The following colleges and universities have announced their commencement speakers for spring 2012:

• Arcadia University: [1] Patricia Hill Collins, Distinguished University Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland at College Park, and Fred de Sam Lazaro, a PBS correspondent.
• Bentley University: [2] Larry Lucchino, president/CEO of the Boston Red Sox, and Ming Tsai, the chef.
• College of New Rochelle: [3] Carla Harris, a managing director at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.
• Daniel Webster College: Retired Rear Admiral Jan Cody Gaudio.
• Juniata College: James Madara, chief executive officer of the American Medical Association.
• Manhattan College: [4] Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York and John Esposito, retired president and CEO of Bacardi U.S.A., Inc.
• Mount Saint Mary College, [5] in New York: Elizabeth Ailes, publisher of The Putnam County News & Recorder and The Putnam County Courier.
• National Hispanic University: [6] Deborah A. Santiago, co-founder and vice president for policy and research at Excelencia in Education.
• Northwestern College (Iowa): Laura Jacobson, a lawyer for the St. Frances Cabrini Center for Immigrant Legal Assistance, in Houston.
• Nyack College: [7]Steve Forbes, chairman and editor-in-chief of Forbes Media, and Michael Louis, chairman of hotels, vineyards and strategic Initiatives for the Louis Group International of South Africa.
• Paul Smith's College: [8] Joan H. Weill, a philanthropist who is former chair of the college's board.
• Pratt Institute: [9] Santiago Calatrava, the architect, engineer and artist.
• Salt Lake Community College: Abby Wambach, the soccer player.
• Western New England University: [10] Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist and the director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History.