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WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY TO HOLD COMMENCEMENT ON MAY 15
William Paterson University in Wayne will hold its 184th commencement on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Separate ceremonies will be held for undergraduate and graduate students. The commencement ceremony for undergraduate students will begin at 10:30 a.m., and will be held on Wightman Field; the rain date is May 16. The graduate ceremony will begin at 5 p.m. under a tent at the University’s building at 1600 Valley Road, and will take place rain or shine.
Bachelor’s degrees will be conferred upon 1,831 undergraduates, all of whom have completed their degree requirements between August 2006 and May 2007. Master’s degrees will be conferred on 334 students who completed their degree requirements between August 2006 and May 2007.
At the undergraduate ceremony, Cory Booker, the mayor of the City of Newark, will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree and will be the commencement speaker. Sonia Rosado, a former member of the University’s Board of Trustees and a Passaic County freeholder, will receive an honorary doctor of laws degree. President Arnold Speert also will address the graduating class. Joan Hartman, assistant professor of English, will lead the procession in the role of University marshal.
At the graduate ceremony, President Speert will address the candidates, along with Leslie Agard-Jones, dean of William Paterson’s College of Education, who is retiring after 37 years at William Paterson, and Lakeisha Brooks, president of the Graduate Student Organization at William Paterson, who will receive a master of arts degree in public policy and international affairs.
Alumni from the Class of 1957, who graduated when William Paterson was called New Jersey State Teachers College at Paterson, will be present at the morning ceremony and attend a 50th reunion luncheon sponsored by the Alumni Relations Office. The Alumni Association’s Young Alumni Chapter will host a Senior Send-Off reception on Monday, May 14 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the University’s 1600 Valley Road building.
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