BIG EAST Conference Commissioner Val Ackerman, J.D. ’20Hon. will be the featured speaker at Providence College’s 104th Commencement Exercises, which will return to the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in downtown Providence for the first time since 2019. #PC2022's undergraduate ceremony will take place on Sunday, May 22, 2022, at 11 a.m. Six honorary degrees will be awarded at the undergraduate ceremony. The recipients will be: ᐧ Mario DiNunzio, Ph.D. ’57, emeritus professor in the PCHistoryDept ᐧ Bob Driscoll, who is retiring after more than 20 years as PC’s vice president and athletics director ᐧ John Flynn ’61, retired CFO of Fleet Bank and an emeritus trustee of the college ᐧ Sally Thibodeau, Ph.D. ’66G, who became the first female dean at PC when she was named assistant dean of undergraduate studies in 1971 ᐧ Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson, J.D., the first African American woman confirmed to the federal appeals court ᐧ Mother Olga Yaqob, a native of Iraq and founder the Daughters of Mary of Na...