Student Speaker Competition

Members of the Class of 2025 may now vote for your choice of a student to advance to the final round of the Commencement Student Speaker competition.  Let your voice be heard and select your choice today!  Voting is open from March 17 to 30.

Videos from the semi-finalists are available below.  They contain the speech that the student would deliver at Commencement on the National Mall if they are selected as the Student Speaker.

The five semifinalists with the most votes will proceed to the final round — a live audition in front of a panel of judges from the GW community.


Natalia Anzaldúa

School of Medicine & Health Sciences

Nina Bundy

GW Law

Julie Gibbons

School of Nursing

Linnea Kerber

Columbian College of Arts & Sciences and GW School of Business

Claudia McCarthy

College of Professional Studies

Niaomi MoShier

Milken Institute School of Public Health

Javier Enrique Orellana Ostorga

Columbian College of Arts & Sciences

Jalinette Reyes

School of Business

Carla Ritz

Graduate School of Education and Human Development

Hanna Rozell

School of Engineering & Applied Science

Ethan Valliath

Elliott School of International Affairs


2025 Commencement Student Speaker Competition Voting Form

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