Keynote Speaker, Senior Speaker, Honored Guest and Student Marshal

Keynote Speaker

As a standing Pitzer College tradition, the graduating senior class selects its keynote speaker for the commencement ceremony.  Voting for the 2010 commencement keynote speaker will begin at the end of November 2009.

Senior Class Speaker

If you are interested in being considered as the class speaker at commencement, you are invited to prepare the text of your proposed speech and submit it to the Office of the President (Broad Center 204) by Monday, MARCH 1, 2010.  The speech must be an original work. Your text must be typed, double-spaced and take no longer than five minutes to present. Make certain your name and telephone number are on the document. A special committee comprised of students, faculty and staff will judge the speech presentations at a speech try-out in Avery Auditorium.  Your try-out speech must match the text you submit. A date for the try-outs will be determined soon. The Senior Class Speaker will be announced shortly after judging.

Honored Guest & Student Marshal

Also as is tradition at Pitzer, each year graduating seniors select by way of vote a member of the staff or administration to be their honored guest and a member of the faculty to be their student marshal. The honored guest and student marshal receive special recognition from the President during the commencement ceremony.

Nomination form - in order to submit the form electronically, download the form, fill it out, save it, and send it as an attachment via email.