• LaGuardia’s 51st Commencement Program
    June 21, 2023 @ Queens College

    Presiding Kenneth Adams, BA, MA, President of the College
    Processional Pomp and Circumstance, March No. 2 by Sir Edward Elgar
    Welcome Yves Ngabonziza, BSc, MSc, PhD
    Grand Marshal

    President Kenneth Adams
    Music Star Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key (1814)
    Under the direction of Prof. Lisa DeSpain, BMus, MMus
    Introductions Billie Gastic Rosado, BA, MA, MEd, EdD
    Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
    Greetings Mayra Linares-Garcia, BA
    Member, Board of Trustees of The City University of New York

    The Honorable Donovan Richards, BS
    President, Borough of Queens

    The Honorable Brad Lander, BA, MS, MSc
    New York City Comptroller

    Gian Castro and Min Young Kim
    Representatives, Class of 2023
    Keynote Address The Honorable Patricia Fahy, BA, MA
    Member, New York State Assembly, District 109 Chair, Higher Education Committee
    Conferring of Degrees President Kenneth Adams
    Candidates presented by Provost Rosado
    Recessional Musical Medley


    *Program subject to change