Yesterday's commencements

BABSON COLLEGE, Wellesley

GRADUATES:1,001

DEGREES: Bachelor's and master's

SPEAKER: William D. Green, chairman and chief executive officer of Accenture (undergraduate ceremony); Gary Hirshberg , chairman, president, and CEO of Stonyfield Farm (graduate ceremony)

HONORARY DEGREES: Green; Estefano E. Isaias Sr ., chairman of Cadena Ecuatoriana de Television, Seguros Rocafuerte, Zamora Gold Corp., Minera Gribipe S.A., Emilio Isaias Compañia Anonima de Comercio ; Leo I. Higdon, Jr ., president of Connecticut College (undergraduate ceremony). Hirshberg ; Irving W. Rabb , former vice chairman of Stop & Shop

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY, Boston

GRADUATES: 155

DEGREES: Associate's, bachelor's, and certificates

SPEAKER: Suzanne M. Bump, secretary of Labor and Workforce Development for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

HONORARY DEGREES: Bump ; Deborah Backus-Gilchrist, executive director, Castle Square Tenants Organization ; Ellen O'Keefe , BFIT professor and former department chair, Humanities and Social Sciences

BRIDGEWATER STATE COLLEGE, Bridgewater

GRADUATES: 800

DEGREES: Bachelor's, master's, and certificates

SPEAKER: Craig Kielburger , founder of Free the Children and New York Times best-selling author

HONORARY DEGREES: Kielburger and John Newhall, trustee for the Constance Killam Trust and the Elizabeth Rodgers Trust

HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE, Amherst

GRADUATES: 325

DEGREES: Bachelor's

SPEAKER: Martin Espada, poet and creative writing and Latino poetry professor at University of Massachusetts at Amherst

NORTHERN ESSEX COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Haverhill

GRADUATES: 800

DEGREES: Associate's and certificates

SPEAKER: Philip Starks , assistant professor of biology at Tufts University

SALEM STATE COLLEGE, Salem

GRADUATES: 1,100

DEGREES: Bachelor's

SPEAKER: Elizabeth Walker of WBZ Channel 4

HONORARY DEGREES: Walker; educator Elizabeth Rawlin ; jazz great Lennie Sogoloff ; former Salem State College vice president of administration and finance Janyce Napora (posthumously)

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE UNIVERISTY, Manchester, N.H.

GRADUATES: 1,450

DEGREES: Associate's, bachelor's, master's, and doctorate

SPEAKER: Senator Barack Obama

HONORARY DEGREES: Obama; former SNHU president Edward Shapiro , and SNHU president emeritus Richard Gustafson

WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE, Westfield

GRADUATES: 1,246

DEGREES: Bachelor's, master's, doctorate

SPEAKER: Peter Laviolette Jr ., head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes

HONORARY DEGREES: Wayne McCary , president and CEO of Eastern States Exposition ; Jane Yolen , children's book author

WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE, Worcester

GRADUATES: 651

DEGREES: Bachelor's, master's, and doctorate

SPEAKER: Deborah Dunsire , president and CEO of Millennium Pharmaceuticals

HONORARY DEGREES: Dunsire ; Bernard M. Gordon , chairman emeritus of Analogic Corp. ; Neil deGrasse Tyson , the Frederick P. Rose director of the Hayden Planetarium, noted astrophysicist and host of PBS television series NOVA ScienceNOW ; Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray

ANDOVER NEWTON THEOLOGICAL SCHOOL , Newton

GRADUATES: 61

DEGREES: Doctor of Ministry, master of divinity, master of arts

SPEAKER: The Rev. Nancy Taylor , senior minister at Old South Church

HONORARY DEGREES: None.

BENTLEY COLLEGE, Waltham

GRADUATES: 1,634

DEGREES: Master's, bachelor's, associate's, certificates

SPEAKER: Naomi Tutu , human rights activist and daughter of Desmond Tutu ; Trish Karter , president and CEO, Dancing Deer Baking Co

HONORARY DEGREES: Tutu, Karter

ENDICOTT COLLEGE , Beverly

GRADUATES: 535

DEGREES: Master's, bachelor's, associate's

SPEAKER: US Representative John F. Tierney , representing the Sixth District of Massachusetts

HONORARY DEGREES: Tierney; Maria Diaz de la Cebosa , president of the College for International Studies, Madrid

FITCHBURG STATE COLLEGE , Fitchburg

GRADUATES: 709

DEGREES: Master's, bachelor's, certificate of advanced graduate study

SPEAKER: Peter H. Reynolds, founder and CEO of FableVision, a children's media company.

HONORARY DEGREES: Reynolds

GORDON COLLEGE, Wenham

GRADUATES: 389

DEGREES: Master's, bachelor's

SPEAKER: Dr. Lauren Winner, author

HONORARY DEGREES: None.

HELLENIC COLLEGE, HOLY CROSS SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY, Brookline

GRADUATES: 54

DEGREES: Master's, bachelor's

SPEAKER: Anthony-Emil N. Tachiaos, Hellenic professor

HONORARY DEGREES: Tachiaos, Charles T. Masterpolis

QUINCY COLLEGE, Quincy

GRADUATES: 230

DEGREES: Associate's, certificate programs

SPEAKER: Thomas McNamara, president, College Courses Inc.

HONORARY DEGREES: None

SIMMONS COLLEGE, Boston

GRADUATES: 1,480

DEGREES: Doctorate, master's, bachelor's

SPEAKER: John Prendergast, senior adviser, International Crisis Group

HONORARY DEGREES: Prendergast; Brigadier General Dana H. Born, U S military psychologist; Dr. Josephine Morello Butz, microbiologist; Dr. Nancy Yuk-Yu Ip , neuroscientist; Dr. Sidney Verba , director, Harvard University library

UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, Durham, N.H.

GRADUATES: 4,056

DEGREES: Doctorate, master's, bachelor's, associate's

SPEAKER: Presidents George H. W. Bush and Bill Clinton

HONORARY DEGREES: Bush; Clinton; James Thomson, president and CEO, RAND Corp .; John LaMattina , senior vice president, Pfizer Inc.

WHEATON COLLEGE , Boston

GRADUATES: 370

DEGREES: Bachelor's

SPEAKER: Freeman Hrabowski III , president, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

HONORARY DEGREES: Deborah Bial , president and founder, Posse Foundation; Bob Herbert, columnist, The New York Times; Kathleen O'Donnell, Massachusetts attorney

(Correction: Because of a reporting error, a listing of local college commencements in yesterday's City & Region section mistakenly placed Wheaton College in Boston. Wheaton is in Norton, Mass.)