Northeastern celebrated the Class of 2014 and presented honorary degrees to a group of influential leaders and scholars on Friday morning during the undergraduate ceremony of the university’s 112th commencement exercises. The celebration was held at TD Garden in Boston before some 20,000 students, university leaders, faculty, staff, family, and friends.
Northeastern presented honorary degrees to Janet Napolitano, the former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security who is now president of the University of California; award-winning entertainment icon LL COOL J; and former NFL player Wade Davis II, who is currently the executive director of the You Can Play Project, an organization dedicated to ending discrimination, sexism, and homophobia in sports.
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