Commencement Speakers Announced: Alabama Southern, Dominican, Hamilton, Messiah, Rutgers-Newark, Smith, Whitworth

The following colleges and universities have announced their commencement speakers for spring 2011:

• Alabama Southern Community College: Rod A. Risley, executive director of Phi Theta Kappa.
• Dominican College: Ethan Zohn, co-founder of Grassroot Soccer, a nonprofit organization that trains professional soccer players to teach African children about HIV/AIDS.
• Hamilton College: Al Gore, former vice president of the United States.
• John Carroll University: The Rev. Timothy P. Kesicki, provincial superior of the newly combined Chicago-Detroit Province of Jesuits.
• Messiah College: Amy L. Sherman, senior fellow at the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research.
• Rutgers University at Newark: Annette Gordon-Reed, professor of law and history at Harvard University.
• Smith College: Sylvia Earle, explorer in residence at National Geographic Society.
• Whitworth University: Deborah J. Wilds, president and COO of the College Success Foundation.