Commencement

Graduate Order of Ceremonies

Graduate ceremony begins at 3 p.m.

Processional

Grand Marshal

  • Stuart Altman, H’91

President’s Councilors and Fellows of the University

Marshals of the Faculty

  • Carol Fierke, GSAS PhD’84
  • Jeffrey A. Lenowitz

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

  • Charles Golden
  • Víctor Manuel Suárez Casanova, GSAS PhD’25

Heller School for Social Policy and Management

  • Maria Madison
  • Kartik Trivedi, Heller PhD’25

Brandeis International Business School

  • Kathryn Graddy
  • Muhammad Salman Haider, IBS MSBA’25

Rabb School of Continuing Studies

  • Carmen Aguilar
  • Salome Arizari Maldonado-Quispe, Rabb MS’25

Board of Trustees

Honorary Degree Recipients

  • Shirley Ann Jackson
  • Jim Obergefell

President’s Party

Opening of the Exercises

  • Cameron Anderson
    Barbara Sherman ’54 and Malcolm L. Sherman Associate Professor of Theater Arts

Invocation

  • Lara Ericson
    Associate Director of the Center for Spiritual Life

The National Anthem

  • Anthony Everard Grant, Heller MA’25

Recognitions

Welcome

  • Lisa R. Kranc ’75
    Chair of the Board of Trustees

Remarks

  • Arthur Levine
    Interim President of the University

Conferring of Honorary Degrees

Recipients and Marshals

  • Shirley Ann Jackson
    Marshaled by Matthew Headrick
  • Jim Obergefell
    Marshaled by Rosalind Kabrhel

Commencement Address

  • Shirley Ann Jackson

Graduate Student Address

  • Giselle Gabriel, Heller MA SID’25

Induction of Alumni

  • Amy L. Cohen ’85
    President of the Brandeis University Alumni Association

Brandeis Alma Mater

  • Darby Clinard

Benediction

  • Anjum Biswas
    Hindu and Dharmic Chaplain

Recessional

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