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Commencement Speakers Announced: Bryant, College of New Rochelle, LIM, Maryville, Mott CC, NH Institute of Art, Northeastern Illinois, Ohio U., Salve Regina, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Southern Vermont, U. of Maine-Farmington

Submitted by Scott Jaschik on May 5, 2011 - 3:00am

The following colleges and universities have announced their commencement speakers for spring 2011:

  • Bryant University: [1] Daniel Akerson, chairman and CEO of General Motors, and Roger Mandle, executive director of the Qatar Museums Authority.
  • College of New Rochelle: The Rev. Timothy M. Dolan, archbishop of New York.
  • LIM College: [2] Jill Granoff, former CEO of Kenneth Cole Productions.
  • Maryville University: Cokie Roberts, the ABC News political commentator.
  • Mott Community College: Donald W. Riegle Jr., former U.S. senator.
  • New Hampshire Institute of Art: Arno Rafael Minkkinen, the photographer.
  • Northeastern Illinois University: Rae Lewis-Thornton, the AIDS activist.
  • Ohio University: Atul Gawande, a medical staff member of Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.
  • Salve Regina University: [3] Jill Biden, community college educator and wife of the vice president.
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Patti Smith, the singer and visual artist.
  • Southern Vermont College: [4] Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa, associate professor of neurosurgery, neuroscience, oncology and cellular and molecular medicine, and the director of the Brain Tumor Stem Cell Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University.
  • University of Maine at Farmington: [5] Bill McKibben, the environmentalist.
Source URL: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2011/05/05/colleges_announce_commencement_speakers

Links:
[1] http://blogs.bryant.edu/newsroom/?p=810
[2] http://www.limcollege.edu/MyLIM/9869.aspx
[3] http://www.salve.edu/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2fChannels%2fSite+Wide+Content&WorkflowItemID=7d112ff5-6ea3-4fd6-a41d-28a9f755abc9
[4] http://www.svc.edu/pr/index.html?release_id=1207
[5] http://inside.umf.maine.edu/2011/04/25/university-of-maine-at-farmington-announces-leading-environmentalist-bill-mckibben-as-2011-commencement-speaker/