Graduation

About the Student Speaker

The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development will salute its bachelor, master's degree and sixth-year certificate candidates at ceremonies on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at Radio City Music Hall. These ceremonies are a formal recognition of the academic achievements and the special contributions graduating students have made to our NYU community. As part of the program, one graduating senior and one graduating graduate student will be selected to speak on behalf of his/her class.

If you would like to be considered for this special honor, please plan to submit the text of a graduation speech no later than Friday, February 17th, 2012 at 5:00 p.m. No specific format or topic is preferred. The speech may be serious, humorous, personal or more general, but it may be no more than 3 minutes long. The selection committee is, however, interested in a speech that will resonate with the entire audience - including the graduates of our undergraduate and graduate programs in education, health, communication, and the arts, as well as parents, faculty and staff.

To be eligible to apply you must:

  • Be a Steinhardt student eligible for September 2011, January 2012 or May 2012 graduation.
  • If you are an undergraduate student, be able to attend the NYUSteinhardt Baccalaureate Ceremony on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 11:00 am.
  • If you are a graduate student, be able to attend the NYUSteinhardt Valedictory Ceremony on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 2:30 pm.
  • Be able to present your speech before the NYUSteinhardt Student Affairs Committee on Monday, March 5th, 2012 at 11:30 am.
  • Submit your speech with your full name, contact information (including your email address and phone number) and student identification number by Friday, February 17th, 2012 at 5:00 pm by:

email to: Nicholas.Voelker@nyu.edu

OR

drop-off or mail to: Nicholas.Voelker
Office of the Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Pless Hall, Second Floor
82 Washington Square East,
New York, NY 10003-6680

A pre-screening committee will review all eligible applications that are received by February 17th, 2012. Finalists will be contacted by February 24th and will present their speeches before the Student Affairs Committee on March 5th at 11:30 am. The Student Affairs Committee will select and notify the Student Speaker and the Alternate Student Speaker accordingly.

Click on the appropriate link to download an instruction sheet: undergraduate students or graduate students