The list of speakers at this years graduations is superb… Did anyone notable speak at your high school and/or college graduation?
Saturday, May 7
*Georgia State University
Bachelor, Master and Specialist commencement
Speaker: Former President Jimmy Carter
2 p.m. Georgia Dome
*Oglethorpe University
Speakers: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed
Dr. Richard Wrangham, Ruth Moore Professor of Biological Anthropology at Harvard University; Director, Kibale Chimpanzee Project
Linda Bierds, award-winning poet and professor of English at University of Washington
9 a.m. Academic Quadrangle
*University of West Georgia
Undergraduates from the College of Arts and Humanities; College of Science and Mathematics, College of Social Sciences and the Richards College of Business
Speaker: Georgia Speaker of the House David Ralston
9 a.m. UWG Coliseum then…
Undergraduates from the School of Nursing, and College of Education; Graduate students
Speaker: Sen. Johnny Isakson
2 p.m. UWG Coliseum
Sunday, May 8
*Georgia Institute of Technology
Master’s and Bachelor’s Ceremony
Speaker: Michael Duke, President and CEO, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Noon Georgia Dome
Sunday, May 15
*Spelman College
Speaker: First Lady Michelle Obama
3 p.m. Georgia International Convention Center
Monday, May 16
*Clark Atlanta University
Speaker: Susan L. Taylor, editor-in-chief, Essence Magazine
8 a.m. Panther Stadium
Saturday, June 4
Savannah College of Art and Design
Speaker: Whoopi Goldberg, Oscar, Emmy, Grammy and Tony Award winner.
Savannah
School of Building Arts, School of Film, Digital Media and Performing Arts, School of Liberal Arts
1 p.m. Savannah Civic Center, Martin Luther King Jr. Arena
