Commencement

Commencement 2019 will be held at the Westchester County Center on Friday, May 17.

The 2017 Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center in White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 19, 2017.

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Commencement 2018

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Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
President Thomas J. Schwarz at the ceremony. Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Rosemary Albanese sings the National Anthem. Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Senior Speaker Alex Lally. Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Latrice Walker '01 receives the Distinguished Alumni Award. Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Jay O. Sanders '76 receives the Distinguished Alumni Award.Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.
Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.

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Purchase College Commencement 2018

Purchase College Commencement at the Westchester Civic Center, White Plains, N.Y., Friday, May 18, 2018.

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Event Highlights

Distinguished Alumni Award: Jay Olcutt Sanders ’76

Star of stage, screen, and television, actor Jay Olcutt Sanders described as an “unsung national treasure.”
Distinguished Alumni Award: Latrice Monique Walker, Esq. ’01

Raised in Brownsville Brooklyn, Latrice Monique Walker, is an attorney who now represents her neighborhood as a New York State Assemblywoman for the 55th district.
Senior Speaker: Alex Lally

Meet this year’s senior speaker, Alex Lally—a Sunnyvale, TX native who is a three-sport athlete, a theatre design/technology major, and a professional mermaid.
Class of 2018 Brick Holder: Chase Andrzejewski

Chase Andrzejewski ’18 is a studio composition major originally from Indianapolis, Indiana.