Posts Tagged ‘Commencement’
Pomp and Circumstance: Maine Senator, Leader of Genome Project Among Upcoming Commencement Speakers
by John O. Harney
May 7, 2013
U.S. Sen. Susan M. Collins (R-Maine) and Bernard Osher Foundation President Mary G.F. Bitterman will speak at the University of Southern Maine commencement on Saturday, May 11 in the Costello Sports Complex on the Gorham campus. Collins will address undergraduate students at 9 a.m. Bitterman will address graduate students at 2 p.m.
Eric Lander, president and ...
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NE Colleges Announce Spring Commencement Speakers Even Before Winter Arrives (smtms in 140 chars max)
by John O. Harney
December 16, 2011
It's not even officially winter, and New England colleges are starting to announce their spring commencement speakers.
Former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell will deliver Northeastern University’s 110th commencement address on May 4, 2012. Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun made the announcement via Twitter!
Fareed Zakaria, host of CNN’s international affairs program “GPS," editor-at-large ...
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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
by John O. Harney
May 6, 2011
Worcester Polytechnic Institute's invitation to ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson to deliver this year’s commencement address on May 14, sparked protests from WPI’s Students for a Just and Stable Future. The students noted that the world’s largest oil company and a major funder of climate deniers has given more than $1.3 million to the school. After ...
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Spring Peepers: NE Campuses Begin Naming Speakers for Commencement
by John O. Harney
February 28, 2011
It's happening again: New England colleges and universities are assembling the academics, business gurus, heads of state and, of course, celebs, who make the region's spring college commencements the world's best regional lecture series. Some stars of this year's commencement season so far (in order of appearance) ...
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Marc A. Nivet, the chief diversity ...
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UNH Taps Life is Good Founder for Commencement
by 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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