GW Commencement Week 2022
Tuesday, May 10-Sunday, May 15
Commencement on the National Mall
Prelude
Corcoran Brass Michael Schmitz, Conductor Adjunct Professor of Music
Announcement of the Commencement
Christopher Alan Bracey, Provost and Executive Vice President, Academic Affairs
Academic Procession
Corcoran Brass
National Anthem
Millicent Scarlett, Adjunct Professor of Music
Invocation
Rabbi Dan Epstein, Senior Jewish Educator, GW Hillel
Welcome
Grace E. Speights, J.D. ’82 Chair, Board of Trustees
Greeting
Mark S. Wrighton, President of the University
Presentation of GW Award
Provost Bracey
Alma Starks, M.B.A. ’22
Assistant Director of Post-Award Management, Office of Sponsored Projects
Reflections
Christine Brown-Quinn, M.B.A. ’92
President, GW Alumni Association
Class of 2022 Speaker
Vishva Bhatt, B.A. ’22
Conferring of Honorary Degrees
President Wrighton
Dana Bash, B.A. ’93, Doctor of Public Service, honoris causa
Presentation of the Candidate
Lia Isabel DeGroot, B.A. ’22
Charles “Chuck” Todd, Doctor of Public Service, honoris causa
Presentation of the Candidate
Daniel Niewoehner, B.A. ’22
Presentation of President’s Medal
President Wrighton
Elana Meyers Taylor, B.S. ’06, M.T.A. ’11, HON ’18
Presentation of the Awardee
Shreenithi Venkataraman, B.S. ’22
Commencement Address
Ms. Meyers Taylor
Charge to the Graduates
President Wrighton
Conferring of Degrees in Course
President Wrighton
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences
Presentation of the Candidates
Dean Paul J. Wahlbeck
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Presentation of the Candidates
Dean Barbara L. Bass, RESD ’86
The George Washington University Law School
Presentation of the Candidates
Dean Dayna Bowen Matthew
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Presentation of the Candidates
Dean John Lach
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Presentation of the Candidates
Dean Michael J. Feuer
School of Business
Presentation of the Candidates
Dean Anuj Mehrotra
Elliott School of International Affairs
Presentation of the Candidates
Dean Alyssa Ayres
Milken Institute School of Public Health
Presentation of the Candidates
Michael and Lori Milken Dean of Public Health Lynn R. Goldman
College of Professional Studies
Presentation of the Candidates
Interim Dean Melissa Feuer
School of Nursing
Presentation of the Candidates
Interim Dean Pamela Slaven-Lee
Alma Mater
Ms. Scarlett
Recessional
Corcoran Brass
University Marshal
James Tielsch Chair, Faculty Senate Executive Committee Professor and Chair, Department of Global Health Milken Institute School of Public Health
Download the 2022 GW Commencement program PDF to view digitally, follow along during the ceremony or print at home.
Elana Meyers Taylor, B.S. ’06,
M.T.A. ’11, HON ’18, to Deliver Keynote Address
The two-time GW alumna and former softball star is the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympic history.
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