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Ann Nyberg, the longest-serving female news anchor/reporter in Connecticut television history, will address the University of New 51����’s graduates receiving undergraduate degrees during its Commencement on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. in Kathy Zolad Stadium on the University’s main campus in West 51����.

As part of the ceremony, Nyberg, the Emmy-nominated anchor and reporter for who founded the at Yale New 51���� Hospital and is the owner of a popular boutique in Madison, will be presented an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree.

An honorary Doctor of Business Administration will also be awarded to Indra K. Nooyi, a successful business executive who’s been ranked among the world’s “100 Most Powerful Women” by Forbes magazine. She served as chair and CEO of PepsiCo from 2006 until 2019. A native of India, she became the first woman of color and first immigrant to head a Fortune 50 company.

The Saturday morning ceremony recognizing graduates receiving associate and bachelor’s degrees is the culmination of a three-day on-campus Commencement celebration in which nearly 1,300 undergraduate and nearly 2,200 master’s and doctoral degrees will be conferred during four ceremonies.

Graduate and doctoral degrees will awarded on Thursday at 4:30 p.m. (Pompea College of Business); Friday at 10 a.m. (College of Arts and Sciences; Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences; and School of Health Sciences) and Friday at 4:30 p.m. (Tagliatela College of Engineering).

Student speakers, who were selected through a competitive audition process, will also address their classmates at each ceremony.

Additional information and live streams of each ceremony can be found at newhaven.edu/commencement.