Class of 2026 Spring Commencement

Undergraduate Keynote Speaker

Chase F. Robinson, Director of the National Museum of Asian Art (CASA '86)

"Deep creativity, that is, originality, is improbable. It's unpredictable. It can't be outsourced. It's sourced from within. You have been educated not just for your sake but for society's good. Find your originality. Find yourself."

Undergraduate Student Representative

Roshdy Mohamed Roshdy, BA in sociology and minor in linguistics

"Before AUC, most of us had a plan. During AUC, that plan fell apart, was rebuilt, questioned, and reimagined. And after today, it will continue evolving." 

President's Speech

AUC President Ahmad Dallal

"Knowledge grows through people willing to push what exists further. No civilization, institution, or generation exclusively owns it. You have spent your years at AUC learning how to take part in this process. Sometimes in classrooms, sometimes over coffee. Sometimes in a conversation, that changed your mind when you weren’t expecting it."

Graduate Keynote Speaker

Marwa Abbas '94, '98, ‏IBM General Manager and Technology Leader, North East Africa

"Technology may change the world, but humanity decides where that change leads."

Graduate Student Representative

Kadria Abdel Motaal (MA '23), PhD in Global Public Health

"The degree itself is not the reward. The reward is the journey that brought me here, the discipline, the discovery and the renewed conviction that life continues to offer opportunities to learn, to contribute and to become."