Commencements
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
GRADUATES: 1,200
DEGREES: master's, doctorates
SPEAKERS: Chancellor John V. Lombardi; Jack M. Wilson, president of UMass
HONORARY DEGREES: Dell Hathaway Hymes, a scholar of Native American folklore, Robert L. Gluckstern, former UMass provost
Stockbridge School Commencement
GRADUATES: 100
DEGREES: associate's
SPEAKER: Geoffrey Cornish, a UMass alumnus and renowned golf course architect
HONORARY DEGREES: None
Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater
GRADUATES: 1,025
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's
SPEAKER: Milton J. Little Jr., president and chief executive, United Way of Massachusetts Bay
HONORARY DEGREES: Lugenia Gordon, creator of the ''Abolitionist Honor Roll"
Fitchburg State College, Fitchburg
GRADUATES: 962
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's
SPEAKER: John A. ''Jay" Jonas, New York firefighter
HONORARY DEGREES: Jonas; Joseph DiFranza, University of Massachusetts Medical School, professor of family medicine and community health
Salem State College, Salem
Undergraduate Commencement
GRADUATES: 875
DEGREES: bachelor's
SPEAKER: Dr. Pedro Jose Greer Jr., physician
HONORARY DEGREES: Greer; Peter Torigian (posthumously)
Westfield State College, Westfield
GRADUATES: 1,384
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's
SPEAKER: John Olver, congressman
HONORARY DEGREES: Olver; Judge Steven D. Pierce, associate justice with the Housing Court Department of the Massachusetts Trial Court
Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre
GRADUATES: 54
DEGREES: master's, doctorate's
SPEAKER: the Rev. Jim Wallis, author
HONORARY DEGREES: None
Babson College, Wellesley
GRADUATES: 987
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's
Undergraduate Commencement
SPEAKER: Joseph J. Grano Jr., chairman and chief executive, Centurion Holdings, LLC
HONORARY DEGREES: Grano Jr.
F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business Commencement
SPEAKER: Ellyn A. McColgan, president, Fidelity Brokerage Co.
HONORARY DEGREES: McColgan
Bentley College, Waltham
Undergraduate Commencement
GRADUATES: 1,028
DEGREES: bachelor's
SPEAKER: James H. Quigley, chief executive, Deloitte & Touche USA LLP
HONORARY DEGREES: Quigley
Graduate Commencement
GRADUATES: 510
DEGREES: master's
SPEAKER: Jim Koch, founder, the
HONORARY DEGREES: Koch; Robert A. Chute, chief executive of The Gage Co.; Timothy B. Harbert (posthumously)
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, Boston
GRADUATES: 85
DEGREES: associate's, bachelor's
SPEAKER: William Rodriquez, executive director, La Alianza Hispana
HONORARY DEGREES: None
Hampshire College, Amherst
GRADUATES: 320
DEGREES: bachelor's
SPEAKER: Doris ''Granny D" Haddock, social and political activist
HONORARY DEGREES: None
Quincy College, Quincy
GRADUATES: 220
DEGREES: associate's
Wheaton College, Norton
GRADUATES: 431
DEGREES: bachelor's
SPEAKER: Charlyane Hunter-Gault, former award-winning national correspondent for ''The News Hour with Jim Lehrer"
HONORARY DEGREES: Hunter-Gault; Jean Jones Beard, clinical social worker and author; Alexandra Marshall, novelist
Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester
GRADUATES: 890
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's, doctorate's
SPEAKER: Ray Kurzweil, inventor, entrepreneur, author
HONORARY DEGREES: Kurzweil; Robert L. Diamond, engineer and inventor of Caller ID; Henry Lee, renowned forensics specialist
Hellenic College and Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology, Brookline
GRADUATES: 69
DEGREES: bachelor's, master's of divinity, master's of theological study, master's of theology
SPEAKER: George Savvaides, Greek ambassador
HONORARY DEGREES: Savvaides
