E-mail this pageWinter Commencement Awards and Speakers
The Student Speaker for the 2008 Winter Commencement will be announced Nov. 19, 2008. The Student Speaker is selected by the Honors Council from those students who will be graduating summa cum laude or magna cum laude and has submitted a draft speech for review.
Previous Commencement Speakers and Honorees
| Spring 2008 | Carrie Jean Douglas '08, AuSable Forks, N.Y., B.A., Magna Cum Laude |
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| Winter 2007 | Sheena Michelle Garrant '07, South Glens Falls, N.Y., B.A., Magna Cum Laude |
| Spring 2007 | Megan A. Jensen '07, Plattsburgh, B.S., Summa Cum Laude |
| Winter 2006 | RuthAnn Skowronek '06, Readington, N.J., B.A., Summa Cum Laude |
| Spring 2006 | Jaclyne D. Demarse-Marcil '06, Plattsburgh, B.A., Summa Cum Laude Jannel R. Gabriel '06, St. Lucia, B.S., Magna Cum Laude |
| Winter 2005 | Hira Shafqat '05, Karachi Pakistan, B.S., Magna Cum Laude |
| Spring 2005 | Marvelle C. Roberts '05, Dominica, B.A., Summa Cum Laude Victoria L. Lu '05, Taipei, Taiwan, B.S., Cum Laude Baier Rakowski '05, Riverhead, N.Y., B.S., Magna Cum Laude |
| Winter 2004 | Esther Robinson '05, Commonwealth of Dominica, B.S. |
| Spring 2004 | Ashley R. Gambino '04, Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., B.S., Summa Cum Laude |
| Winter 2003 | Nazia Habib '03, Dhaka, Bangladesh, B.S., Magna Cum Laude |
| Spring 2003 | James W. Leary III '03, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., B.S., Summa Cum Laude Gerald Tan Yu Liang '03, Penang, Malaysia, B.A., Summa Cum Laude |
| Winter 2007 | William E. McKibben, Environmentalist, Author - Doctor of Humane Letters |
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| Spring 2006 | Ronald B. Stafford, Former N.Y.S. Senator - Doctor of Laws (Posthumously) Dr. John Grant III '82, Mars Exploration Rover Mission Scientist - Doctor of Science |
| Winter 2005 | David H. Levy, Astronomer, Author - Doctor of Science |
| Spring 2004 | Nancy Koningisor Kress '69, Author - Doctor of Humane Letters |
| Spring 2003 | Jon Isherwood, Artist, Sculptor - Doctor of Fine Arts Raghida Dergham '73, Senior Diplomatic Correspondent, Al-Hayat - Doctor of Letters |
| Spring 2008 | Dr. Robert Golden, Plattsburgh, N.Y. -- Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs (retiring) |
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| Spring 2007 | Trent L. Trahan '70, Chazy, N.Y. Dr. Douglas Skopp, Plattsburgh, N.Y. -- SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor of History/College Historian |
| Spring 2006 | Arnold A. Amell '53, Scotia, N.Y. |
| Spring 2005 | C. Thomas "Chip" Cummings '56, Putnam Station, N.Y. |
| Spring 2004 | Robert Garrow '52 G'59, Morrisonville, N.Y. John Clark, Mountain Lakes, N.J. |
| Spring 2003 | John C. Egan, Slingersland, N.Y. |
| Spring 2008 | Douglas A. Sloan '91, Long Island, N.Y. -- Past President, Plattsburgh Alumni Association |
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| Spring 2007 | Kevin P. and Jo Ann (Murtha) Romano '87/'85, Franklin Lakes, N.J. |
| Spring 2006 | Dr. Susan Bauer-Wu '83, Brookline, Mass. |
| Spring 2005 | Robert and Jane (Serencsics) Stagno '81/'81, Redmond, Washington |
| Spring 2004 | Xu Xi (a.k.a. Sussy Komala) '74, Morrisonville, N.Y. |
| Spring 2003 | David and Susan (Mortensen) Zebro '72/'72, East Amherst, N.Y. |