Utica University celebrates 2023 graduates at 74th Commencement Ceremonies
425 undergraduates will be honored at the Undergraduate Ceremony, with 219 to be honored at the Graduate Commencement.
Utica University will honor some 644 graduates at the 74th Commencement exercises, beginning with an undergraduate Commencement ceremony on Thursday, May 11 at 5 p.m.in the Adirondack Bank Center at Utica Memorial Auditorium.
425 undergraduates will be honored at the Thursday ceremony.
Greg Sankey, widely recognized as one of the most influential leaders in sports, will address the graduating Class of 2023 as Keynote Speaker at Utica University’s Undergraduate Commencement. Sankey is the commissioner of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), a 14-member Division I athletic conference and a leader on the national landscape for intercollegiate athletics. He was named as the SEC’s eighth commissioner in 2015, after joining the conference as associate commissioner in 2002 before being named Executive Associate Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer in 2012. His career began at Utica, where he served as director of intramural sports.
A widely recognized leader on the national landscape for intercollegiate athletics, an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree will be conferred upon Sankey at the event.
Utica will honor valedictorian Thomas John Morreale, a Mathematics / Adolescence Education major from Whitesboro, NY and Salutatorian Isabella “Isa” Colleen Hudziak, an English / Adolescence Education major also from Whitesboro, NY, who have both earned perfect 4.0 grade point averages.
At the undergraduate ceremony, a bachelor’s degree in nursing will be awarded posthumously to Taylor Wane.
The ceremony for those earning certificates, masters and doctoral degrees will be held Friday, May 12, at 10 a.m. at the Adirondack Bank Center at the Utica Memorial Auditorium. 219 will be honored at Friday’s event.
Giving the keynote address will be Ann Ciancia, a 2018 graduate of Utica University who received her undergraduate degrees in Health Studies, Philosophy and Spanish. While at Utica, she was very involved in campus life serving as the first ever female two- term Student Government President along with senior class president. Additionally, she was a Resident Assistant and a leader among many organizations, Greek Life, and athletics. Currently, Ann utilizes both her law degree and MBA and her passion for advocating for victims of sexual violence by serving as the Title IX Coordinator and Director of Compliance at Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondack region of New York.
Tickets are required to attend either ceremony.
For more information regarding commencement please visit https://www.utica.edu/commencement
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