Andrew Mellon Foundation President Lewis to Speak at Clark Commencement
Sunday, March 19, 2017
The ceremony is set to take place on May 21 starting at noon.
Dr. Earl Lewis
Dr. Lewis served as Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and as the Asa Griggs Candler Professor of History and African American Studies at Emory University.
He has held faculty appointments at the University of California at Berkeley (1984–89), and the University of Michigan (1989–2004).
Dr. Lewis has championed the importance of diversifying the academy, enhancing graduate education, re-visioning the liberal arts, exploring the role of digital tools for learning, and connecting universities to their communities.
During the Clark Commencement ceremony, Lewis will receive an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.
Clark all also confer honorary degrees on former New York Times columnist Mark Bittman and Linda Greenhouse.
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