Commmencements

Yesterday, 12:30-2:30 p.m., McGuirk Alumni Stadium Speaker: Earl W. Stafford, Virginia businessman and organizer of the "Peoples' Inaugural Project," which invited disadvantaged people to President Obama's inauguration Graduates: about 4,000.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt)

Friday, 1 p.m., Evans Way Park Speaker: Fashion designer Joseph Abboud and Robert Edsel, founder of Monuments Men Foundation for the Preservation of Art Graduates: 360 Honorary degrees: Abboud; members of the Monuments Men, who helped to protect monuments and other cultural treasures from destruction during World War II.

College of the Holy Cross

Friday, 10:30 a.m., Fitton Field Graduates: about 675 Degrees: Bachelor of arts Speaker: US Senator Robert P. Casey Jr. of Pennsylvania Honorary degrees: Casey; the Rev. George V. Coyne, acclaimed Vatican astronomer; Sister Maureen Fay O.P., former president of University of Detroit Mercy; Ogretta McNeil, former chair of the Holy Cross psychology department; Bartlett Sher, artistic director of the Intiman Theatre in Seattle.

Montserrat College of Art, Beverly

Friday, 10 a.m., Cabot Street Cinema Speaker: Annette Lemieux, Harvard professor of the practice of studio arts Graduates: 44 Degrees: bachelor of arts Honorary degrees: Jenny Holzer, American conceptual artist; Steve Dodge, trustee and philanthropist; and Lemieux.