Commencement Honorees: The Honorable Cory A. Booker, Mayor of the City of Newark, NJ, was FDU's Commencement Speaker, and five other individuals, including three Student Pinnacle Award recipients, were honored at the Commencement event.

Booker's Address to the Graduates: Mayor Booker described a "conspiracy of love" that the graduates should realize moves in their lives.

Complete Video of Commencement: Commencement was streamed live on the World Wide Web, and archived video can be viewed on the Commencement Webcast page.

Grad Greetings: During April, the graduates recorded video "Grad Greetings" messages for their family, friends, classmates, teachers and others who made a difference while they were at FDU. Those messages were played at the arena before the Procession of the Graduates, and are viewable now as a YouTube video.

Commencement Program: The Program document distributed at the event lists this year's 2600 graduates, and is available for download as a PDF file. 

2012 Commencement Feature Stories

• Soldiering on to graduation, 62 vets in Class of 2012
• Student for life: Joseph Yacono III, Class of 2012
• A wise mind can see even when one’s eyes are blind: Geraldine Browne, Class of 2012
• A Twice Over Scholar Becomes an Integral Part of the Campus Community
• Kenyan student embodies promise of global education
• Jessica Dingman’s Quest to Inspire
• Crossing the stage at FDU onto the threshold of the future