Kean 2018 Undergraduate Commencement speaker to be U.S. Senator Cory Booker

By Joshua Rosario | Published by March 16, 2018

U.S. Senator of New Jersey, Cory Booker, is the University’s 2018 undergraduate commencement speaker, according to a Kean press release issued Feb 26.

“We are thrilled that Sen. Booker will be our commencement speaker,” said University President Dawood Farahi in the press release. “His leadership on a host of issues from the local to the national level provides a strong example to our students of what they can achieve and how they can make a difference in our world.”

At 29, Booker, was first elected to the Newark City Council. In 2006, he was elected Mayor of Newark and served for more than seven years. He was elected to serve as New Jersey U.S. Senator during a special election in 2013. Then re-elected a year later for a full six year term.

Commencement is always such an exciting time for our graduates and their families, and I cannot think of a better person to address them than Sen. Booker,” said Ada Morell, chair of the Kean Board of Trustees in the press release. “We look forward to hearing the message he has for our graduates as they embark on the next chapter of their lives as Kean alumni.”

Class of 1961 Alumna Diane Miron will receive a honorary degree at Undergraduate Commencement. Miron graduated from Kean then Newark State College with a degree in elementary education. The Miron Student Center was named after Miron after a large donation made by her and her husband, Bob Miron, in 2015.

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