Undergraduate Commencement
Principal Speaker, Undergraduate Ceremony
* Shabana Basij-Rasikh, the co-founder and president of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA)
Honorary Degree Recipients
- Shabana Basij-Rasikh
- Sister Mary Persico, IHM, Ed.D., former president of Marywood University
- Joseph M. Vaszily ’95, former chair of the University’s Board of Trustees, retired vice president at Goldman Sachs, and referee for Women’s Division I Basketball
• Top undergraduate programs of study: Nursing, Biology, Accounting, Kinesiology and Occupational Therapy
• Top graduate programs of study: Master of Business Administration, Master of Accountancy, Master of Business Analytics, Master of Occupational Therapy, Master of Health Administration and Doctor of Physical Therapy
• Prestigious scholarships won by Class of 2024 graduates: Fulbright Award in Political Science to the University of Rwanda (The Fulbright is the U.S. government’s premier scholarship program for overseas graduate study, research and teaching).
Master’s and Doctoral Degree Commencement
• Total graduates: > 1,250
• Total doctoral degrees: > 65 (Ph.D., DPT, DNP)
• Total master’s degrees: > 400
• Total bachelor’s degrees: > 775
• States represented by undergraduates: 17
• States represented by post-baccalaureate graduates: 26
“You are the curious ones. The thoughtful ones. The fearless ones. … with your knowledge, with compassion and with confidence, lift our world to a better place.”
– Shabana Basij-Rasikh H’24, Principal Speaker, Undergraduate Ceremony, co-founder and president of the School of Leadership, Afghanistan (SOLA).
“The year we started at Scranton, 2020, will never be forgotten by anyone. Our new, budding college experience was overshadowed by serious health, economic and social problems. … Social interaction was difficult, yet here we are four long-yet-short years later surrounded by friends that will last a lifetime. ….”
– John A. Nelson ’24, Undergraduate Student Speaker
