On Sunday, May 8, Benjamin MacDonald of Mendon, MA graduated from Emerson College. MacDonald earned a BA in Media Arts Production.
At Emerson’s 136th Commencement ceremony, approximately 970 bachelor’s degrees were conferred during the undergraduate exercises and more than 350 master’s degrees were conferred during the graduate exercises.
Acclaimed novelist Alice Sebold, accomplished investigative reporter Juan Gonzalez, and celebrated poet and essayist Danielle Legros Georges ’86 each received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. Sebold gave the undergraduate address and Legros Georges gave the graduate address.