Brandeis University’s 66th Commencement Exercise
Morissa Ariel Pepose '17 sings the "Star-Spangled Banner"
Photo Credit: Mike Lovett
The university’s 66th commencement ceremony was held on Sunday, May 21, 2017, at the Gosman Sports and Convocation Center on the Brandeis campus.
Main Commencement Ceremony
In a powerful Commencement speech, Canadian Supreme Court Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella urged the Brandeis Class of 2017 graduates to fight injustice wherever it arises.
“You see before you a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada who is deeply worried about the state of justice in the world,” Abella told the audience, before recounting her family’s harrowing personal story in World War II and its impact on her. The daughter of Holocaust survivors, Abella was born in a displaced persons camp in Germany and grew up to become an international legal expert in human rights.
Other Speakers
- Mercedes Hall ’17
- Vivek Vimal, PhD’17
“This is our world and our destiny and our time. Our muscles are ready and it's time to lift this world out of despair.”
Vivekanand Vimal, PhD'17
