3月27日, 2024 -克里斯汀·布伦南, one of the nation’s most celebrated sports columnists, will address undergraduates of the Class of 2024 at bet亚洲365欢迎投注’s 毕业典礼 on Saturday, 5月18日, 校园绿地. 布伦南是一位畅销书作家, 《bet亚洲365欢迎投注》体育专栏作家, CNN评论员, ABC新闻, PBS新闻时间, 和国家公共广播电台.

在她杰出的职业生涯中, 布伦南打破了许多障碍, serving as the first woman sportswriter at The Miami Herald and later as the first woman to cover Washington's NFL team as a staff writer at The Washington Post. 另外, she was the inaugural president of the Association for Women in Sports Media and has since spearheaded a scholarship-internship program that has supported more than 200 students over the past two decades.

Christine Brennan will address traditional undergraduates of the Class of 2024 at bet亚洲365欢迎投注's 毕业典礼 ceremony. 

In 2002, Brennan ignited a national conversation with her 《bet亚洲365欢迎投注》专栏 addressing Augusta National Golf Club's exclusion of female members at the time. Recognized multiple times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) as one of the country's top 10 sports columnists, 她报道了过去的20届奥运会, 无论是夏天还是冬天.

Brennan was named the winner of the prestigious 2020年红史密斯奖, presented annually by APSE to a person who has made “major contributions to sports journalism.”

“I’m thrilled to be coming to bet亚洲365欢迎投注 to give the 2024 毕业典礼 address,” said Brennan. “I had the wonderful opportunity to meet many Marist students at an event in New York City two years ago and was so impressed by them: their questions, 他们的兴趣, 他们渴望超越. So, I’m really looking forward to coming to campus and spending even more time with the students. This is quite an honor, and I’m very thankful for the opportunity.”

Graduate Speaker to Receive Distinguished 校友 Medal

成人本科, 硕士, and doctoral students will be honored Friday night, 5月17日, 作者:安德鲁·卢塔科姆·小凯拉., an accomplished capital markets executive and alumnus of the Class of 2004, 谁将担任毕业典礼演讲嘉宾. Kayiira will receive the Distinguished 校友 Medal, the highest honor for a Marist graduate.

Kayiira is the co-founder Eden Point Partners, 有限责任公司, 一家资本市场咨询公司, where he is responsible for the development of client-centric technology and operational transformation strategies. He is a well-respected industry voice who previously was Head of Capital Markets Technology & 蒙特利尔银行的运营策略.

安德鲁·卢塔科姆·小凯拉. 04年将针对成人本科生, 硕士, and doctoral students of the Class of 2024 and receive the Distinguished 校友 Medal.

Kayiira’s connections to the College are deep. 他的父亲，博士. Andrew Lutakome Kayiira, served as a criminal justice professor at Marist in the 1980s, 后来成为乌干达的能源部长. Dr. Kayiira was tragically assassinated 在那里 in 1987. 以他的名义, Marist established the Andrew Lutakome Kayiira Award for Excellence in Criminal Justice. His mother, Betty (Mutema) Kayiira, was also a long-tenured Marist employee.

“我真的是在圣母学院长大的, from attending the nursery school program in McCann as a child to participating in Marist's Little People's Summer Camp while my father was a professor,凯拉说. "I visited my mother on campus while she worked 在那里 in the early '90s. 作为一名学生, 我遇到了我的妻子, 希瑟(Slizewski), 在那里, and we've been happily together for nearly 25 years. I'm a proud graduate and am honored to speak at this 毕业典礼."

“I am grateful to have Christine and Andrew join us in honoring the Class of 2024 at this year’s 毕业典礼,” said bet亚洲365欢迎投注 President Kevin Weinman. “Their professional accomplishments and personal stories are bold and inspiring. I know our graduates will learn a great deal from them and begin this next chapter as Marist alumni motivated to improve the world.”

bet亚洲365欢迎投注圣母学院’s 2024 毕业典礼 Ceremonies

毕业典礼 events will stream live on the Marist website, www.bet亚洲365欢迎投注.edu/commencement. If severe weather is forecast, Marist may make alternate arrangements based on weather conditions.