A total of 35 USF student-athletes will participate in spring commencement ceremonies this weekend inside St. Ignatius Church, as the University celebrates the academic accomplishments of more than 2,000 graduating students from May 20-22.
Speakers for the various ceremonies include Judith F. Karshmer, Dean and Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions; Carl Nolte, columnist and report, San Francisco Chronicle; Regina Gayle Jackson, President & CEO, East Oakland Youth Development Center; Tobias Wolff, Ward W. & Priscilla B. Woods Professor in the Humanities (Emeritus), Stanford University; Olga Castillo Talamante, Executive Director, Chicana Latina Foundation; Dixon R. Dell, Ph.