The JD and undergraduate ceremony will feature Dead Man Walking author Sister Helen Prejean, while graduate and international programs will be addressed by alumnus Nicolai Schwarz-Gondek.
The veteran, author and leadership strategist will address the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work’s Class of 2026.
The Olympic gold medalist and best-selling author will be introduced by USC Annenberg alumna and ABC News correspondent Sophie Flay.
The 1996 alumnus is perhaps best known as the creator, showrunner, writer and director of the award-winning Hulu series Dopesick, and as co-creator, executive producer, writer and director of the hit Fox series Empire.
Cinematographer Alice Brooks, known for In the Heights and the Wicked franchise, will receive the Mary Pickford Alumni Award.
A scholar of social change and a visionary philanthropist will address this year’s graduating class.
COMMENCEMENT: Honorary degree recipients include a literary legend, a classical music virtuoso and a trailblazing geophysicist. Baccalaureate event will feature author Lisa Miller.
COMMENCEMENT: Rudd also served as Australia’s foreign minister and, more recently, the country’s ambassador to the U.S.
Holland — who earned bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at USC Dornsife — will speak to the college’s 2,000 graduates on May 15 in Alumni Park.
The former Trojan head coach and Super Bowl champion returns to the Coliseum to address the business school’s graduates in May.
