Approximately 2,000 students will graduate at Case Western Reserve University's annual commencement convocation Sunday, May 18, at 9:30 a.m. in the Veale Convocation and Recreation Center.

Geraldine Ferraro, the first female vice presidential candidate on a national party ticket and former U.S. congresswoman from New York, will be keynote speaker.

CWRU President Edward M. Hundert presides over his first commencement as leader of the University.

Undergraduates, graduates and professional school students will have their degrees conferred at this ceremony. Following the convocation, diplomas will be presented at separate ceremonies. Receptions are held to honor new graduates, and precede or follow each diploma ceremony.

Additionally, Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a CWRU undergraduate and medical school alumna, will deliver the keynote address at the CWRU School of Medicine's commencement ceremony at 11:30 a.m. in Severance Hall. Cleveland Municipal School District CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett delivers the keynote speech at the commencement ceremony of the CWRU School of Dentistry at 2 p.m. at the Church of the Covenant, 11205 Euclid Ave.

 

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