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Admiral Michelle Howard, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, posted a blog in Navy Live on March 18, 2015, to commemorate Women’s History Month. Admiral Howard will be addressing Rensselaer graduates at the Institute’s 209th Commencement and receiving an honorary degree at the ceremony.
On May 21, Rensselaer hosted a Twitter Q & A with data privacy expert Craig Mundie, who serves as president of Mundie & Associates, which counsels CEOs on technology strategy. He will receive an honorary Doctor of Engineering during the 209th Commencement ceremony at Rensselaer.
On May 26, Rensselaer hosted a Twitter Q & A with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Gates is the Alphonse Fletcher University Professor and director of the Hutchins Center for African and African American Research at Harvard University. He will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.