97th Annual Commencement Ceremony | May 31, 2022

Held at Barclays Center, the first in-person ceremony in two years featured Mayor Eric Adams, 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Leymah Roberta Gbowee, Distinguished Alumnus Leonard Tow '50, CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, and other special guests.

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00:00 Stream Start
01:28 Student Procession
11:40 Platform Party Entrance
14:22 The Star-Spangled Banner
16:59 Welcome - Ronald Jackson
19:05 Welcome - President Michelle J. Anderson
26:10 Greetings from Senator Charles E. Schumer
35:30 Greetings from Mayor Eric Adams
39:40 Greetings from New York City Public Advocate Jumaane WIlliams '01, '05 M.A.
43:58 Greetings from Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso
47:35 Greetings from Guillermo Linares
52:50 Greetings from CUNY Trustee Brian D. Obergfell
56:58 Greetings from CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez
1:05:55 Greetings from BCAA President Agnes Ford '69
1:09:25 Valedictorian Carina D'Urso '22
1:18:55 President Anderson - Distinguished Alumni Award Introduction
1:21:33 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient Leonard Tow '50
1:33:00 Happy Birthday, Leonard Tow '50
1:33:49 President Anderson - Presidential Medal of Honor Introduction
1:36:12 Presidential Medal of Honor Recipient Jules L. Coleman '68
1:44:02 President Anderson - Honorary Degree Recipient Introduction
1:47:20 Keynote Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient Leymah Roberta Gbowee
1:55:36 Provost Anne Lopes - Degree Conferral
1:56:44 School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences
1:59:59 School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts
2:02:45 Murray Koppelman School of Business
2:05:03 School of Education
2:08:16 School of Humanities and Social Sciences
2:12:18 CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies
2:13:30 Brooklyn College Alma Mater
2:15:54 President Anderson - Degree Conferral

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