Class of 2018 to be Honored at Spring Commencement

More than 1,300 Duquesne graduates will be celebrated at the University’s annual Spring Commencement Ceremony this Friday, May 11, at 2 p.m. in the A.J. Palumbo Center.

Nationally syndicated columnist and television commentator E.J. Dionne will deliver the keynote address at the annual event. Dionne has been a columnist for The Washington Post since 1993 and is a senior fellow at The Brookings Institution.

During the ceremony, President Ken Gormley will present an honorary degree to Duquesne alumna Marie Milie Jones, the first female chair of the University’s Board of Directors and founding partner of the law firm JonesPassodelis.

Following Commencement, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner, who helped to lead Houston’s recovery in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in August 2017, will deliver remarks at the 6 p.m. diploma ceremony for the McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts.

The University Commencement ceremony will be preceded by the Baccalaureate Mass at noon in the Palumbo Center. Both events can be viewed live via webcast at www.duq.edu/commencement.