Rutgers–Camden Names 2024 Commencement Speaker

Rutgers University–Camden will hold the Rutgers University–Camden and Graduate School Commencement on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion. New Jersey Secretary of Higher Education Brian Bridges, will deliver the keynote address at the ceremony, where he will also receive an honorary doctor of letters degree.

In his role, Bridges is responsible for developing policy and coordinating higher education activities for the state. He also coordinates initiatives to improve college affordability in New Jersey through the State Plan for Higher Education. Throughout his career, Bridges has provided expert perspective and analysis on numerous panels and advisory committees on issues related to student engagement, HBCUs, learning environments at minority-serving institutions and success factors for African American college students at predominantly white institutions.

Rutgers University–Camden will also hold commencement ceremonies Wednesday, May 15, at the Freedom Mortgage Pavilion, for the School of Business–Camden, where Brian Schaller, president of Wawa, Inc., will deliver a keynote address; and the School of Nursing–Camden, where Helene Burns, chief nurse executive at AtlantiCare, will speak to graduates.

Associate Justice Fabiana Pierre-Louis of the New Jersey Supreme Court will speak to Camden graduates of Rutgers Law School during their commencement ceremony, Thursday May 16.