USF Convenes 167th Commencement

A total of 2,016 students will receive degrees, including 1,034 undergraduates, 920 graduate students, and 62 doctoral students.

USF is awarding honorary degrees to actress Rita Moreno and Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jose Antonio Vargas. Moreno will give the commencement address at the College of Arts and Sciences ceremony for undergraduates in the arts and social sciences at noon on May 23.

Moreno, 94, has used her award-winning performances to focus on cultural representation in the performing arts. In 1962, she became the first Latina woman to win an Oscar for her performance as Anita in West Side Story. In 1977, she became the first Latina EGOT winner—Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.

Vargas will give the commencement address at 3 p.m. May 23 to the College of Arts and Sciences graduate students. In 2011, he published “My Life as an Undocumented” in The New York Times Magazine. He revealed his status as an undocumented immigrant to spark dialogue about the nation’s broken immigration system and to advocate for the DREAM Act.

Here is the schedule of commencement events:

Thursday, May 21

Commencement Mass, 3 p.m. 
St. Ignatius Church
Homilist: Rev. Dónal Godfrey, S.J.

Graduate toast: A Graduates and Family Celebration, 4:15 p.m. 
War Memorial at the Sobrato Center
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School of Education Commencement, 6 p.m.
St. Ignatius Church
Commencement address: Shabnam Koirala-Azad, PhD, dean of the School of Education, and professor, international and multicultural education
 

Friday, May 22

School of Management Undergraduate Commencement, 9 a.m.
St. Ignatius Church
Commencement address: Jack Boland ’78, chairman of the USF Board of Trustees

School of Management Graduate Commencement, Noon
St. Ignatius Church
Commencement Address: Mark L. Vorsatz, global chairman and CEO, Andersen Group Inc.

Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, 2 p.m. 
McLaren Hall 250
Guest speaker: Major Robert A. Bozydaj, 510th Regional Support T Group, V Corps, Brigade S3

School of Law Commencement, 3 p.m.
St. Ignatius Church
Commencement address: The Honorable Martin J. Jenkins, '80, Justice, Supreme Court of California 

School of Nursing and Health Professions Commencement, 6 p.m.
St. Ignatius Church
Commencement address: Keith Dawson, DNP, MS, '12, senior director of population science and product development clinical, Genentech

Saturday, May 23

College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Humanities and Science Commencement, 9 a.m.
St. Ignatius Church
Commencement address: Dorothy M. Ehrlich, '72, former deputy executive director, American Civil Liberties Union

College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate Arts and Social Science Commencement, Noon
St. Ignatius Church
Honorary degree recipient and commencement address: Rita Moreno

College of Arts and Sciences (graduate programs) Commencement, 3 p.m.
Honorary degree recipient and commencement address: Jose Antonio Vargas, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and Founder of Define American

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