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Student Speaker Applications
The Commencement Committee invites the members of the Class of 2025 whose last semester was or will be Fall 2024, Winter 2024, Spring 2025, or Summer 2025 to apply for the honor of representing the class as its speaker on Lehman College’s 57th Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, to be held in-person Thursday, May 29th, 205, at Lehman College. The candidate chosen as class speaker will march with the President’s Commencement Party and will sit on the Commencement Platform. The class speaker’s name will also be featured among those of the other speakers and presenters on the official commencement program.
Candidates who wish to apply for this honor are invited to submit, in writing, a proposed speech no longer than 600 words in length. Proposed texts should be typewritten and double-spaced. Please place your name, current address, telephone and cell phone numbers, e-mail address, EMPL ID # and your major/minor or majors at the top of the first page.
Please apply by filling the Student Commencement Speaker Application
Candidates for this honor may choose for their text any subject or subjects appropriate for this festive occasion and are encouraged to focus their remarks upon such topics as will illustrate the significance of this great milestone in their lives and those of their fellow graduates. Particularly encouraged are references to the personal achievements of their fellow graduates, to examples of the sacrifices and support rendered to graduates by family and friends.
The deadline for submission is Sunday, March 30, 2025, by 11:59 PM.
Selected students will be invited to deliver their speech to the Commencement Committee members in an online interview for final selection. Interviews will be scheduled on Friday, April 11, 2025.
For questions, please contact the Office of Campus Life campus.life@lehman.cuny.edu.