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Le Moyne selects commencement speaker, honorary-degree recipients for May ceremonies

Le Moyne College has launched the ERIE 21 initiative, which stands for “Educating for Our Rising Innovation Economy in the 21st century.” The program seeks to seeks “create infrastructure that will support individuals preparing for jobs in the innovation economy.” (Eric Reinhardt / CNYBJ)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Le Moyne College has selected author, professor, and disability-rights activist Stephen Kuusisto to address students at the school’s undergraduate commencement in May

Kuusisto — a Syracuse University professor and director of interdisciplinary programs and outreach at Syracuse’s Burton Blatt Institute — will speak at Le Moyne’s graduation ceremony, which is set for May 21 at 9:30 a.m. in the Expo Center at the New York State Fairgrounds in Geddes.

Le Moyne has also selected four individuals to receive honorary degrees during a special 12 p.m. ceremony on its campus a day earlier on May 20.

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They include Leslie Shaw, professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a “pioneer” in therapeutic drug monitoring, as described by Le Moyne College. Shaw earned his undergraduate degree from Le Moyne in 1962.

The recipients will also include Zacharia Mohamed, a 2016 graduate of Le Moyne,  who is currently enrolled in medical school at Upstate Medical University. As a young boy, Mohamed escaped a civil war in his native Somalia, Le Moyne said.

In addition, the recipients include Jack Podsiadlo, S.J., whose 40-plus year career built the Nativity Network of Schools into a national network dedicated to providing educational opportunities for underserved youth.

Le Moyne will also award an honorary degree to Joyce Suslovic, a history teacher at Henninger High School in Syracuse and an “outspoken proponent” of social activism and equality, the school noted.

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