Commencement speakers for December graduation at MSU have been chosen, and a well-known Michigan filmmaker headlines this year’s group of orators.
Michael Moore will be speaking at the 2 p.m. commencement ceremony for members of MSU’s schools of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Communication Arts and Sciences, Engineering, Natural Science and Nursing, and students of the Lyman Briggs College on Dec. 13.
Moore is the outspoken and often controversial creator of documentaries such as Roger & Me, Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine.
MSU alumna and current president of the University of Virginia Teresa Sullivan will speak to students receiving advanced degrees during the Dec. 12 ceremony, and Washington Post columnist George Will is scheduled to speak at the 10 a.m. commencement on Dec. 13.
“We have a dynamic combination of commencement speakers, whose diverse opinions will provide our graduates with interesting perspectives and stimulating conversation,” MSU President Lou Anna K. Simon said in a school press release. “The respectful exchange of differing viewpoints is a marker of the healthy intellectual environment Michigan State models.”
All commencement ceremonies will take place at the Breslin Center.
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