2024 Commencement
Saturday, May 4, 2024
Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
Undergraduate Ceremony – 10 a.m.
Graduate Ceremony – 3 p.m.
Order of exercises
President Danielle Wilken, Presiding
| Processional* | |
|---|---|
| National anthem* | |
| Greetings | President, Danielle Wilken Board of Trustees Chair, Ann Clark |
| Senior class commencement address | Undergraduate: Karen Nineth Garza (BS Mechanical Engineering) Graduate: Oluwademilade Iretomiwa Faloye (M.S. Analytics and Systems) |
| Provost’s welcome and conferring of the honorary degrees | President, Danielle Wilken Jim Calhoun Robert Padula ’69 Attorney Benjamin Crump Doctor of Humane Letters – Presented by Provost Manyul Im |
| Commencement address | Attorney Benjamin Crump |
| Presentation of the degree candidates | Provost Manyul Im College of Health Sciences Presented by Dean Michael Ciolfii College of Science and Society Presented by Dean Amy Nawrocki College of Engineering, Business, and Education Presented by Dean Khaled Elleithy |
| Conferring of the degree | President, Danielle Wilken |
| Greetings from the Alumni Association | William Moran |
| Alma Mater* | Alma Mater, a toast to thee! Pledge our honor, our loyalty. From the ocean, far ’cross the land Our noble College will proudly stand. Golden memories of days serene,. Golden seasons, familiar scenes, Bonds will keep us forever true. Alma Mater, Bridgeport U. Lyrics by Al Dickason / Sung by Collin Edouard Collaborated in 1953 |
| Recessional* | Performed by UB Steel |
* Audience stands