2017 Honorary Degree Recipients and Commencement Speakers Announced
April 27, 2017
On May 21, 2017, the NYIT community will come together to celebrate the Class of 2017 at the 56th commencement ceremony.
The university will honor two highly accomplished and noteworthy individuals who also are NYIT graduates: Humayun “Hank” Chaudhry (D.O. ’91), president and CEO of the Federation of State Medical Boards of the United States, and Richard J. Daly (B.S. ’74), CEO and president of Broadridge Financial Solutions
The alumni will be presented with honorary degrees before an expected audience of more than 8,000 students, faculty and staff members, family, and friends. Daly will deliver the commencement address to the Class of 2017 on May 21 and Chaudhry will speak at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) Hooding ceremony on Monday, May 22. (Read more about the recipients.)
“We are honored to recognize these role models who have contributed so much to their respective fields and who embody the values and attributes for which NYIT stands as a global university,” said Interim President Rahmat Shoureshi, Ph.D., who will preside at the commencement and confer degrees to the graduating students.
In addition, NYIT announced the Class of 2017 student marshals, singer, and orator. Student marshals Erica Brandt (M.A., Communications Arts, Bellmore, N.Y.), Raiyan Islam (B.S., Life Sciences, Bangladesh), and Farcia Soares (M. Arch., Goa, India) will assist in the hooding of the honorary degree recipients; Andrea LaRosa (D.O., Osteopathic Medicine, Islip, N.Y.) will sing the national anthem; and Alvaro Olmedo (B.F.A., Communication Arts, Porto Alegre, Brazil) will serve as the Class of 2017 student orator and speak during the commencement ceremony.
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