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| Across the bay at Stanford University, Bill and Melinda Gates will share
the podium for the commencement ceremony on June 15. Since founding the
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, the Gates family has been
one of the most active philanthropists in the world. |
With the hustle and bustle of seniors buying their caps and gowns
across the Bay Area, graduation season is officially upon us. Bay Area
universities in past weeks have been busy booking commencement speakers,
asking local celebrities and intellectuals to deliver the speech
essential to all graduation ceremonies.
As expected, UC Berkeley and Stanford, the two premier universities
in the region, got the biggest names this year. UC Berkeley turned
toward House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to speak at its general
commencement. Stanford looked toward the tech elite, tapping Bill and
Melinda Gates to speak at its commencement ceremony.
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| For Stanford's Baccalaureate ceremony on June 14, a graduation rite
acknowledging the spiritual contribution to education, Zen Buddhist
priest Norman Fischer will be the speaker. The Bay Area-based priest
founded the Everyday Zen Foundation to spread traditional zen practices
around the world. |
Other colleges around the Bay Area have lined up a diverse array of
speakers, ranging from seasoned politicians to esteemed scientists to
famous sports stars. To figure out who will be speaking at what
university, scroll through the gallery above!
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Dr. Abraham Verghese, Stanford Medical School professor and bestselling
author, will speak at his own school's commencement ceremony on June 15.
| For those who graduated from college, who spoke at your commencement ceremony? Was it an inspiring, memorable speech or was it a doldrum snoozefest? |
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| House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will be speaking at UC Berkeley's
general commencement ceremony on May 17, campus officials announced on
April 16. Representing San Francisco since 1987, Pelosi was the first
female Speaker of the House in US history. |
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