This spring, BPI convened its 22nd Commencement across four ceremonies — on Bard’s main campus, at two prisons for men, as well as BPI’s first bachelor’s graduation at a prison for women — conferring more than 100 degrees.
Graduates of the class of 2024 had the honor of hearing from multiple commencement speakers— Earth Scientist Naomi Oreskes on Bard’s main campus, Lieutenant Governor of New York Antonio Delgado at Woodbourne Correctional Facility and at Albion Correctional Facility for women Susan Burton, founder and executive director of A New Way of Life Reentry Project delivered the commencement address and also received an honorary doctorate of humane letters.
