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Last updated on Friday, March 23, 2018
(BLOOMINGTON) - Over the course of nine days in May, thousands of Indiana University students will become IU alumni as the university’s seven campuses hold spring 2018 commencement ceremonies. The events in Bloomington and Indianapolis will welcome guest speakers and, across four campuses, 15 honorary degrees will be awarded.
"As we celebrate the academic achievements of students across all of our campuses this May, we are honored to also award a number of honorary degrees to highly accomplished leaders in Indiana and across the country who have served their organizations and communities with great distinction," IU President Michael A. McRobbie said. "From civic leaders and philanthropists to business leaders and community advocates, our commencement speakers and honorary degree recipients represent many of the traits we admire and hope to instill in our students."
John Hennessy, executive chairman of Alphabet, Google's parent company, and president emeritus of Stanford University, will speak and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree during the Bloomington campus's graduate commencement ceremony May 4. Hennessy is a pioneer in computer science and an entrepreneur who markedly improved and transformed Stanford's arts and humanities programs, visual and performing arts programs, and public service programs on campus during his tenure.
During the graduate ceremony, an honorary Doctor of Science degree will be awarded to Norman Pace, one of the world's most influential biologists conducting groundbreaking research in biochemistry and microbial ecology and evolution, and Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, an IU alumna and chief curator of the core exhibition at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews, will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
IU Bloomington's undergraduate commencement ceremony will take place on May 5 and feature guest speaker Paul Tash, chairman and chief executive officer of the Tampa Bay Times and Times Publishing Co. An IU alum and Indiana native, Tash began his tenure at what was then the St. Petersburg Times in 1975 and has worked as a reporter, city editor, Washington bureau chief and executive editor.
During the undergraduate ceremony, the university will award honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degrees to:
For information on the graduation ceremonies at the other campuses click here.
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