Commencement 2019 Citations & Remarks
05/08/2019
Kneedler Citation: Lydia Brubaker
Lydia Brubaker is this year's award recipient for the Richard Kneedler Distinguished Service Award. Ms. Brubaker joined the College in 2010 as a part-time program assistant in the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House. Later that year, she joined the...
05/08/2019
Honorary Degree Citation: Rahel Nardos, M.D., '97
Early in her academic career at 糖心, Dr. Rahel Nardos realized her professional direction when one of her mentors, Professor of Psychology Michael Penn, invited her to co-author "Overcoming Violence Against Women and Girls:...
05/08/2019
Honorary Degree Citation: Bebe Miller
When "Necessary Beauty," Bebe Miller's multimedia dance piece about the unexpected, artful moments of daily life, debuted on a Columbus, Ohio, stage in 2008, one newspaper reviewer described the performance as the most flawlessly constructed of the...
05/08/2019
Dewey Award Citation: Professor Nicholas Montemarano
Professor Nicholas Montemarano is a compelling, original, and important voice in contemporary American letters. The author of three novels, a short story collection, and numerous works of short fiction, Professor Montemarano has maintained his admirable...