader
Stephen Biko, of South Africa's Black Consciousness movement in the 1960s,
which held that blacks must be the leaders in their own liberation movement. Michael Bloomberg, center, gave the commencement speech at Harvard University on May 29, 2014. Dr. Seth Berkley, a physician and public health leader who earned his bachelors degree and M.D. will present the graduates from that college just like they would during an in-person ceremony. Users can log in with a Brown ID or as a guest. "I am delighted to announce that Ruth Simmons will deliver our principal address," said Harvard . Class of 2021 graduates applaud a speaker during the morning College ceremony. Novak on May 15th at 11 . Michael Greene, Doctor of Music. Also at Brown, Eckstein tutored adults
studying to take the high school equivalency exam through a program at the
Howard R. Swearer Center for Public Service. The star of "The . 1972 - Barbara Tuchman. Brown's new President E. Gordon Gee will give his inaugural address at 11:30
a.m., Saturday, May 23, on The College Green, during a ceremony installing him
as 17th president of the University. . Acclaimed TV, theater director to return to Lawrence as Commencement speaker. College Ceremony 12:15 p.m. | The First Baptist Church in America Support along the way is crucial Manly will receive a Ph.D. in cognitive
and linguistic sciences and will go on to study brain-damaged patients on a
post-doctoral fellowship at the National Institutes of Health. Open details for Student speakers take center stage at Brown's Commencement. High School Reunion tournament on Thursday, Feb. 23. Taylor Swift, New York University. Paxson will preside over the ceremony, which will include student performances and more, and Brown alumni Sydney Lo and Dhruv Singh will deliver Commencement speeches. Professor of Medicine and Medical Science Dr. Allan R. Tunkel addressed Class of 2022 and Class of 2020 M.D. The ceremony will be live-streamed on the web. A number of this years honorary degree recipients will address graduates and guests during weekend events or participate in Commencement Forums: Class Reunions, Campus Dance Brown University alumnus Steven R. Jordan, Class of 1982, a business leader and former NFL player, speaks to the graduating Class of 2021 as part of Baccalaureate on April 30. The ceremony for the Class of 2020 will be on May 13 at 6 p.m. Ceremonies for 2021 graduates will be on May 14 at 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. and May 15 at 9:30 a.m., depending on the college or school . Former President, Unigroup; Co-Chair, the Ferguson Commission. Michael Bloomberg . Class of 2022 graduates gather on the Main Green for the University Ceremony. The Campus Dance bash concluded with a festive Senior Sing at midnight on the steps of Sayles Hall. Diary Of A Pandemic Year grew from a seed planted by Fred Harris and Gayle Gallagher; to compose and present a piece of music at MIT's 2021 Commencement that reflected the unique challenges of the past year. Julian Medina 17 and M.D. Quincy Jones, Doctor of Music. Doctor of Science. Congratulations, Class of 2021! Warren Alpert Medical School Dean Jack A. Elias presides over the 2021 Commencement ceremony. Class of 2023.5 member who took medical leave details frustration with commencement speaker selection process Brown does not allow midyear graduates to speak at commencement before their graduation, College says. University-issued media credentials are required for access to the weekends events, including the procession route, the Van Wickle Gates and the University Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, when most honorary degrees will be awarded and Speaker Pelosi will deliver a Commencement oration. The service will be
telecast on a large video screen on The College Green so that parents, friends
and guests may listen and watch. The ceremony will also be live-streamed on the web. graduates at the Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Forums Astrophysicist Brian G. Keating, a 2000 Ph.D. graduate of Brown, will receive the Horace Mann Medal and will speak at a 12:30 p.m. Commencement Forum on Saturday. On Sunday, May 29, the University will confer a total of 2,788 degrees in all categories undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary. Lobell is an agricultural ecologist and environmental scientist and a professor at Stanford University. A&T Taps Emmy Award-Winning Actor Brown as Spring Commencement Speaker. Cari Hampton celebrates after the Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement ceremony. Dr. Kevin C. Vigilante, clinical associate professor of medicine, will
deliver the faculty address titled "Medicine, Politics and the Good Life." . The procession begins at 9:45 a.m. at the Van Wickle Gates. Ojetta Rogeriee Thompson, Class of 1973, accepts her honorary Doctor of Laws during the College Commencement ceremony. If you are planning to join us in 2023, please consider making . Class of 2020 graduate Dhruv Singh delivered his speech, Finding Our People, at the Class of 2020 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. The student speaker is Sierra Debrow, candidate for a master's in social work. Because seating is limited, only
graduating seniors will be admitted into the church. Enthusiastic to celebrate the Class of 2023's big day, Brown wants her . Browns Baccalaureate tradition derives from the immense range of religious, ethnic, geographic, linguistic and musical traditions present within the campus community. Surgeon General shares lessons both professional and personal, Open details for Brown to celebrate Commencement and Reunion Weekend with mix of in-person, virtual events, Open details for Brown to confer six honorary degrees at Commencement 2021, Open details for Senior orators will encourage graduates to dream big and build community, Open details for Graduate School speakers to emphasize community, connection at Commencement, In spirited celebration, Brown community commemorates Class of 2021s resilience, ability to improvise, Student speakers take center stage at Browns Commencement, Reunion events, Commencement forums capture, virtually, the spirit of community celebration, intellectual discovery, Brown faculty confers highest honor on public health, dance scholars and educators, 2021 Baccalaureate Speaker: Steven R. Jordan, 2021 Medical School Student Address: Scholars of the Human Condition, 2021 Medical School Faculty Address: Notes from the Floors, 2021 Masters Orator Sonya Brooks: Our Connection in Chaos, 2021 Ph.D. Orator Bardiya Akhbari: Bani Adam: One Essence and Soul, 2021 Senior Orator George Kubai: Dare to Dream, 2021 Senior Orator Siddhi Nadkarni: From Problems to Progress, President Paxson remarks to 2021 College graduates, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Norman Atkins, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Steven R. Jordan, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient David Lobell, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Maud Mandel, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient Jessica Meir, 2021 Honorary Degree Recipient O. Rogeriee Thompson, Brown awards six honorary doctorates during Commencement, New Brown M.D.s convene to honor achievements, celebrate and reflect after exceptionally intense year, In socially distanced Graduate School ceremony, speakers call on peers to show up and do good work, Driven to purpose by passion, Class of 2021 celebrates the Baccalaureate, virtually, Brown to confer 2,505 degrees at its 253rd Commencement, PHOTOS: For soon-to-be graduates, pre-Commencement events cap their Brown student experiences, In address to Brown public health grads, U.S. Lee Shallat Chemel, a 1965 graduate who first attended Milwaukee-Downer . Ruth Simmons, Ph.D. '73, president of Prairie View A&M University, president emerita of both Brown University and Smith College, and one of the nation's foremost leaders in higher education, will be the principal speaker at Harvard's celebration of the Class of 2021 on Thursday, May 27. The University will celebrate its Class of 2022 graduates, members of the Class of 2020 who missed their in-person Commencement experience due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and alumni from across the generations. Journalists and Authors. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will deliver a commencement oration and receive an honorary doctorate degree during Brown University's commencement ceremonies later this month. Laurene Powell Jobs will be the 2021 commencement speaker at the University of Pennsylvania. Kimberly Miragliuolo. The Class of 2022 celebrated the Baccalaureate with joyful performances, reflective remarks and prayers from faith traditions across the globe holding space for both celebration and sorrow. Ramphele is the first black person and the first female to hold the
university's highest office. 1984 Jack E. Brown (Speech Convocation) John A.D. Cooper (Medical Convocation) Robert C. McFarlane (Arts and Sciences Convocation) . Find videos, photos and messages of congratulations to Browns Commencement social feed using the hashtags #Brown2020, #Brown2022 and #BrownU. University President Christina H. Paxson addresses masters and doctoral students directly during the Graduate School Commencement ceremony an opportunity usually not afforded given simultaneous ceremonies. Please email [emailprotected] and include the professional news organizations name along with the journalists name, telephone number and email address. In addition to her iconic work in the dance world, Brown has in recent years branched into theater . from Brown, delivered the Baccalaureate address to the undergraduate Class of 2022. Speakers: Oprah, Awkwafina, Jennifer Garner, Lil Nas X, gymnast Simone Biles. 1966 - Lester B. Pearson. Since 1776, all but three Brown University Commencements have been held at the Meeting House. Graduates exit through the Van Wickles Gates following the afternoon College ceremony. Pressley will deliver Boston University's 148th Commencement Address Sunday to the class of 2021. Andrew G. Campbell, dean of the Graduate School, will preside, and more than 280 graduates will receive doctoral degrees. Jack Kemp, Doctor of Laws. Honorary degree highlights will include a Commencement oration delivered by Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi; a Baccalaureate address by . This years forums address timely issues on topics that range from tackling the COVID-19 pandemic and the opioid crisis, to reflecting on Title IX at 50 years, to new approaches to global security and justice. Jordan is a human resources director at Ryan Companies and a former NFL athlete with the Minnesota Vikings. Ms. Jobs, an alumna of Penn and the widow of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, is the founder and president of . Brown's commencement speaker policy has denied me the chance to be fully recognized alongside the peers with whom I have shared my undergraduate experience because I am a 0.5er, instead only allowing me to apply to speak at next year's Midyear Completion Celebration and the following Commencement. Former Brown professor and dean of the College Maud S. Mandel accepts her honorary Doctor of Humane Letters as part of the 2021 College Commencement ceremony. Members of the media must request credentials by 12:00 noon EDT on Wednesday, May 25. Brown University President Christina H. Paxson addressed graduates from the College, the Graduate School and the Warren Alpert Medical School at the University Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. During Commencement and Reunion Weekend, the University bestowed honorary degrees on U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dr. Seth Berkley of the Vaccine Alliance, recording artist Shaggy and six other accomplished leaders. In addition, each college's academic dean (e.g. As part of a virtual celebration for the School of Public Healths soon-to-be Class of 2021 graduates, Dr. Vivek Murthy drew on his experience as a public health leader to offer advice for the challenges ahead. A triumphant graduate celebrates after the afternoon ceremony. Miles is dean and vice president for academic affairs at the Graduate
Theological Union at Berkeley, a consortium of nine Protestant and Roman
Catholic seminaries. Kaitlan Bui, left, and Alexandra Ali Martnez delivered a joint address encouraging their fellow graduates to use their platform to uplift the communities most dear to them. Brown will bestow honorary degrees on a diverse group of business leaders, educators, scholars and scientists during its Commencement and Reunion Weekend celebration from April 30 to May 2. The Brown University Graduate School Commencement Convocation will feature
an address by doctoral candidate Charlotte Manly at 9:15 a.m. Monday, May 26,
in Lincoln Field. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Continuing its long-standing tradition, Brown University
will offer an array of speakers - including theologian Margaret R. Miles, South
African university chancellor Mamphela Ramphele, and Dr. Henry J. Mankin -
during its 230th Commencement Weekend. With the return of the Class of 2020 this year, the weekend includes even more student speakers than usual: Honorary degrees are awarded by the Board of Fellows of the Brown Corporation and conferred by the University president in English and in Latin. Class of 2022 M.D. This list includes UNC-Chapel Hill's featured spring commencement speakers from 1951-2022. Class of 2021 graduate Sonya Brooks, who earned a masters in urban education policy, speaks during the Graduate School ceremony on Saturday, May 1, part of Browns 253rd Commencement. Manly will discuss the reasons people do and do not finish their
dissertations. graduate Adriel Barrios-Anderson 17 delivered his speech, Experts in Uncertainty, at the Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. At its 253rd Commencement which will take place across two days of ceremonies on May 1 and 2, 2021 Brown University will confer a total of 2,505 undergraduate, graduate, medical and honorary degrees. Young America's Foundation survey on commencement speakers found that zero conservatives were invited to the top 45 universities. The multifaith service incorporates many spiritual and cultural traditions, embraces lively expressions of thanksgiving, harmony and rhythm, and includes music, dance, student performances and spiritual readings. honorable harold brown, secretary of defense. Swift will join an impressive list of past NYU Commencement speakers including President Bill Clinton (2011), Sonia Sotomayor (2012), David Boies (2013), Janet Yellen (2014), Sherrilyn Ifill (2015 . Vigilante is director of the women's HIV program at Miriam Hospital in
Providence and has appointments on the Consensus Group on Health Care Reform
and the AIDS Action Council, both of Washington, D.C., as well as the Community
Prep School Long Range Planning Committee and Department of Corrections
Community Advisory Board for Female Offenders. President Christina Paxson will greet the class, deliver remarks and confer bachelor degrees on the church grounds. And, of course, theres Campus Dance (tickets required). Class of 1975, the schools first graduating class. Mira Nikolova and Abdullah Shihipar, who respectively earned a Ph.D. and masters from Brown in 2020, will return to campus to address their fellow alumni during a dedicated Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 28. Faculty applaud the masters and doctoral graduates as the exit following the ceremony. Since its founding in 1764, Brown has selected members of the graduating class to speak during its Commencement ceremonies. Class of 2022 Ph.D. graduate Jiuyang Bai delivered his speech, Don't Be Afraid of Being Vulnerable, at the Doctoral Ceremony on Sunday, May 29, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. February 21, 2023. 1981: ronald w. reagan, president of the united states. Founder and artistic director of Camille A. Savannah Sellers | Spring 2019. 1970 - John Lindsay. Meet Our Commencement 2021 Speakers. Graduating seniors march back up College Hill to the College Green, where they join family members, friends and guests along with graduate and medical students for the University ceremony. 1969 - Edward Kennedy. During its 253rd Commencement on Sunday, May 2, Brown University bestowed honorary degrees on a diverse group of business leaders, educators, scholars and scientists. Mira Nikolova and Abdullah Shihipar, who respectively earned a Ph.D. and masters from Brown in 2020, will return to campus to address their fellow alumni. If you are planning to join us in 2023, please consider making arrangements early to ensure the best possible experience. Members of Browns graduating Class of 2021 shout out the moments and people that got them through the past year and made their time on campus special. Class of 2022 Baccalaureate Service 2:30 p.m. | Meeting House of the First Baptist Church in America Elon Collins '23.5 originally learned that she was nominated to speak in early December through an email from the University. Mary M. McKay, the Neidorff Family and Centene Corporation Dean of the Brown School, for the Brown School ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Class of 2020 Ph.D. graduate Miroslava Nikolaeva Nikolova delivered her speech, Reflections on a Pandemic and the Strength of the Saguaro, at the Class of 2020 Graduate School Ceremony on Saturday, May 28, 2022, as part of Browns 254th Commencement. Greene received her undergraduate degree from Yale
University in English. John Brown University is a leading private Christian university, training students to honor God and serve others since 1919. Commencement will be held Saturday, May 6, at 10 a.m. in Wait Chapel on the campus of Wake Forest University. Among his activities, Mankin serves as a consultant to the National
Institutes of Health Clinical Center, as chairman of the Massachusetts General
Hospital Cancer Affairs Committee, and as associate editor of the Journal of
Orthopaedic Research. Professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior Colin Harrington, M.D., delivers the faculty address to graduates at the 2021 Warren Alpert Medical School Commencement ceremony, part of Browns 253rd Commencement. About the ceremony: The All-University Commencement will comprise of speeches from Boston University President Robert A. Dean of the Graduate School Andrew Campbell welcomes and congratulates Browns 763 masters and Ph.D. graduates. In keeping with a Brown tradition of elevating student voices at Commencement, seniors George Kubai and Siddhi Nadkarni will encourage their classmates to strengthen communities and remove barriers. A series of in-person, socially distanced Commencement ceremonies for graduates and a wide range of virtual events for students, families and Brown alumni will take place from April 30 to May 2 here is what to expect. Revisit all the exciting moments of Browns 254th Commencement celebrations on Sunday, May 29, 2022, including the Procession and the ceremonies of the College, the Graduate School, the Warren Alpert Medical School and the University. The day's forums begin at 9 and 11 a.m. and at 12:30 and 3:30 p.m. Full details and . John Krasinski, who graduated from Brown University in 2001, returned to Rhode Island as the baccalaureate speaker during the school's commencement and reunion weekend in 2019. Graduates wave as they walk in the recessional following the College ceremony. Jean-Pierre Changeux, Doctor of Science. After the chancellor confers all degrees, there will be a moment where graduates can . Location information by department is listed on the Commencement website. Class of 2021 graduate George Kubai, a biomedical engineering concentrator, delivers a speech titled Dare To Dream., Class of 2021 graduate Siddhi Nadkarni, a health and human biology concentrator, addresses her class in a speech titled From Problems to Progress.. A concentrator in African-American Studies and American Civilization,
Massey, 22, studied at Fort Hare in South Africa during his junior year. EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (April 6, 2021) - Two-time Emmy Award-winning actor Sterling K. Brown will be the keynote speaker for North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University's commencement ceremonies Sunday, May 9. Kathleen Leavey McCarthy, Doctor of Humane Letters. UGA political scientist Charles Bullock . From famous celebrities and award-winning athletes, to successful entrepreneurs and bestselling authors, hire a sought-after commencement speaker this spring to encourage your university . The
lecture is free and open to the public. In case of rain the ceremony is scheduled for the Pizzitola
Sports Center. A pioneer in global public health, Berkley is both a champion of equitable access to vaccines, and a driving force for improving the way the world prevents and responds to infectious disease. Paxson will preside, and seniors orators Kaitlan Bui, Alexandra Ali Martnez and Michelle Liu will address their fellow graduates. "We have to make decisions about community and our responsibility," said
Eckstein, adding that responsibility necessitates action. . In addresses at Browns Commencement ceremonies on Sunday, May 29, student speakers entreated their peers to make a positive impact using lessons they had learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. The 860 candidates who were eligible to participate in the ceremonies . Carolyn Greene, selected as this year's medical class speaker, will present
remarks titled "Hope, Humor and Humility: Shedding the Short, White Coat
Without Losing the Ideals." Doctor of Divinity. [3] Today some 1700 undergraduate degrees, and 5000 advanced degrees from the university's various graduate and professional schools, are conferred each Commence . In
post-apartheid South Africa, the school which for decades only served white
students, is now 45 percent black. Brown, the Commencement speaker, and the student speaker, plus presentations to the Honorary Degree Recipients and the conferring of degrees. Brown University alumni congratulate the Class of 2021 on their achievements and welcome them to a strong community of Brown graduates around the world. He
plans to return there after graduation to study the University's role in the
liberation movement. Pelosi is among . In 2006, when the graduating senior class had grown too large to be safely accommodated, the students voted to preserve the tradition by holding a portion of the Commencement ceremony on the church grounds. Here are highlights of the honorary degree recipients and commencement speakers scheduled to address CUNY's Class of 2022: Dr. Sandra Lindsay, director of Patient Care Services at Long Island Jewish Medical Center and the first person in the U.S. to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, will address Lehman College and receive the Alumni Achievement . 9 P.M. | The College Green. A Lawrence University alumna who paved an impressive 40-year career in theater, film, and television will return to campus on June 9 as the 2019 Commencement speaker. Open details for Brown Brain Bee brings brain science to local high schoolers, Open details for Brown student reunites with former competitors in Jeopardy! tournament, Open details for In tribute to pair of late Black women thinkers, scholars and leaders urge the pursuit of justice, Open details for One-of-a-kind Brown Commencement and Reunion Weekend set for May 27 to 29, Kaitlan Bui, Alexandra Ali Martnez and Michelle Liu, Brown Brain Bee brings brain science to local high schoolers, Brown student reunites with former competitors in Jeopardy! tournament, In tribute to pair of late Black women thinkers, scholars and leaders urge the pursuit of justice, One-of-a-kind Brown Commencement and Reunion Weekend set for May 27 to 29, Two years later than planned, Brown alumni, Dr. Nicole Alexander-Scott Physician and public health leader, Dr. Seth Berkley Physician and public health leader, Guido Imbens Nobel Laureate and economist, Stanley Nelson Oscar-nominated filmmaker, Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Alice and Thomas Tisch Brown leaders and benefactors, Zeynep Tfeki Technology scholar and educator.