Louisiana Has Some Incredible 2018 Commencement Speakers
It's almost time for school to end, and I can practically hear TK Hulin singing 'Graduation Night' as I'm writing this. It's always fun to see who the commencement speakers are going to be, and this year Louisiana has a wide variety of cool folks to give the graduation addresses to the Class of 2018. Check them out below, from NOLA.com. Good luck, graduates!
- Tulane University - Two time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward
- Loyola University New Orleans - Consultor to the Vatican's Secretariat for Communication The Rev James Martin S.J.
- Loyola New Orleans Law School - President and CEO of Entergy New Orleans Inc.Charles Rice, Jr.
- Dillard University - Chance the Rapper
- Xavier University of Louisiana - Award winning New York Times investigative journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones
- Southern University of New Orleans - Attorney Tony Clayton, who prosecuted serial killer Derrick Todd Lee
- University of New Orleans - Google engineer, and Louisiana native Sabrina Farmer
- LSU Honors College - Louisiana's First Lady Donna Edwards
- LSU, and LSU Law - US House Majority Whip Steve Scalise
- UL Lafayette - CBS News Correspondent, and Louisiana native David Begnaud
- LSU Manship School of Mass Communication - Former US Senator John Breaux