Posts Tagged ‘Commencements’
Ted Kennedy Jr., Sen. Murphy, Gov. Shumlin, Ed Guru Canada Among Additional Grad Voices
by John O. Harney
May 15, 2013
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 ...
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Boston Police Commish, Sen. Angus King Among Additional Commencement Speakers
by John O. Harney
May 1, 2013
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 133rd commencement on ...
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Fed Chair Bernanke, Arianna Huffington, Dr. Paul Farmer Among Closers Announced for NE Commencement Season
by John O. Harney
April 26, 2013
Photo courtesy of Fairfield University.
Kenneth I. Chenault, chair and CEO of American Express Company, will keynote the undergraduate commencement at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Friday, May 10, at 5 p.m. in McGuirk Alumni Stadium.
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries of Northern New England, will keynote the commencement ceremony at Saint ...
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Commencements: Lennox at Berklee, Marsalis at UVM … and that’s Just the Musical Guests!
by John O. Harney
March 21, 2013
Photo of Annie Lennox.
Rebecca Onie, cofounder and CEO of Health Leads, will deliver the keynote address at MGH Institute of Health Professions’ 2013 commencement on Thursday, May 9.
Singer-songwriter Annie Lennox will deliver the keynote at Berklee College of Music on Saturday, May 11 at Boston University's Agganis Arena.
Richard DesLauriers, special agent in charge of the ...
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Naming Names for Spring 2013 NE Commencements
by John O. Harney
March 7, 2013
Announcements of spring 2013 New England commencement speakers have begun to trickle out ...
Cardinal Seán O’Malley, the archbishop of Boston whose name has come up in conversations about a successor to Pope Benedict XVI, will give the commencement address at Regis College on Saturday, May 11.
Fisher College will feature FOX25 news anchor Maria Stephanos on ...
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A Few More Caps and Gowns
by John O. Harney
May 18, 2012
Ronald Noble, the first American to head the international policing organization INTERPOL, will keynote the University of New Hampshire's 142nd commencement ceremony on Saturday May 19 at 10 a.m. on Memorial Field.
Paul S. Grogan, president of The Boston Foundation, will deliver the commencement address at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology's 104th commencement ...
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Great NE Lecture Series (aka Spring Commencement Season) Hits Homestretch
by John O. Harney
May 3, 2012
We began covering Spring 2012 commencements back in December 2011, when Northeastern University announced (via Twitter no less) that former Secretary of State Colin L. Powell would keynote Northeastern's 110th commencement on May 4. ... From there, we reported on Gov. Malloy, Sen. Kerry, Victoria Reggie Kennedy Among Newly Announced NE Commencement Speakers (before, that ...
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A Few More Commencements
by John O. Harney
April 24, 2012
University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst and Connecticut's State Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz will be among 14 speakers to address UConn graduates on Sunday, May 6. Herbst, will speak at 12:30 p.m., and Katz at 5 p.m. in UConn's Harry A. Gampel Pavilion.
Carolyn Lynch, CEO of the Lynch Foundation ...
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Happens Every Spring: More NE Commencement Speakers Announced
by John O. Harney
April 12, 2012
Carole Cornelison, commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management, will deliver the commencement address at Wentworth Institute of Technology, on Sunday, May 6, at 10 a.m., on the Wentworth campus's main quadrangle.
Author Andre Dubus III will speak at New England College’s 65th commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12, at 11 a.m. ...
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Gov. Malloy, Sen. Kerry, Victoria Reggie Kennedy Among Newly Announced NE Commencement Speakers
by John O. Harney
March 13, 2012
American writer, commentator and bioethicist Ruth Levy Guyer will keynote Southern Vermont College's 85th commencement on Saturday, May 12. Working as a consultant for the President's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, Guyer is developing a guide for the commission's recent report on unethical experiments conducted by U.S. Public Health Service researchers in Guatemala ...
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