Commencement Speakers Announced: Elizabethtown, Loyola New Orleans, Manhattanville, Rust, Smith, Warren Wilson, Washington

The following colleges have announced their commencement speakers for spring 2016:

• Elizabethtown College: Regina M. Benjamin, former U.S. surgeon general.
• Loyola University New Orleans: Harry Connick Jr., the musician.
• Manhattanville College: James Badge Dale, the actor, and Jean Strauss, a documentary filmmaker.
• Rust College: Leonard Haynes, formerly of the U.S. Department of Education.
• Smith College: Megan Smith, chief technology officer in the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the White House.
• Warren Wilson College: Ray Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America.
• Washington College, in Maryland: David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and co-chief executive of the Carlyle Group