2010 Graduation Ceremonies
Save the dates!
The 2010 Baccalaureate Ceremony will be held on Monday, May 10, at 11:30 am
The 2010 Valedictory Celebration will be held on Monday, May 10, at 3:30 pm
The 2010 Doctoral Convocation will be held on Thursday, May 6, at 3:00 pm
NEW DATE: The 2010 Commencement Exercises will be held on Wednesday, May 12 at 11:00 am
2009 Graduation Ceremonies
On May 13th, Steinhardt baccalaureate, master's, certificate, and doctoral graduates joined thousands of other NYU students and their families at Yankee Stadium for the all-University Commencement ceremonies. The ceremony included a major address, speeches by an undergraduate and a graduate student, the awarding of honorary degrees to a number of distinguished individuals, and the conferring of degrees and certificates. Deans of each School introduced each class as a whole, and a representative selected in advance received a symbolic diploma for each degree category.
NYU Steinhardt recognized its students who completed their coursework in September 2008, January 2009, and May 2009 at three individual ceremonies:
Doctoral Convocation
On
Friday, May 8th, the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development faculty hooded 120 new doctoral degree graduates at the Doctoral Convocation, held in NYU's Skirball Center
for the Performing Arts. The program included remarks by Steinhardt Deans Brabeck and Robin, NYU
Provost David McLaughlin, Professor Robert Rowe, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Linda Carter, Ph.D. '74, and Doctoral graduate Preetika Mukherjee. More than 800 relatives, friends,
and colleagues joined the graduates for the ceremony and reception.
- Dean Mary Brabeck
- Professor Robert Rowe, Faculty Speaker
- Preetika Mukherjee, Student Speaker
- Linda Carter, Distinguished Alumni
Valedictory Celebration
More
than 1,600 masters and advanced certificate graduates participated in the Steinhardt School of Culture,
Education, and Human Development Valedictory Celebration on Monday, May 11th. The Theater at Radio
City Music Hall was filled with proud and enthusiastic parents, grandparents, spouses, children
and friends. The program included remarks by Dean Mary Brabeck, Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and University Life Linda G. Mills, Professor Susan Kirch, Distinguished Achievement Awardee Gloria Allred, M.A. '66, and master's graduate Hyewon Jeong. The ceremony
concluded with a rousing rendition of a Steinhardt favorite, "New York, New York" by
the Steinhardt Music Theatre Ensemble.
- Dean Mary Brabeck
- Professor Susan Kirch, Faculty Speaker
- Hyewon Jeong, Student Speaker
- Gloria Allred, Distinguished Achievement Award
Baccalaureate Ceremony
More
than 650 baccalaureate graduates in applied psychology, art, communication, education, health,
and music participated in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development Baccalaureate
Celebration on Monday, May 11th at Radio City Music Hall in midtown Manhattan. The 6000-seat theatre
was filled to capacity with proud and cheering relatives and friends. The program included remarks
by Dean Mary Brabeck, Senior Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education and University Life Linda G. Mills, Professor Maria Grigos, Distinguished Achievement
Awardee Wayne Shorter, B.S. '56, and baccalaureate graduate Dana Schmidt. The ceremony
included personal handshakes on stage for each graduating student and was punctuated by the sounds
of the NYU Brass Ensemble, the NYU Pipes and Drums, and the Music Theatre Ensemble. The ceremony
concluded with a rousing rendition of a Steinhardt favorite, "New York, New York."
- Dean Mary Brabeck
- Maria Grigos, Faculty Speaker
- Dana Schmidt, Student Speaker
- Wayne Shorter, Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award