Commencement Speakers Announced: Alma, American Public, American, Brandeis, Carnegie Mellon, Christopher Newport, East Central, George Washington, New England, Pratt, Ripon, Sweet Briar
April 5, 2019
- Alma College: Michigan lieutenant governor Garlin Gilchrist II.
- American Public University: Lieutenant General (retired) Michelle D. Johnson.
- American University: Stacey Abrams, former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives; and others.
- Brandeis University: Deborah Lipstadt, the Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University.
- Carnegie Mellon University: Leslie Odom Jr., the actor and singer.
- Christopher Newport University: Suzanne Scheuble, founder of a home for abandoned and orphaned children in Ethiopia.
- East Central College, in Missouri: Lynn Tincher-Ladner, president and CEO of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
- George Washington University: Savannah Guthrie, co-anchor of Today.
- New England College: U.S. senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
- Pratt Institute: Roxane Gay, the writer.
- Ripon College: Marc Edwards, civil and environmental engineer and investigative scientist.
- Sweet Briar College: Marshalyn Yeargin-Allsopp, an epidemiologist and pediatrician.
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