6/11/2023 0 Comments The wide window![]() ![]() DURHAM - Duke University held its annual university-wide commencement ceremony Sunday at Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium to celebrate its graduating classes of the academic year as 228 student-athletes received degrees.ĭuke welcomed Adam Silver ('84), Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), as the commencement speaker while Duke President Vincent Price also addressed the graduates.Īs commissioner of the NBA since 2014, Silver has been named to TIME's 100 Most Influential People, Fortune's World's 50 Greatest Leaders and Bloomberg Businessweek's list of 50 people who defined global business. Additionally, Silver has earned Sports Executive of the Year honors at the Sports Business Awards, Sports Business Journal's Executive of the Decade and was named Sports Illustrated's Executive of the Year.Ī 1984 political science graduate, Silver was appointed to Duke University Board of Trustees in 2015 and currently serves as vice chair.ĭuke also awarded four honorary degrees Sunday to individuals who have made distinguished contributions to the arts, environmental sciences and social justice – Branford Marsalis, Deborah Rutter, Susan Solomon and Darren Walker. (Photo: Matt Cashore, USA TODAY Sports) Just when BYU was thinking they had made it out of the spring transfer portal window without any major hits to the projected depth chart, wide receiver. ![]()
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