2025

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Class of 2025 Commencement stories, photos, and video.
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Each year, students compete to provide the student keynote at Commencement. We share the excellent keynotes submitted by runner-up students here.
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President Weinberg delivers his commencement address to the Class of 2025.
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Denison’s 2025 student commencement speaker is Jess Cohen, a history and Black studies double major from Brooklyn, New York.
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Featured News
Bridgewater will speak at the college’s 184th Commencement exercises on Saturday, May 17.
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2024

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A triumphant farewell marks the achievements, joys, and challenges of a remarkable class.
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President Weinberg delivers his commencement address to the Class of 2024.
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Announcements & Updates
Each year, students compete to provide the student keynote at Commencement. We share excellent keynotes submitted by runner-up students here.
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Announcements & Updates
Denison’s 2024 student commencement speaker is Priyanshi Kanoria, a communication and politics and public affairs double major from Kolkata, India.
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Skidmore College President Emeritus Philip Glotzbach will deliver the address to the graduating class.
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2023

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Relive the magic of four years with the Class of 2023.
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Announcements & Updates
Each year, students compete to provide the student keynote at Commencement. We share submitted the excellent keynotes from runner-up students here.
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Psychology and cinema major Yaz Simpson '23 has been selected as the 2023 Student Commencement Speaker.
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Mark Malloch-Brown, president of Open Society Foundations and former deputy secretary general of the U.N., will deliver the keynote on May 13, 2023.
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2022

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Six years after being inducted into the Denison family, the Class of 2020 reconvenes for a special 2-year reunion and Commencement ceremonies.
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Four years at Denison are coming to a close for the Class of 2022. Here are photos and video leading up to and including Commencement.
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Announcements & Updates
Each year, students compete for the honor of being chosen as the student speaker at Commencement. Here are the submitted keynotes from three students.
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Announcements & Updates
Commencement Student Speaker Aditi Singh '22 is a data analytics major with concentrations in physics and narrative journalism.
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WarnerMedia communications executive James Anderson ’85 and Legacy Health President and CEO Kathryn Correia ’79 offer Commencement remarks.
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Denison University announces the 2022 Commencement keynote speaker: Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Connie Schultz.
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2021

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This spring, graduating seniors at Denison University received an unexpected opportunity to become truly impactful philanthropists.
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A look back at Commencement celebrations for the Class of 2021.
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Denison invites members of the senior class to submit commencement speeches. Enjoy this year's winner and finalists.
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A prerecorded Baccalaureate ceremony for the Class of 2021
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Denison University recognizes three key partners who aided in coordinating the college's COVID-19 response with honorary degrees.
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Announcements & Updates
Denison has announced the student commencement speaker for the Class of 2021: Sara Abou Rashed '21. The title her speech is "Come Celebrate with Me."
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Author and nationally recognized theologian Kelly Brown Douglas will serve as Denison’s 2021 Commencement speaker.
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2020

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Michaela Morrison ’20 has been chosen as Denison University’s Class of 2020 student commencement speaker.
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2019

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Look here for all the highlights of the 2019 Denison Commencement.
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"We are all very different people from very different backgrounds; we are all bonded by one thing - we are all Denisonians," says Maggie Chamberlain '19
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