May 12, 2017Commencement Exercises
Commencement Exercises
As the University concludes its 147th academic year, leaders representing the Church, business, law, and higher education addressed graduating students this spring as featured speakers at the St. John’s undergraduate and graduate Commencement Exercises.
Undergraduate Commencement Exercises
Sunday, May 21, Queens Campus
His Eminence Peter Kodwo Appiah Cardinal Turkson
Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development
Saturday, May 20, Staten Island Campus
Lois T. Nicotra ’77NDC, ’83GEd
Chair/Owner, The Nicotra Group LLC
Commencement Exercises
St. John’s School of Law
Sunday, June 4, Queens Campus
Hon. Janet DiFiore ’81L
Chief Judge, State of New York; Chief Judge, New York Court of Appeals
Commencement Exercises
Rome Campus
Sunday, June 11
Nicola Pedde, Ph.D. ’00G
Director, Institute for Global Studies
Rome, Italy
Graduate Commencement Exercises
Queens Campus
- College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Monday, May 15
Michael Dorato ’71P, ’73GP, ’76Ph.D., Executive Vice President, Smithers Avanza Development Services - The School of Education
Tuesday, May 16
Sonia Nieto ’65Ed, Professor Emerita, Department of Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst - The Peter J. Tobin College of Business
Wednesday, May 17
William J. Janetschek ’84CBA, Member and Chief Financial Officer, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P.; member of the Board of Trustees, St. John’s University - St. John’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Thursday, May 18
Patricia Castel Skarulis ’66C, ’68G, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; member of the Board of Trustees, St. John’s University - College of Professional Studies
Friday, May 19
Frank Bisignano, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Data Corporation
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