GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Spring means college graduations are nearing and a new class of young people are ready to go out and make a difference!
Here's a list of confirmed commencement speakers at several North Carolina universities and colleges.
UNC Greensboro, May 4 - Olympic speed skater and Greensboro native Joey Cheek
Bennett College, May 4 - Baccalaureate, Reverend Jesse Jackson
East Carolina University, May 4
High Point University, May 5- Speaker: Josh Groban
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Graduation Ceremony | Roberts Hall Lawn**
- Singer, songwriter Josh Groban told HPU Grads to embrace fear and trust their instincts.
- He addressed 1,084 graduates, HPU's largest graduating class, and more than 10,000 people on campus.
- As is tradition, a bald eagle soared across the graduates, symbolizing free enterprise, independence, and the ability to pursue new opportunities in America.
Guilford College, May 5
North Carolina School of the Arts, May 5 - Tony Award-winner Paul Tazewell spoke to more than 250 graduates at the Stevens Center. Tazewell told students to never forget their colleagues and that the discipline they've chosen has the power to change hearts of the close-minded.
Bennett College, May 5, Commencement CNN Political Analyst April Ryan
Elon University, May 19 - Elon University President Leo M. Lambert
Guilford Technical Community College, May 10, Greensboro Coliseum - North Carolina Lt. Governor Dan Forest
UNC-Chapel Hill, May 13 - Rye Barcott, co-founder of Carolina for Kibera
Duke, May 13 - Apple CEO Tim Cook
Greensboro College, May 12 - Geoff Lassiter, Greensboro College class of '99
NC A&T State University, May 12 - North Carolina state Sen. Joel Ford
Winston-Salem State University, May 18 - TV journalist and author Byron Pitts. WSSU is moving its commencement ceremony inside Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum due to possible severe weather.
Wake Forest University, May 21 - Carla Harris, vice chairman, managing director and senior client advisor at Morgan Stanley. Wake's service will be held on Hearn Plaza at 9 a.m.
Forsyth Technical Community College, May 10
NC State University, May 12
Appalachian State University, May 11 and 12
UNC Charlotte, May 11 and 12
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