It's that time of year again! The following is a list of speakers for the 2011 commencement ceremonies of all 28 Jesuit colleges and universities in the United States:

BOSTON COLLEGE
5/23/11
Ray LaHood (United States Secretary of Transportation)

CANISIUS COLLEGE
Undergrad: 5/21/11, Grad: 5/18/11
Undergrad: Dennis F. Strigl (Retired President and Chief Operating Officer, Verizon Communications; Canisius Alumnus), Grad: Donna M. Fernandes, Ph.D. (President and CEO, Buffalo Zoo)

COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS
5/27/11
Marilynne Robinson (Pulitzer Prize-Winning Novelist and Essayist)

CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY
5/14/11
Rev. John P. Schlegel, S.J. (Outgoing President, Creighton University)

FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY
Undergrad, Grad: 5/22/11
Undergrad: Honorable Maryanne Trump Barry (Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit, Covering Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.), Grad: Rear Admiral Brian P. Monahan (Attending Physician for the U.S. Congress and U.S. Supreme Court)

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
5/21/11
Brian Williams (Anchor, NBC Nightly News)

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
Grad Arts and Sciences: 5/20/11, MBA Program: 5/20/11, School for Continuing Studies: 5/20/11, McDonough School of Business: 5/21/11, Georgetown College: 5/21/11, Nursing & Health Studies: 5/21/11, Foreign Service: 5/21/11, School of Medicine: 5/22/11, Law: 5/22/11

Grad Arts & Sciences: Richard White (Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Stanford University), MBA Program: Robert M. Solow (Nobel Prize-Winning Emeritus Professor of Economics, MIT), School for Continuing Studies:Diana Natalicio (President, The University of Texas at El Paso), McDonough School of Business: Michael C. Jensen (Emeritus Jesse Isidor Straus Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School), Georgetown College: Dr. Paul Farmer (Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Founding Director of Partners In Health), Nursing & Health Studies: Dr. John Howard (Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), Foreign Service: Laura Chinchilla Miranda (First Female President of Costa Rica), School of Medicine: Dr. John E. Prescott (C‘77, M‘81, First Chief Academic Officer of the Association of American Medical Colleges), Law: Brendan V. Sullivan Jr. (C‘64, L‘67, Senior Partner, Williams & Connolly LLP)

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY
Grad: 5/7/11, Undergrad: 5/8/11, Law: 5/14/11
Grad and Undergrad: Thayne M. McCulloh, D.Phil. (President, Gonzaga University), Law: Honorable Steven González (King County Superior Court Judge)

JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY
5/22/11
Rev. Timothy Kesicki, S.J. (Provincial Superior, Chicago-Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus; JCU Alumnus)

LE MOYNE COLLEGE
5/22/11
Rev. James Martin, S.J. (Associate Editor of America Magazine, Noted National Speaker)

LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY
Undergrad: 5/7/2011, Grad: 5/8/11
Undergrad: Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J. (Founder, Homeboy Industries), Grad: R. Chad Dreier (Retiring Chair of the LMU Board of Trustees)

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO
School of Education, Grad. School, Institute of Pastoral Studies: 5/12/11; Arts & Sciences, Communication: 5/13/11; Business, Nursing, Continuing & Professional Studies, Social Work: 5/14/11; Law: 5/21/11; Medicine: 6/5/11

Business: Kevin Willer (President & CEO, Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center) Arts and Sciences, Arts: Jian Ping (Author of Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China), Arts and Sciences, Sciences: Thomas J. Dart (JD '87, Legislator, Cook County Sheriff), Communication: John McDonough (President, Chicago Blackhawks), Education: Terry Mazany (President & CEO, Chicago Community Trust, CEO, Chicago Public Schools), Graduate School & Institute of Pastoral Studies:Margaret DanielsTyler (Executive Director, Gates Millennium Scholars Program), Law: Laurel Bellows (JD '74, The Bellows Law Group), Medicine: Bryan A. Stevenson (Founder & Executive Director, Equal Justice Initiative), Nursing:William Duffy (BSN '80, MJ '92, Vice President of Nursing, Evanston Hospital), Continuing & Professional Studies: Speaker (TBA), Social Work: Rev. Monsignor Michael M. Boland (MSW '95, Administrator, President & CEO, Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago)

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND
5/21/11
Benjamin Solomon Carson, Sr., M.D. (Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center)

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS
5/14/11
Unified Commencement Speaker: Wendell Pierce (Actor on HBO Series, Treme), College of Law Speaker: Hon. Mitch Landrieu, J.D. (Mayor of New Orleans; Loyola ’85, H ’05)

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
5/22/11
David McCullough (Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and Historian)

REGIS UNIVERSITY
5/7/11: College of Professional Studies Undergrad, Regis College, Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions, College for Professional Studies Grad/Doctoral; 5/8/11: Regis College,Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions Undergrad

All Commencement Ceremonies Speaker: Rev. Michael Sheeran, S.J. (President, Regis University)

ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY
5/14/11
Mary Claire Karcher (Graduating Senior with Bachelor's Degrees in Political Science and Philosophy), Christopher Robl (Graduating Ph.D. Student with a Doctorate of Physical Therapy Degree)

SAINT JOSEPH'S UNIVERSITY
5/14/11
Undergrad: Suzanne Wright and Bob Wright (Co-Founders, Autism Speaks), Grad: Rev. Charles L. Currie, S.J. (President, AJCU)

SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY
5/21/11
Dr. Anthony Tersigni (president and CEO of Ascension Health Inc.)

SAINT PETER'S COLLEGE
5/23/11
Carlos Lejnieks (President & CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson & Union Counties, NJ)

SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY
Undergrad: 6/11/11, Grad: 6/10/11, Law, Jesuit School of Theology: 5/21/11
Undergrad: Dr. Khaled Hosseini (Best-Selling Author; SCU Alumnus), Grad:Sharon M.K. Kugler (University Chaplain at Yale University; SCU Alumna), Law: Carlos Moreno (Recently Retired California Supreme Court Justice), Jesuit School of Theology: Sr. Katarina Schuth (Internationally-Recognized Expert on Seminary Education)

SEATTLE UNIVERSITY
Undergrad, Grad: 6/12/11
Undergrad: Speaker on behalf of Incarcerated Japanese Americans During World War II, Grad: Tun Channareth (Co-Recipient of Nobel Peace Prize and Landmine Activist)

SPRING HILL COLLEGE
5/7/11
J. Balthrop Sr. (President and Chief Executive Officer, Luminex Corporation; Spring Hill Alumnus)

UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY
Undergrad, Grad: 5/14/11, Law: 5/13/11, Dentistry: 5/15/11
Undergrad/Grad: Rev. Richard Malloy, S.J. (Vice President of University Ministries, University of Scranton), Faye Nelson (President & CEO, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy; UDM Alumna), Lem Barney (Former NFL Player for Detroit Lions)

UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO
Nursing: 5/19/11, Undergrad/Grad Humanities, Arts, Social Sciences, Education: 5/20/11, Undergrad/Grad Business, Professional Studies, Law: 5/21/11

Nursing: Mahmoud Salem (Blogger, Rantings of a SandMonkey [Speaking on Behalf of the Egyptian Youth Who Participated in the 1/25/11 Egyptian Revolution]), Undergrad Humanities & Sciences: Rev. Bienvenido F. Nebres, S.J.(President, Ateneo de Manila University), Undergrad Arts & Social Sciences: Isabel Castillo (DREAM Act Advocate), Grad Arts & Sciences: Marjorie Balazs(Founder & CEO, Balazs Analytical), Education: Dr. Carmen Maria Cervantes(Director, Instituto Fe y Vida), Undergrad Business/Professional Studies: Joseph W. Cotchett (Attorney, Cotchett Pitre Simon & McCarthy, LLP), Undergrad Professional Studies: Moira Gunn (Biotechnology Professor, NPR Radio Host), Grad Business/Professional Studies: Rev. Sally G. Bingham (Environmental Minister, Grace Cathedral), Law: Hon. Ming W. Chin (Associate Justice, Supreme Court of California)

UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON
5/29/11
Rev. Scott Pilarz, S.J. (Outgoing President, University of Scranton)

WHEELING JESUIT UNIVERSITY
5/14/11
David Wilhelm (Former Presidential Campaign Manager and Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Founder and President of Woodland Venture Management)

XAVIER UNIVERSITY
5/14/11
Undergrad: Charles Geschke (Co-Founder of Adobe Systems; Xavier Alumnus), Grad: Roger A. Fortin (Xavier Academic Vice President and Provost)