Commencement Speakers Announced: Bridgewater, Clark, Columbus Art and Design, Concordia, Emerson, Metropolitan, Mount Aloysius, Newbury, NJIT, Ohio Dominican, Paine, Palo Alto, Siena, Taylor, Wellesley, Willamette

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April 15, 2019

Bridgewater College, in Virginia: R. Mark Laursen, clinical associate professor in Boston University’s Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and director of athletic training services.
Clark University: Jeffrey Lurie, owner of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Columbus College of Art and Design: Isabel and Ruben Toledo, the artists.
Concordia College, in Minnesota: Colum McCann, the artist and author.
Emerson College: Soledad O’Brien, the journalist.
Metropolitan College of New York: Reverend Winnie Varghese, senior priest for justice and reconciliation at Trinity Church Wall Street.
Mount Aloysius College: U.S. representative Glenn “GT” Thompson.
Newbury College: Myechia Minter-Jordan, president and CEO of the Dimock Center.
New Jersey Institute of Technology: New Jersey governor Phil Murphy.
Ohio Dominican University: Sister Margaret Ormond, president of the Dominican Academy.
Paine College: Bakari Sellers, CNN political commentator.
Palo Alto University: Malik S. Henfield, associate dean for academic affairs, research and faculty advancement at the University of San Francisco School of Education.
Siena College: Kate Gutmann, an executive at UPS.
Taylor University: Vice President Pence.
Wellesley College: Anita Hill, professor of social policy, law and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Brandeis University.
Willamette University: Bell Burnell, co-discoverer of the first radio pulsars; and others.

Scott Jaschik

Scott Jaschik, Editor, is one of the three founders of Inside Higher Ed. With Doug Lederman, he leads the editorial operations of Inside Higher Ed, overseeing news content, opinion pieces, career advice, blogs and other features. Scott is a leading voice on higher education issues, quoted regularly in publications nationwide, and publishing articles on colleges in publications such as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, Salon, and elsewhere. He has been a judge or screener for the National Magazine Awards, the Online Journalism Awards, the Folio Editorial Excellence Awards, and the Education Writers Association Awards. Scott served as a mentor in the community college fellowship program of the Hechinger Institute on Education and the Media, of Teachers College, Columbia University. He is a member of the board of the Education Writers Association. From 1999-2003, Scott was editor of The Chronicle of Higher Education. Scott grew up in Rochester, N.Y., and graduated from Cornell University in 1985. He lives in Washington.