NYC Comptroller Brad Lander is CCNY's 2025 commencement speaker.
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is the keynote speaker at The City College of New York’s 172nd Commencement on May 30. He will address the Class of 2025, comprising more than 3,000 graduates, on CCNY’s South Campus Great Lawn in historic Harlem. The commencement exercises begin at 10 a.m.
Other speakers include:
- City College President Vincent Boudreau;
- Class of 2025 Valedictorian Eilyn Zuniga Marquez, a Salvadoran immigrant who graduated summa cum laude in January with dual BA and MA degrees in psychology from the Colin Powell School for Civic and Global Leadership; and
- Salutatorian Andrew Williams, who also completed his coursework for a BS in psychology summa cum laude in the Colin Powell School’s Macaulay Honors Program, in January.
In addition, Mayra Linares-Garcia, a CUNY Board of Trustee, will offer greetings to CCNY’s graduating class.
About Brad Lander:
Comptroller Brad Lander serves as New York City’s chief financial officer, leading an office of roughly 800 public servants in their work to promote the financial health, integrity, and effectiveness of city government and secure a more thriving and sustainable future for all New Yorkers. As investment advisor and custodian for the City’s public pension funds, Comptroller Lander stewards the retirement security of over 750,000 current and retired public sector workers, with a prudent, diversified, long-term approach to the City’s investments and obligations. Under Comptroller Lander’s leadership, three of the City’s funds have adopted a detailed plan to reach net zero emissions by 2040, among the most aggressive in the nation. The plan includes divesting from fossil fuels, engaging asset managers and portfolio companies toward decarbonization across the economy, and dramatically scaling up investments in climate solutions. He is running for New York City Mayor. Click here to read more.
Founded by Townsend Harris in 1847, CCNY is the first public higher education institution in New York City and has one of the most diverse student bodies in the nation. Established as a free institution dedicated to overcoming barriers to advancement, CCNY continues its mission of access to excellence and keeping tuition affordable.
CCNY students are frequent recipients of national and international awards, including Fulbright, Goldwater, Gilman, National Science Foundation Research Fellows, Rhodes and Truman. The college also is a top producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars among its faculty members who also are frequent recipients of other prestigious awards, including Guggenheim, National Endowment for the Humanities, NSF fellowships and grants, and national book writing awards. CCNY is home to 10 Nobel Prize winners, and at least 11 Oscar recipients.
About The City College of New York
Since 1847, The City College of New York has provided a high-quality and affordable education to generations of New Yorkers in a wide variety of disciplines. CCNY embraces its position at the forefront of social change. It is ranked #1 by the Harvard-based Opportunity Insights out of 369 selective public colleges in the United States on the overall mobility index. This measure reflects both access and outcomes, representing the likelihood that a student at CCNY can move up two or more income quintiles. Education research organization Degree Choices ranks CCNY #1 nationally among universities for economic return on investment. In addition, the Center for World University Rankings places CCNY in the top 1.8% of universities worldwide in terms of academic excellence. Labor analytics firm Lightcast puts at $3.2 billion CCNY’s annual economic impact on the regional economy (5 boroughs and 5 adjacent counties) and quantifies the “for dollar” return on investment to students, taxpayers and society. At City College, more than 15,000 students pursue undergraduate and graduate degrees in eight schools and divisions, driven by significant funded research, creativity and scholarship. In 2023, CCNY launched its most expansive fundraising campaign, ever. The campaign, titled “Doing Remarkable Things Together” seeks to bring the College’s Foundation to more than $1 billion in total assets in support of the College mission. CCNY is as diverse, dynamic and visionary as New York City itself. View CCNY Media Kit.
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