Commencement Speakers Announced: Colby, FIT, Greensboro, Knox, New School, Robert Morris, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, Southern New Hampshire, Southern Polytechnic, Tufts, Wagner

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

• Colby College: Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
• Fashion Institute of Technology: Aerin Lauder, senior vice president and creative director for Estée Lauder, and Tony Hsieh, chief executive officer of Zappos.com.
• Greensboro College: Navy Cmdr. Porter Halyburton (Ret.), a decorated U.S. Navy officer held prisoner for more than seven years by the North Vietnamese.
• Knox College: Majora Carter, an "eco-entrepreneur" and host of the public radio show "The Promised Land."
• Mount Ida College: Margaret A. McKenna, president of the Walmart Foundation, and former president of Lesley College.
• New School: Frank Rich, the columnist.
• Robert Morris University: For graduate ceremony, Robin Renee Sanders, former U.S. ambassador to Nigeria. For undergraduate ceremony, Richard Harshman, president, chairman and CEO of Allegheny Technologies Inc.
• Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville: Clinton R. Van Zandt, hostage negotiator and author.
• Southern New Hampshire University: Jon Huntsman, former U.S. ambassador to China and former governor of Utah.
• Southern Polytechnic State University: Shan Cooper, vice president of Lockheed Martin Aeronautics.
• Tufts University: Charles M. Vest, president of the National Academy of Engineering and president emeritus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
• Wagner College: Kenneth T. Jackson, the Jacques Barzun Professor of History and the Social Sciences and director of the Herbert H. Lehman Center for American History at Columbia University.