University Announces Commencement Student Speakers

The 71st Commencement is just over a month away, and this year, the University utilized a campus-wide student speaker nomination process. The process garnered 70 individual nominations for more than 30 undergraduate and graduate students.

Nominees were reviewed by a 10-member selection committee comprised of divisional and School representatives. The selection committee conducted a blind review of each of the individual nominations as well as student interest forms submitted by the nominees themselves. The student interest form asked for additional information about an impactful moment from the nominee’s Fisher experience, key topics that their speech would cover, and what it would mean to deliver a Commencement address to peers and in front of professors, friends, and family.

Following the committee’s review of the competitive nominee pool, the following students have been selected to serve as speakers at the various ceremonies:

Friday, May 9

• 2 p.m. Undergraduate Ceremony - Ceyla Mentis, Political Science/Legal Studies
• 4:30 p.m. Undergraduate Ceremony – Degraj Suberi, Physics

Saturday, May 10

• 10 a.m. Graduate Ceremony – Niyaz Pordel, Pharmacy
• 1 p.m. Graduate Ceremony – Alanna Lippa, Advanced Nursing Practice
• 4 p.m. Undergraduate Ceremony – Julia Gabalski, Nursing

For more information about Senior Week and the 71st Commencement, visit the Commencement website.