2017 Graduates to be Honored at Commencement, Diploma Ceremonies
The University will honor approximately 1,560 graduates during this weekend’s annual Commencement and diploma ceremonies.
Spring Commencement will be held at 2 p.m., this Friday, May 12, following the noon Baccalaureate Mass in the A.J. Palumbo Center. During the ceremony, President Ken Gormley will present honorary degrees upon Pittsburgh natives Bill Strickland, president and chief executive officer of Manchester Bidwell Corporation, and award-winning author John Edgar Wideman.
The Baccalaureate Mass and the Commencement ceremony can be viewed live via webcast at www.duq.edu/commencement.
The schedule for the Spring diploma ceremonies is as follows:
- McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts, Friday, May 12, at 6 p.m., A.J. Palumbo Center. Speaker: John Edgar Wideman
- On Saturday, May 13:
- School of Education, 9 a.m., A.J. Palumbo Center. Welcome: Dr. Cindy Walker, dean of education
- Mary Pappert School of Music, 9 a.m., Union Ballroom. Remarks: Seth Beckman
- Palumbo-Donahue School of Business, noon, A.J. Palumbo Center. Speaker: Mary Jo Dressel, MBA’86, former chief operating officer for human resources at BNY Mellon
- Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, noon, Union Ballroom. Speaker: Dr. William Largen, S’07, physician of infectious disease, Lowcountry Infectious Diseases and Infusion Center, Charleston, S.C.
- School of Nursing, 3 p.m., A.J. Palumbo Center. Speaker: Dawndra Jones, chief nursing officer, vice president of patient care services, UPMC McKeesport
- John G. Rangos School of Health Sciences, 6 p.m., A.J. Palumbo Center. Speaker: Dr. Timothy L. Jackson, chairman, board of managers, Heritage Valley Healthcare Network, LLC, and Clinically Integrated Network of Heritage Valley Health Systems.