Here's Who The Class Of 2017 Will Hear At Commencement

Yuri Milner, Founder of DST Global

Vanderbilt University (Owen)

Graduation Date: May 12, 2017

Graduation Speaker: Adena Friedman (’93), CEO of Nasdaq

Graduation Information: Owen Commencement 2017

Rice University (Jones)

Graduation Date: May 12, 2017

Graduation Speaker: None

Graduation Information: 2017 Jones GSB Investiture

Full Commencement: Graduate students are also invited to walk in Rice’s full commencement ceremony on May 13th, where the speaker will be Dr. Mae Jemison, physician and NASA astronaut. The full graduation ceremony will be held on May 14th, where Sheryl WuDunn, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, will be speaking. To learn more about these ceremonies, click here.

Duke University (Fuqua)

Graduation Date: May 13, 2017

Graduation Speaker: Cathy Engelbert, Chief Executive Officer of Deloitte LLP

Graduation Information: 2016 Daytime MBA Graduation Ceremony

University of Wisconsin

Graduation Date: May 13, 2017

Graduation Speaker: Steve Levitan, Creator of Modern Family

Graduation Information: 2017 University of Wisconsin Spring Commencement

Wharton School (Penn)

Graduation Date: May 14, 2017

Graduation Speaker: Yuri Milner, Founder of DST Global

Graduation Information: Wharton Graduation

Columbia Business School

Graduation Date: May 14, 2017

Graduation Speaker: Joyce M. Roché (’72), Author of The Empress Has No Clothes: Conquering Self-Doubt to Embrace Success and Former CEO of Girls, Inc.

Graduation Information: 2017 Columbia Business School Recognition