Stories about Commencement 2021

Dionne is a Washington Post columnist, senior fellow at The Brookings Institution and professor in the foundations of democracy and culture at Georgetown University.

Lehigh holds two in-person Commencement ceremonies Monday for Class of 2021 undergraduates.

The Lehigh mechanical engineering and mechanics professor virtually addresses the Classes of 2020 and 2021.

UPDATE: In-person ceremony is held Saturday morning for undergraduates of the Class of 2020.

Those receiving master’s and doctoral degrees from the Class of 2020 and the Class of 2021 were honored in a joint ceremony Friday afternoon.

Nikayla (Nikki) Begaye '20 '21G, a Native American and first-generation student, to graduate from Lehigh with a master’s degree in elementary education. She also received her bachelor's degree as a member of the Class of 2020.