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The keynote speaker during the Schar School’s 2025 Degree Celebration program on May 14 is City of Fairfax mayor Catherine S. Read. She’s also a school graduate. Read more about Read.

Martina Cheung, president and CEO of S&P Global, will be the featured speaker at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Spring Commencement on May 15 at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.

See how internships on Capitol Hill opened public administration senior Dylan Morse’s eyes to how Washington operates—and what he likes best about governance.

Photos from Â鶹ÊÓƵ's 2024 winter graduation celebrations.

With a final pre-tassel-turning lesson about leadership, kindness, and resilience, more than 5,200 Â鶹ÊÓƵ students graduated or earned certificates Thursday at Winter Commencement in EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.

George D. Schindler, former president and chief executive officer of business and information technology company CGI, was the featured speaker at Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s Winter Commencement on Dec. 19.

At 15 years old, Goonatilake is poised to become the youngest graduate in Â鶹ÊÓƵ history with a 4.0 grade point average (GPA). This computer science prodigy from Leesburg, Virginia, is doing things at his own speed and far outpacing societal norms.

Â鶹ÊÓƵ will honor more than 5,200 students graduating or earning certificates at Winter Commencement at 9:30 a.m. Thursday at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.

When Daksha Magesh came to Â鶹ÊÓƵ as a freshman in 2021, she already had an impressive resumé. The Honors College student was working for federal prosecutor Manka Dhingra of the 45th District from her hometown of Seattle, Washington. Magesh says that’s where her interest in law comes from.

Winter Commencement Speaker George D. Schindler, former president and chief executive officer of business and information technology company CGI, will address Â鶹ÊÓƵ graduates on Dec. 19 at EagleBank Arena on the Fairfax Campus.