Commencement Speakers Announced: Belhaven, Birmingham-Southern, Colby, Furman, Lawrence, Linfield, Mesa CC, New School, Saint Martin's, Shimer, Southwestern CC, Trinity, U. of Connecticut, Wilson

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

• Belhaven University: Bob Doll, chief equity strategist and senior portfolio manager at BlackRock, and U.S. Judge James E. Graves, Jr.
• Birmingham-Southern College: Charlotte Ford, director of the college library and associate professor of library science.
• Colby College: Tony Blair, the former British prime minister.
• Furman University: Richard Riley, former governor of South Carolina and former U.S. secretary of education.
• Lawrence University: Anton  Valukas, court-appointed examiner in the Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., bankruptcy case.
• Linfield College: U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon.
• Mesa Community College: Rod Risley, executive director of Phi Theta Kappa.
• New School: Robert Hammond, co-founder and executive director of Friends of the High Line.
• Saint Martin's University, in Washington State: Mary Conley Law, recently retired registrar of the university.
• Shimer College: Wendy Doniger, Mircea Eliade Distinguished Service Professor of the History of Religion at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
• Southwestern Community College (Iowa): Jill Biden, a professor at Northern Virginia Community College and second lady of the United States.
• Trinity College (Connecticut): Anne Fadiman, author, editor and teacher.
• University of Connecticut: Joette Katz, commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families.
• Wilson College: Pennsylvania Attorney General Linda L. Kelly.