An All-Star Lineup Of B-School Graduation Speakers For 2016

 

Harvard Business School

Date: May 25, 2016

Graduation Speaker: Tom Tierney (’80), Chairman of The Bridgespan Group (Check)

Graduation Information: 2016 HBS Class Day Ceremony

 

Cornell (Johnson)

Date: May 28, 2016 (MBA)

May 28 (Convocation)

May 29 (Commencement)

MBA and Ph.D. Recognition Ceremony  Speaker: Johnson Dean Soumitra Dutta

(Actor James Franco will speak at the convocation and Cornell Provost Michael Kotlikoff will speak at the commencement.

Graduation Information: 2016 Cornell MBA and Ph.D. Commencement

2016 Campus-Wide Cornell Commencement

 

MIT (Sloan)

Date: June 3, 2016

Graduation Speaker: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Former Minister of Finance, Nigeria (All School)

Graduation Information: 2016 MIT Commencement

 

UCLA (Anderson)

Date: June 10, 2016

Graduation Speaker: Mitch Kupchak (’87), General Manager of the Los Angeles Lakers

Graduation Information: 2016 UCLA Anderson Commencement

 

Stanford Graduate School of Business

Date: June 11, 2016 (Diploma Ceremony)

Diploma Ceremony Speaker: Mary Barra (’90), CEO of General Motors

Graduation Information: 2016 Stanford GSB Diploma Ceremony

 

University of Chicago (Booth)

Date: June 10, 2016 (Class Day)

June 11, 2016 (Full School Convocation)

Booth Day Speakers: Professor Erik Hurst and Michael Polsky (’87), Founder, President and CEO of Invenergy LLC

Graduation Information: 2016 Booth Day

2016 University of Chicago Convocation

 

Dartmouth (Tuck)

Dates: June 11, 2016 (Investiture)

June 12, 2016 (Graduation)

Investiture Speaker: Daniel Yergin, Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

Graduation Speaker: Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureate

Graduation Information: Tuck Class of 2016 Investiture

 

University of Washington (Foster)

MBA Date: June 11, 2016

Full School: June 11, 2016

MBA Graduation Speaker: Howard Behar, Retired President, Starbucks Coffee Company North America & Starbucks Coffee International

Full School Graduation Speaker: Sally Jewell, U.S. Secretary of the Interior

MBA Graduation Information: 2016 Foster Full-Time MBA Graduation

Full School Graduation Information: 2016 University of Washington Commencement

 

Northwestern (Kellogg)

Date: June 17, 2016

Graduation Speaker: Bill McDermott (’97), CEO Of SAP

Graduation Information: 2016 Kellogg MBA Graduation

 

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