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Update on Commencement Ceremony

Dickinson President John E. Jones III ’77, P’11, recently sent this message to the campus on the 2024 Commencement ceremony.

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Talk Show Host Michael Smerconish to Deliver 2024 Dickinson Commencement Address

Michael Smerconish, political commentator, author and lawyer, known for his eponymous programs on SiriusXM and CNN, will deliver Dickinson’s Commencement address on Sunday, May 19.

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Class of 2023 Selects IB&M Faculty Member for Annual Award for Inspirational Teaching

Dickinson’s class of 2023 has selected Senior Lecturer in International Business & Management Steve Riccio as the recipient of the annual Constance & Rose Ganoe Memorial Award.

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Dickinson Honors Class of 2023 During Commencement

Commencement speaker and FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell urges the graduates to solve the world’s “wicked problems” and be the “stewards of our future.”

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Commencement 2023

View the full schedule for Dickinson's 2023 Commencement.

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Environmental and Indigenous Rights Advocate to Receive Dickinson’s Rose-Walters Prize for Environmental Activism

Tara Houska, a devoted environmental and Indigenous rights advocate, will be presented with Dickinson's Rose-Walters Prize for her environmental advocacy work.

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FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell Named Dickinson College Commencement Speaker

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell will deliver Dickinson's Commencement address on May 21.

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Dickinson Class of 2022 Selects Philosophy Professor to Receive Annual Award for Inspirational Teaching

Amy McKiernan, assistant professor of philosophy, has been named the 2022 recipient of Dickinson’s Constance & Rose Ganoe Memorial Award for Inspirational Teaching.

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Clarence Page Urges Dickinson College Class of 2022 to ‘Give to the World Your Best’

Dickinson celebrates the graduation of the class of 2022.

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Commencement 2022

View the full schedule for Dickinson's 2022 Commencement.

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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist Clarence Page to Deliver Dickinson's 2022 Commencement Address

Clarence Page will address the class of 2022, and the college will award several honorary degrees.

Madeleine Albright delivers the 2014 Commencement Address at Dickinson College.

Remembering Madeleine Albright's Visit to Dickinson

In the days since the passing of former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the Dickinson College community reflects on her trailblazing life and her visit to campus in 2014.

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Dickinson Celebrates 2021 Homecoming & Family Weekend

The first Homecoming & Family Weekend since 2019 featured many reasons to cheer: a big football win, all the favorite traditional events plus celebrations in honor of the classes of 2020 and 2015.

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Class of 2020 Commencement

The class of 2020's delayed Commencement ceremony, which features an address by Ad Council President and CEO Lisa Sherman ’79, will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, at 10 a.m.

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Dickinson Senior Class Selects International Business & Management Professor to Receive Annual Award for Inspirational Teaching

Helen Takacs, associate professor of international business & management, has been named the 2021 recipient of Dickinson’s Constance & Rose Ganoe Memorial Award for Inspirational Teaching.

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