Thank you for joining us for Rutgers University 255th Anniversary Commencement. The Class of 2021 graduates were celebrated on Sunday, May 16, 2021. This special event included remarks from President Jonathan Holloway, commencement speaker Natasha Trethewey, as well as the
conferral of degrees.
Heartfelt congratulations to our newest Rutgers graduates.
Listed below are video segments of the University Commencement celebration. To view a video click on the link below or visit the Rutgers University Commencement YouTube channel.
Thank you to those who contributed to the creation of the 2021 University Commencement celebration. View a list of those credited.
These individuals have distinguished themselves by making major contributions to their professions and communities.
The former U.S. Poet Laureate has focused her career on examining the intersections and contentions between public and personal history, national memorialization and forgetting, and the fraught legacy of race in America. Trethewey's work has earned her a Pulitzer Prize and a spot on the New York Times best-sellers list.
With decades of experience as a science writer, Garrett speaks with extensive knowledge of emerging diseases and epidemics and their impact on governments and societies. She is the only writer to have been awarded all “Three P’s” of journalism: The Peabody, Polk (twice), and Pulitzer.
Holt is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives where he represented New Jersey's 12th congressional district for eight terms. In Congress, Holt worked in a variety of areas including education, natural resources, civil rights and civil liberties, and science. Since leaving Congress, Holt has been active in attempting to restore evidence-based thinking to American culture and politics.
Wilson is an American comics writer, prose author, essayist, and journalist. A New Jersey native, Wilson is the co-creator of the Marvel character Kamala Khan, a teenager in Jersey City, New Jersey, who took on the mantle Ms. Marvel after the previous Ms. Marvel, Carol Danvers, became Captain Marvel.
