Washington University’s 155th Commencement Ceremony will take place Friday, May 20, 2016, at 8:30 a.m. in Brookings Quadrangle. Celebrations of the Class of 2016 begin early with this all-university ceremony where U.S. Congressman John R. Lewis, considered one of the most courageous and influential leaders in the civil rights movement, will give the 2016 Commencement address.
Congressman John Lewis
Lewis will be receiving an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.
Olin hosts separate diploma and awards ceremonies for undergraduate and graduate students at 11:30 and 3:00 p.m. respectively in the Athletic Complex.
Undergraduate Diploma and Awards Ceremony
11:30 a.m. Field House, Athletics Complex
Scott Helm
Scott Helm, BSBA’87, is a private investor who lives in Baltimore, Maryland and will deliver the keynote speech at the undergraduate ceremony. He was a founding Partner of Energy Capital Partners, a private equity firm focused on investing in North American energy infrastructure.
Prior to Energy Capital Partners, Helm was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Orion Power Holdings, Inc., a publicly listed company which owned and operated power plants.
After graduating from Washington University, he joined Goldman, Sachs & Co., first in the Fixed Income Division and later in the Investment Banking Division.
Graduate Diploma and Awards Ceremony
3 p.m. Field House, Athletics Complex
Alaina Macia
Alaina Maciá, President and CEO, MTM, will be the keynote speaker. Maciá has grown MTM to a national leader in medical transportation management since assuming leadership of the St. Louis-based company in 2005. In the past decade, the medical transportation company has grown from 200 employees to over 2,000, and has increased revenue from $50 million to over $450 million
Macia has helped MTM achieve its mission of providing accessible, low-cost transportation for low income, intellectually and developmentally delayed, and elderly populations in order to ensure they can access preventative health care services, employment opportunities, and social activities. Today, she is helping MTM build new healthcare solutions, including ambulance, home healthcare management services and transit call center services.
Macia earned her MBA at Olin in 2002 with an emphasis in corporate strategy and finance. Her undergraduate degree, also from Washington University, is in biological engineering sciences.
University photos and video of Commencement will be posted on Flickr and YouTube. In addition, customizable keepsake books featuring professional photos of the ceremony will be available for order. To order a DVD of the ceremony, please contact the Commencement Office at commencement@wustl.edu.
