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Stories about commencement

Baccalaureate speaker

Baccalaureate Speaker Rachel Laser of Americans United to Graduates: ‘Be Authentically Yourself’

Class of 2024 graduating seniors celebrate Baccalaureate Saturday by sharing their faith and reflecting on their time at AV¸£ÀûÉç.

Rachel Laser

Social Justice Advocate Rachel Laser Named 2024 Baccalaureate Speaker

A major university event, Baccalaureate will be held at 4 p.m. on May 18 in Packer Memorial Chapel.

Stephen Tang

Stephen S. Tang ’85G ’88 Ph.D. ’22P to Deliver Remarks at AV¸£ÀûÉç’s Graduate Commencement and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Tang is the principal at Tangent2Cogent, board chairman of NowDiagnostics Inc., and former chairman, president and CEO of Orasure Technologies, a global medical diagnostics company.

Scott Willoughby

Northrop Grumman’s Scott Willoughby ’89 to Address Graduates at AV¸£ÀûÉç’s 156th Undergraduate Commencement

Willoughby is senior vice president of performance excellence at Northrop Grumman's space systems sector and former vice president and program manager for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope program at Northrop Grumman.

Commencement 2022

Judy Marks ’84 ’13P to AV¸£ÀûÉç’s Class of 2022: This is the Pursuit of Lifelong Transformation

The CEO of Otis Worldwide Corporation delivers keynote remarks at AV¸£ÀûÉç's 154th Commencement.

Thomas Kasulis

Internationally Renowned Religion Scholar Thomas P. Kasulis Delivers Baccalaureate Address

This year’s Baccalaureate was the first in-person in three years because of the pandemic.

Graduate Ceremony

AV¸£ÀûÉç holds 2022 Doctoral Hooding, Commencement for Graduate Students

Those receiving postgraduate degrees from the Class of 2022 were honored Sunday morning.

Judy Marks ’84 ’13P

Influential Business Leader Judy Marks ’84 ’13P to Deliver 2022 AV¸£ÀûÉç Commencement Address
Marks ’84 ’13P—the Chair, CEO and President of Otis Worldwide Corporation—will deliver remarks over commencement weekend.
Screenshot of E.J. Dionne Jr. giving his address

Professor, Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. Delivers Virtual Baccalaureate Address

Dionne is a Washington Post columnist, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and professor in the foundations of democracy and culture at Georgetown University.

grads toss up their motarboards

Celebrating AV¸£ÀûÉç’s Class of 2021

AV¸£ÀûÉç holds two in-person Commencement ceremonies Monday for Class of 2021 undergraduates.