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All Commencement Activities
Speaker & Honorary Degree Recipients
The 2026 Commencement speaker, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, and fellow honorary degree awardees reflect excellence in public policy, business, higher education, music, and leadership, including Rosalind Brewer, interim president of Spelman College and chair emerita of its board; Antoine Garibaldi, Ph.D. (B.A. ’73), president emeritus at the University of Detroit Mercy; Robert (Bob) Iger, immediate past CEO of The Walt Disney Company; and, posthumously, the Reverend Richard Smallwood (B.A. ’71, M.Div. ’04), iconic music composer and choral director.
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