It’s graduation season for the DC area’s colleges and universities. Which high-profile figures will take the stage at local commencement ceremonies? Here’s a rundown:
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson
will address the Washington College of Law. Jackson made history in 2022 as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court.will address the Schools of Education and Communication this Friday. Leonsis also owns the Washington Capitals, Wizards, and Mystics.Nasdaq, INC. CEOFormer Maryland Governorwill address the College of Arts and Sciences on Saturday.co-host and UMD alum Gayle King will address the Terrapins on May 22nd.
t has been my privilege and priority to get to know Gayle and convey the pride her Terrapin community feels in recognition of her many accomplishments,” said UMD President Daryl Pines. “I am honored that our graduates will have the opportunity to learn from her journey.”The Prince George’s County HBCU will welcome Kenneth C. Frazier, retired CEO of Merck & Co., as its speaker Frazier is the first African American to lead a Fortune 500 company.
. Nonetheless, the speech will go on. “Is his inclusion in commencement a betrayal of our core identity of diversity, and commitment to inclusivity? Or are his presence and the passionate objections it has inspired actually the purest reflections of who we are as Mason Patriots?” asked George Mason President Gregory Washington.
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