School of International Service Commencement

• Ceremony: Sunday, May 12, 2013 - 1:00 to 3:00 pm
• Reception, immediately following the ceremony: Sharjah Plaza, adjacent to the SIS Building (rain site: SIS Building)
• Bender Arena floor plan
  

Speaker

Moisés Naím, senior associate in the International Economics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, will address School of International Service graduates hoping to create meaningful change in today’s global society at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 12. The international economics and politics wonk’s career has spanned the worlds of journalism, as former editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy, to public service, as Venezuela’s minister of trade and industry, and executive director of the World Bank. Naim will receive an honorary doctor of international affairs.

Past Commencement Speakers

• The Honorable Michelle Bachelet, former president, Republic of Chile
• John Prendergast, MA '90, co-founder, Enough Project
• David Gregory, BA '92, host of NBC's Meet the Press
• The Honorable Aaron S. Williams, director, Peace Corps

Inspirational Graduates

• Esther Benjamin, BA '92, director of Global Operations, Peace Corps
• Alan Fleischmann, BS '87, co-founder, ImagineNations Group
• David Gregory, BA '92, host of NBC's Meet the Press
  
• The Honorable Joan Plaisted, BA/MA '67, '69, ambassador, senior advisor for East Asia, UN Mission to the United States