{"id":9190,"date":"2015-04-07T12:09:48","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=9190"},"modified":"2015-04-07T12:09:48","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T18:09:48","slug":"bro-adams-to-speak-at-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2015\/04\/bro-adams-to-speak-at-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Bro Adams to Speak at Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"William<\/a>CC alumnus William \u201cBro\u201d Adams<\/b>, chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), will address the Class of 2015 at this year\u2019s Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 18. Adams, the former president of Bucknell University and Colby College, is nationally known as a strong advocate for the humanities and the liberal arts and has a long history of leadership in higher education.<\/p>\n

Adams graduated from Colorado College magna cum laude <\/i>with a philosophy degree in 1972, but his time on campus was interrupted by three years of service in the Army, including a year in Vietnam. It was partly that experience, he says, that motivated him to study and teach in the humanities.<\/p>\n

CC also will award honorary degrees to three individuals at the ceremony:<\/p>\n