Tag: commencement
Mar. 15, 2019
Drexel’s 2019 commencement speaker announced: Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier
Merck & Co., Inc. Chairman and CEO Kenneth C. Frazier will be speaking at Drexel’s 2019 commencement ceremony at Citizens Bank Park June 14. Frazier…
May. 26, 2017
Caps and gowns are too expensive for grads
You wouldn’t wear a cap and gown out and about on just any given day; it’s an ensemble reserved for one occasion and one occasion only…
May. 19, 2017
Online students receive ‘Commencement in a Box’
A packing party was held May 16 to assemble over 500 Commencement Boxes for online students that will not be able to attend graduation this…
Apr. 7, 2017
John Maeda to speak at Commencement
World renowned designer and technologist John Maeda will speak at Drexel University’s Class of 2017 commencement June 13. Maeda is currently Global Head of Computational…
Jun. 24, 2016
Class of 2016 graduates at Citizens Bank Park in first university-wide commencement in two decades
More than 6,000 graduates took their seats together at Citizens Bank Park June 11 to be a part of Drexel University’s first University wide commencement…
May. 27, 2016
Take your time
Commencement is coming up soon, and chances are, if you’ve been here five years, you’re gonna be walking. Or standing, as it happens — no…
May. 6, 2016
Shalala to speak at commencement
Donna Shalala, PhD, has been announced as the commencement speaker for Drexel’s 2016 class-wide commencement ceremony at Citizen’s Bank Park. Shalala was chosen as a…
Jan. 28, 2016
Fry announces University-wide commencement
Drexel University has reorganized commencement for 2016, President John A. Fry announced Jan. 21. Rather than attending individual college ceremonies like in previous years, graduates…
May. 30, 2014
War criminals at commencement?
For four years, students endure the boredom of being lectured at, and then at graduation they endure a final hour in the form of the…
May. 30, 2014
U.S. Secretary of Labor addresses grads
The Drexel University School of Law hosted its commencement ceremony for the graduating Class of 2014 May 21. The event celebrated the successes of 141…