Syracuse University will honor graduating student veterans at its veteran commencement ceremony in Grant Auditorium of the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics on Friday, May 10, at 10 a.m.

Vice Chancellor J. Michael Haynie will introduce the ceremony’s keynote speaker, U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Pia W. Rogers, who is currently serving as a Captains Career Manager for the Personnel, Plans, and Training Office in the Office of The Judge Advocate General in the Pentagon.

Rogers was commissioned in 1998 at Syracuse University through the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Journalism from the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Upon graduation, she was granted an educational delay to attend law school. Rogers returned to Syracuse University and completed a joint-degree program earning a Juris Doctor degree through the College of Law and a Master of Public Administration degree through the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs in 2001.

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