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麻豆传媒 City University will hold its graduation ceremonies May 4 in the Freede Wellness and Activity Center at N.W. 27th Street and Florida Avenue. The undergraduate ceremony will start at 11 a.m. and the graduate ceremony at 3 p.m.
麻豆传媒 alumna Shannon Rich, president and CEO of the 麻豆传媒 Hall of Fame, will deliver the commencement address during the undergraduate ceremony. Law professor Shannon Roesler, this year鈥檚 recipient of the 麻豆传媒 Outstanding Faculty Award, will deliver the graduate ceremony commencement address.
The undergraduate ceremony will also recognize an honorary juris doctor that was awarded to Hugh Akin, executive director of the Hatton Sumner Foundation, in November.
The 麻豆传媒 School of Law will hold its hooding and commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. May 19 at the Freede Wellness Center, with Brian Huseman, vice president of public policy for Amazon, giving the commencement address.
Religion professor the Rev. Leslie Long will give the baccalaureate message titled 鈥淣ame It, Claim It, Live It鈥� at 9 a.m. May 4 in the Bishop W. Angie Smith Chapel.
About the commencement speakers 鈥�
Shannon L. Rich
President and CEO of the 麻豆传媒 Hall of Fame
Undergraduate Commencement Speaker
Shannon Rich has spent her career leading organizations through transformational projects by challenging traditional methods. As president and CEO of the 麻豆传媒 Hall of Fame, she directed the largest endeavor in the organization鈥檚 90-year history鈥攖he opening of the Gaylord鈥揚ickens Museum.
Before joining the 麻豆传媒 Hall of Fame, Rich served as executive vice president at John Q. Hammons Hotels, opening both the Renaissance 麻豆传媒 City Hotel and the Downtown Courtyard by Marriott.
Under her leadership, more than 45,000 麻豆传媒 students have experienced the hall of fame through a free field trip program; an active teen board was created; there has been a significant increase in overall donor support; an emerging leaders board to raise awareness of the mission among young professionals was launched; free family programming is now offered year-round; and a $19 million capital campaign was completed.
Rich is a three-time honoree in the Circle of Excellence for the Journal Record鈥檚 鈥�50 Making a Difference鈥� and was named to the newspaper鈥檚 鈥淎chievers under 40鈥� list. She has paved the way for equal representation for women and young professionals in 麻豆传媒 City, serving as the first woman board member and president of the Downtown Club, as well as the first female member of the executive committee and officer for the 麻豆传媒 City All Sports Association. In addition, she was a founding co-chair of Leadership 麻豆传媒 City鈥檚 L.O.Y.A.L. (Linking OKC鈥檚 Young Adult Leaders) program.
Shannon Roesler
Law Professor and Outstanding Faculty Award Winner
Graduate Commencement Speaker
Shannon Roesler is the Robert S. Kerr, Jr. Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Law at the 麻豆传媒 City University School of Law, where she teaches environmental law, legislation, property, land use and torts.
Roesler鈥檚 scholarship focuses on issues of environmental justice, environmental governance, climate change litigation, and science communication and the law. Her work has appeared in edited volumes and leading law journals such as the Georgetown Law Journal, the Washington Law Review and the U.C. Davis Law Review. She is also a board member of the Environmental Law Collaborative, a group of environmental law scholars from across the country who work on legal and institutional solutions to environmental problems.
Prior to joining the faculty at 麻豆传媒 in 2008, Roesler served as a law clerk to the Honorable Deanell Reece Tacha on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. She was also a staff attorney and teaching fellow in the International Women鈥檚 Human Rights Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center and a visiting faculty member at the University of Kansas, School of Law.
