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Contact:  

Pat Vieira, Executive Director, Media & Community Relations
401-865-2413 / pvieira@providence.edu

For Immediate Release:   5/10/2005  

Media Alert: Providence College Commencement to be Held on Sunday, May 15, 2005 at Dunkin’ Donuts Center; NBC’s Tom Brokaw will Address 1,260 Graduates

WHO:   More than 1,260 students from Providence College 's undergraduate day school, School of Continuing Education, and Graduate Studies Program


WHAT:   Will participate in the College’s 87th Commencement Exercises

WHEN:    Sunday, May 15, 2005
  • Academic Procession begins at 10:30 a.m.
  • Ceremonies open at 11 a.m.


WHERE:  Dunkin’ Donuts CenterProvidence, RI

SPECIAL GUESTS:    

Tom Brokaw – former NBC Nightly News anchor and bestselling author – will deliver the Commencement Address

Honorary Degrees also will be awarded to:

  • Doris A. (Sable) Burke – television analyst and game reporter for ESPN and the Madison Square Garden Network
  • Very Rev. D. Dominic Izzo, O.P., prior provincial of the Dominican Province of St. Joseph
  • Dr. Ruth J. Simmons, president of Brown   University, Providence, RI  
  • Ambassador Robert E. White, president of the Center for International Policy in Washington, DC


RETURN TO COMMENCEMENT 2005 PRESS KIT

Press Kits also will be delivered to local media outlets.