By TimesLedger Staff
St. John’s University’s Queens commencement ceremony is scheduled to take place Sunday, May 17, at 10 a.m. on the Great Lawn of the Queens campus at 8000 Utopia Parkway in Jamaica Estates. Students who attend the Manhattan and Oakdale campuses will also participate in this ceremony. This year’s commencement speaker is Rev. David O’Connell, bishop of Trenton, N.J.
The Queens College general commencement ceremony is taking place Thursday, May 28, at 9 a.m. on the College Quad at 65-30 Kissena Blvd., Flushing.
CUNY: York College’s 45th commencement will take place Friday, May 29, at 9 a.m. in the Milton G. Bassin Performing Arts Center 94-45 Guy R. Brewer Blvd., between Liberty and Archer avenues. This year’s commencement speaker is New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.
Queensborough Community College’s 54th commencement exercises will take place Friday, May 29, at 10 a.m. at the school’s athletic fields adjacent to 222-05 56th Ave. in Bayside. The ceremony will take place outside rain or shine; seating under the tent will be limited. Parking will be free in all campus lots. No honorary degrees are being awarded this year, so there is no planned commencement speaker.
Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology’s commencement will take place Saturday, May 16, at 10 a.m. at the East Elmhurst college’s hangar. Borough President Melinda Katz will deliver the commencement speech.
LaGuardia Community College’s commencement is at Madison Square Garden Thursday, June 4, at 10 a.m. Cecilia Munos, the White House director of the Domestic Policy Council, will be the keynote speaker.
