Lesley honored the classes of 2022, 2021 and 2020 at our first in-person Commencement ceremony in three years. Enjoy coverage, photos and more from this special event.
Highlight Video
Commencement Video Highlights
Watch sights, sounds and inspiring moments from Commencement 2022 on the Boston waterfront.
Geeta Pradhan, president of the Cambridge Community Foundation, spoke about the obstacles that graduating students face and the “passion, compassion and grit” they'll harness to overcome them.
Shelly Lowe, chair for the National Endowment of the Humanities, urged graduates to embrace the cultural lessons passed on in the home, and apply them to their future endeavors.
Matthew is turning his lifelong passion for video games into a profession. He's the first graduate of our new Game Design & Immersive Technologies major. He transferred to Lesley his senior year where he specialized in game audio and sound design and interned with White Snake Projects opera company and Massachusetts Digital Games Institute (MassDigI). Now he's working on various projects to expand his portfolio as he prepares for a career in game design.
Tackling topics of global importance
Class of 2022 Honors Program graduates showcased research and celebrated the return of an in-person Honors Symposium
Lesley University celebrated master’s and doctoral degree recipients from the Graduate School of Education and the Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences. Graduates of the classes of 2022, 2021, and 2020 heard from Commencement speaker Geeta Pradhan, president of the Cambridge Community Foundation.
Afternoon Ceremony Video
Lesley University celebrated graduates of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, the College of Art and Design and the Threshold Program on May 21, 2022 on the Boston waterfront. Members of the classes of 2020, 2021 and 2022 heard from Commencement speaker Shelly Lowe, chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities.