Stories about Commencement

Jay Parini

Poet and Professor Jay Parini Named 2025 Baccalaureate Speaker

A major university event, Baccalaureate will be held at 4 p.m. on May 17 in Packer Memorial Church.

James T. Wassil headshot

James T. Wassil ’99G ’05G of Vaxcyte, Inc. Named Lehigh’s 2025 Graduate Commencement and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony Speaker

Wassil, who has held leadership positions at Pfizer, Novartis and Merck, will speak at Goodman Stadium on Saturday, May 17, 2025.

Kate Johnson ’89

Lumen Technologies’ Kate Johnson ’89 to Address Graduates at Lehigh’s 157th Undergraduate Commencement

Johnson is president and chief executive officer at Lumen Technologies, a global technology and communications company, and a technology innovator with a proven track record of driving business transformation success at several Fortune 100 companies.

Baccalaureate speaker

Baccalaureate Speaker Rachel Laser of Americans United to Graduates: ‘Be Authentically Yourself’

Class of 2024 graduating seniors celebrate Baccalaureate Saturday by sharing their faith and reflecting on their time at Lehigh.

Rachel Laser

Social Justice Advocate Rachel Laser Named 2024 Baccalaureate Speaker

A major university event, Baccalaureate will be held at 4 p.m. on May 18 in Packer Memorial Chapel.

Stephen Tang

Stephen S. Tang ’85G ’88 Ph.D. ’22P to Deliver Remarks at Lehigh’s Graduate Commencement and Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Tang is the principal at Tangent2Cogent, board chairman of NowDiagnostics Inc., and former chairman, president and CEO of Orasure Technologies, a global medical diagnostics company.

Scott Willoughby

Northrop Grumman’s Scott Willoughby ’89 to Address Graduates at Lehigh’s 156th Undergraduate Commencement

Willoughby is senior vice president of performance excellence at Northrop Grumman's space systems sector and former vice president and program manager for NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope program at Northrop Grumman.

Squawk

Squawk: What Will You Always Remember About Your Graduation Day?

Lehigh alumni recall graduation day.

students toss mortar boards in air

Lehigh Commencement 2023 Highlights

Watch highlights of the graduate and undergraduate ceremonies as Lehigh holds its 155th Commencement.

CJ McCollum at graduation

CJ McCollum ’13 to Lehigh’s Class of 2023: 'Your March to an Independent Future Begins Today’

The National Basketball Association’s New Orleans Pelicans point guard, entrepreneur and philanthropist delivered keynote remarks at Lehigh's 155th Commencement.