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EMU alumna Leymah Gbowee, co-winner of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize and 2011 EMU ‘Alumna of the Year,’ will give the 2014 commencement address. Gbowee’s son, Joshua Mensah, is part of the 2014 graduating class.

Photo by Michael Angelo

Commencement 2014

EMU commencement will be held April 25-27, 2014.

We will offer a live video stream of the commencement ceremony on Sunday at 1 p.m. Podcasts and photo galleries will be available in the days after the events.

Schedule

Friday, April 25

Seminary baccalaureate will take place at 7:30 p.m. in Martin Chapel in the seminary building.

Saturday, April 26

Seminary commencement: 2 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium. Speaker: Elizabeth Soto Albrecht, moderator of MC USA and coordinator of field education at Lancaster Theological Seminary
Undergraduate Cords of Distinction awards: 4:30 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium
Undergraduate baccalaureate: 7 p.m. in Lehman Auditorium. Speaker: Carolyn Stauffer, assistant professor of sociology at EMU

Sunday, April 27

University commencement will be held at 1 p.m. on the university front lawn.
The commencement speaker will be EMU alumna Leymah Gbowee, a Nobel Peace Prize recipient, EMU conflict transformation program alumna, and EMU “Alumna of the Year” in 2011.

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