{"id":6559,"date":"2019-05-24T14:01:09","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T19:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=6559"},"modified":"2026-07-22T08:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T12:17:19","slug":"archives-2019","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/explore-the-archives\/archives-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives: 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pastContent\">\n<div class=\"video\">\n<h2>Commencement 2019<\/h2>\n<h3>Videos<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/10JBJdU5lag\">Commencement Ceremony<\/a>\u00a0(with CC)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=M3Uj3y78oO4\">Commencement Address<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S4vwc_oN91w\">Baccalaureate Address<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dlnrj4yujp0?si=TsaS5_Faljr1AkHe\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3>Speakers &amp; Honorees<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"speakers\">\n<p><strong>Dr. Marcia McNutt<\/strong>, president of the National Academy of Sciences, delivered the Boston University\u2019s 146<sup>th<\/sup><span>Commencement Address during the All-University Exercises on Nickerson Field. <strong>Dr. John P. Howe<\/strong>, former president and CEO of Project HOPE and BU Trustee, delivered the Baccalaureate Address earlier in the day at Marsh Chapel. Both received honorary degrees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Others who received honorary degrees are:\u00a0<strong>Lauren Shuler Donner<\/strong><span>, Hollywood producer and philanthropist; and\u00a0<strong>Karen Holmes Ward<\/strong>, director of Public Affairs and Community Services at WCVB.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/commencement\/files\/2025\/02\/CMCT_RedBook19_Final_AA2.pdf\">View Commencement Program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/articles\/2019\/bu-commencement-marcia-mcnutt\">View BU Today recap<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Not just another face in the crowd:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gigapan.com\/gigapans\/215834\">Find your family, friends, and yourself in the Commencement panorama<\/a><span>.\u00a0<em>Photo by BU Photography, powered by GigaPan.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Commencement 2019 Videos Commencement Ceremony\u00a0(with CC) Commencement Address Baccalaureate Address Speakers &amp; Honorees Dr. Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, delivered the Boston University\u2019s 146thCommencement Address during the All-University Exercises on Nickerson Field. Dr. John P. Howe, former president and CEO of Project HOPE and BU Trustee, delivered the Baccalaureate Address earlier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1420,"featured_media":0,"parent":97,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6559"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6559"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12356,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6559\/revisions\/12356"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/97"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}