Commencement speakers for the Roski School of Art and Design, Mann School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Bovard College, Rossier School of Education and Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry were recently announced. 

Roski’s undergraduate and graduate commencement speaker will be artist, writer and educator Mary Kelly, the school announced Thursday. Mary Kelly is Roski’s Judge Widney Professor of Art. In 2022, her artwork made of compressed laundry lint was featured in an exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The ceremony will take place May 16 at 9 a.m. at the Tutor Campus Center ballroom.

Nationally recognized pharmacy consultant Robert Seidman will be Mann’s undergraduate, graduate and doctorate commencement speaker, the school announced Wednesday. Seidman led pharmaceutical company Wellpoint — now Elevance Health — in successfully petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to classify Claritin, Allegra and Zyrtec as over-the-counter drugs rather than prescription. The ceremony will take place May 16 at 9 a.m. at McCarthy Quad. 

Bovard’s graduate commencement speaker will be innovator and educator Michael Fenlon, the school announced on its website. Fenlon is the executive director of advances in learning at Harvard University and formerly served as the associate dean for Executive MBA programs at Columbia Business School. The ceremony will take place May 16 at 1 p.m. at Epstein Family Plaza.

Herman Ostrow’s commencement speaker will be Dana Goldman, the founding director of the Schaeffer Institute, the school announced in a press release March 18. Goldman is a professor of public policy, pharmacy and economics and previously served as dean of the Price School of Public Policy. The ceremony will take place May 16 at 4:30 p.m. at USC Village’s Great Lawn.

Authors Bettina L. Love and Reyna Grande will speak at Rossier’s commencement ceremonies, the school announced in a press release March 25. Love, a New York Times best-selling author and professor at Teachers College, Columbia University has written about combatting inequality in educational institutions. Grande, the recipient of the American Book Award, has written about the experience of undocumented Americans and family separation. 

Love will be the keynote speaker at the doctoral hooding May 14 at 1 p.m., while Grande will be the keynote speaker for the master’s ceremony May 16 at 4:30 p.m. at McCarthy Quad.