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NE Colleges Announce Spring Commencement Speakers Even Before Winter Arrives (smtms in 140 chars max)
John O. Harney
December 16, 2011
It's not even officially winter, and New...
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Big Oil CEO and Carbon Opponent to Each Address WPI Grads After Speaker Dustup; Gov. Malloy to Deliver Keynotes in Connecticut
John O. Harney
May 6, 2011
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's invitation...
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From Noted Neurosurgeon to Newark, N.J. Mayor, More Grad Speakers Announced
John O. Harney
May 4, 2011
Neurosurgeon Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa of...
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Vt. Gov. Shumlin to Address Green Mountain College Grads … and More Commencement News
John O. Harney
April 25, 2011
Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin will deliver the...
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More Caps and Gowns: NE College Commencement Season Shifting to High Gear
John O. Harney
April 11, 2011
Premier of Quebec Jean Charest will keynote...
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Spring Peepers: NE Campuses Begin Naming Speakers for Commencement
John O. Harney
February 28, 2011
It's happening again: New England colleges...
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Fairfield Announces Commencement Speakers
NEBHE Admin
April 11, 2010
Fairfield University announced that Harvard University executive VP Katherine Lapp, and University of Texas cancer researcher James Abbruzzese, M.D., will address the university’s 60th commencement on Sunday, May 23, on Bellarmine Lawn. Lapp will address undergraduates at 9:30 a.m. Abbruzzese will address graduate students at 3 p.m.
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UNH Taps Life is Good Founder for Commencement
NEBHE Admin
April 7, 2010
Bert Jacobs, co-founder of the company “Life is Good,” will be the commencement speaker for the University of New Hampshire graduating class of 2010, on May 22.
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Skating Champion Kwan to Speak at SVC Commencement
NEBHE Admin
April 7, 2010
Michelle Kwan, the most decorated figure skater in U.S. history will keynote Southern Vermont College’s 83rd commencement exercises on Saturday, May 8. The winner of two Olympic medals and U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy recently went back to college, enrolling as a graduate student at Tufts University’s Fletcher School of International Affairs.
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Congressman Michaud to Speak at Maine Maritime Commencement
NEBHE Admin
April 7, 2010
U.S. Rep. Michael H. Michaud (D-Maine) will address the graduating class at Maine Maritime Academy’s 67th commencement on Saturday, May 1, at 11 a.m. in Alexander Fieldhouse.
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