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May 31, 2022<\/span><\/p>\n ALL MEDIA MUST REGISTER WITH Linda.Pacheco@qc.cuny.edu<\/a> for campus access, reserved seating, and parking.<\/strong><\/p>\n WHAT: <\/span><\/b>Queens College President\u00a0Frank H. Wu<\/a>\u00a0will preside over the college\u2019s 98th commencement exercises that will recognize over 2,100 degree candidates. It will be Wu\u2019s first in-person ceremony\u2014and second overall\u2014since being named president in July 2020. The college is holding its first in-person ceremony since 2019. In total, the college will award just over 5,<\/span>536 undergraduate and graduate degrees<\/span>\u00a0this year to candidates from summer and fall 2020, and winter and spring 2021.\u200b An estimated audience of 6,800 is expected. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n WHEN: <\/span><\/b>Thursday, June 2, 2022, at 9 am | WATCH the livestream\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n WHERE: <\/span><\/b>Queens College Quadrangle\u2014Rain or Shine | 65-30 Kissena Boulevard, Flushing, NY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11367 |\u00a0Directions<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Campus Map<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n WHO: <\/span><\/b>Danny Burstein \u201986<\/span><\/b>, Tony-winning star of theatre, film, and television, is this year\u2019s commencement speaker; he will receive the degree of Doctor of Fine Arts,\u00a0honoris causa<\/i>. Burstein is the son of Queens College Philosophy Professor Harvey Burstein and Virginia Vega Burstein \u201978. Burstein began acting in community theatre and summer stock while attending the High School of the Performing Arts. He started working professionally while still at Queens College, where he earned a BA in drama before completing an MFA in acting at the University of California, San Diego in 1990.<\/span><\/p>\n He has performed in Broadway productions such as\u00a0The Seagull<\/i>,\u00a0The Drowsy Chaperone<\/i>,\u00a0Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,<\/i>\u00a0South Pacific<\/i>,\u00a0Cabaret,<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0Fiddler<\/i>\u00a0on the Roof;\u00a0<\/i>he won the Tony last fall for his role in\u00a0Moulin Rouge: The Musical!\u00a0<\/i>Off Broadway, he has appeared in numerous shows, often in nonprofit and experimental venues. He has appeared on stages around the country, including the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. The son of Cuban emigr\u00e9s, Casadevall arrived in Elmhurst, Queens, at age 11. His early jobs included positions at McDonald\u2019s and as a bank teller. At Queens College, Casadevall majored in chemistry with the goal of becoming a scientist, but his father urged him to attend medical school. With the help of a City University of New York (CUNY) Salk Scholarship, he entered the MD\/PhD program at New York University, graduating with an MS and PhD in biochemistry in 1984 and an MD in 1985.<\/span><\/p>\n Karina Abou Orm Saab will address the graduates.<\/b>\u00a0<\/span>Saab, who holds an MD from the Universidad de Carabobo in Venezuela, is graduating with a BA in Political Science; her grade point average (GPA) is 4.0. She is one of this year\u2019s recipients of the college\u2019s Paul Klapper Scholarship, presented annually to two graduating students. An active member of the Political Science Club and the school\u2019s Amnesty International chapter, Saab has published research on the sexual and reproductive health of women, violence against women, and public health. She plans to pursue a PhD in Public Health.<\/p>\n The student commencement speaker is one of two recipients of the college\u2019s Paul Klapper Scholarship<\/span>, the college\u2019s highest honor for graduating seniors. It is\u00a0<\/span>provided annually by the staff of Queens College and other friends in memory of the school\u2019s first president and intended to encourage scholarly accomplishment, moral and intellectual integrity, and good citizenship. The College Committee on Honors and Awards selects the student speaker based on criteria\u00a0that include high grades and other forms of academic achievement, leadership, community service, breadth of courses taken, as well as evidence of originality, creativity, and promise of future contributions to society.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n INVITED SPEAKERS: <\/b>Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr., NYC Council Member James Gennaro<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>CUNY Trustee Ken Sunshine; and Queens College Student Association President Zaire Couloute.<\/p>\n PRESIDENT FRANK H. WU QUOTE:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>\u201cCommencement marks the beginning of a new chapter in our students\u2019 lives. A new era full of excitement and potential awaits them. Thanks to the well-rounded liberal arts education they received at Queens College, I know they are ready to achieve greatness in whatever path they choose as they live out the motto of Queens College: \u2018We learn so that we may serve.\u2019 The wealth of experience and depth of knowledge they received during their time at Queens College has prepared them for this \u2018brave new world.\u2019 I am exceptionally proud of each and every one of our graduates.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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Arturo Casadevall<\/b><\/a>\u00a0\u201979<\/b>, a world-class researcher who has published more than 746 papers and 33 book chapters in immunology, microbiology, genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, and medicine, will receive the degree of Doctor of Science,\u00a0honoris causa<\/i>. Casadevall holds appointments as the Alfred and Jill Sommer Professor and Chair of the W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and professor of medicine in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.<\/span><\/p>\n