Tiffany Shlain, Commencement Convocation keynote speaker
BERKELEY — Graduation season at the University of California, Berkeley, is under way, and is expected to draw dozens of erudite speakers to the campus through the end of May. Among those imparting wisdom to thousands of graduating students will be scholar and activist Angela Davis; Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, the former mayor of Mexico City; Google chief economist Hal Varian and green jobs champion Cecilia Estolano. This Sunday, May 16, Commencement Convocation — an annual, campus-wide ceremony honoring all graduating seniors — will begin at 2 p.m. at the Walter A. Haas Jr. Pavilion. This year's keynote speaker is Tiffany Shlain, acclaimed filmmaker and founder of the Webby Awards. A UC Berkeley alumna and former student ambassador to the old Soviet Union, Shlain was named one of Newsweek's "Women Shaping the 21st Century." The event will begin with a procession of students and faculty in colorful regalia. As is customary, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau will address the graduates and their families.
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