CBS Reporter Stahl to Speak at Commencement
Elisabeth Tone
Issue date: 2/21/08 Section: News
Each year, a joint committee comprised of three faculty members and three trustees and chaired by President of the University and Professor of Philosophy and Religion Rebecca Chopp selects about five individuals who will receive honorary degrees at the year's commencement ceremony. From among these recipients, the committee chooses both Commencement and Baccalaureate speakers who will offer indispensable guidance to the graduating class.
This year, Colgate is fortunate enough to have Lesley Stahl give the commencement address. Stahl has been the co-editor of CBS's 60 Minutes for the past seventeen years, and she recently became the anchor of 48 Hours Investigates. Prior to her stint on these news programs, Stahl was a CBS News White House correspondent during the Carter, Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations. Between September 1983 and May 1991, Stahl also served as a moderator on the Sunday news talk show Face the Nation.
Throughout her career, Stahl has had a significant impact on the world of American journalism. She has interviewed a multitude of top officials from the United States and foreign countries. In her June 2007 interview with Abdul Rahman Yasin, the terrorist revealed to Stahl that he intended to strike Jewish neighborhoods instead of the World Trade Center during the 1993 attack in New York. Her political and journalistic experiences over the past twenty years are all documented in her book, Reporting Live.
Senior Class President Taylor Buonocore expressed how thrilled she is for Stahl's commencement address.
"I'm confident that Ms. Stahl's address will hold a great message for the Class of 2008," Buonocore said. "She has interviewed some of the most influential people in the world and has experience with a wide variety of fields and issues. There's a lot of experience and perspective behind the message she'll give during commencement."
As class president, Buonocore advised the commencement committee "on behalf of the Class of 2008." The senior class was asked to submit speaker nominations in August 2007. Furthermore, during the "Real World" program in January of 2007, the Senior Class Council collected information from seniors concerning their "career interests and perspectives on the transition from Colgate to the 'real world.'" According to Buonocore, all of this input from the senior class was considered during the selection process.
This year, Colgate is fortunate enough to have Lesley Stahl give the commencement address. Stahl has been the co-editor of CBS's 60 Minutes for the past seventeen years, and she recently became the anchor of 48 Hours Investigates. Prior to her stint on these news programs, Stahl was a CBS News White House correspondent during the Carter, Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations. Between September 1983 and May 1991, Stahl also served as a moderator on the Sunday news talk show Face the Nation.
Throughout her career, Stahl has had a significant impact on the world of American journalism. She has interviewed a multitude of top officials from the United States and foreign countries. In her June 2007 interview with Abdul Rahman Yasin, the terrorist revealed to Stahl that he intended to strike Jewish neighborhoods instead of the World Trade Center during the 1993 attack in New York. Her political and journalistic experiences over the past twenty years are all documented in her book, Reporting Live.
Senior Class President Taylor Buonocore expressed how thrilled she is for Stahl's commencement address.
"I'm confident that Ms. Stahl's address will hold a great message for the Class of 2008," Buonocore said. "She has interviewed some of the most influential people in the world and has experience with a wide variety of fields and issues. There's a lot of experience and perspective behind the message she'll give during commencement."
As class president, Buonocore advised the commencement committee "on behalf of the Class of 2008." The senior class was asked to submit speaker nominations in August 2007. Furthermore, during the "Real World" program in January of 2007, the Senior Class Council collected information from seniors concerning their "career interests and perspectives on the transition from Colgate to the 'real world.'" According to Buonocore, all of this input from the senior class was considered during the selection process.
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