新泽西尤尼恩- Emmy Award-winning actor and three-time Tony Award nominee Jeff Daniels, who is currently on Broadway in the critically acclaimed production of 杀死一只知更鸟, will address more than 2,800 students and their families as the featured speaker at 肯恩大学’s Undergraduate 毕业典礼 on Thursday, May 23 at the Prudential Center in Newark.

Comedian, actress, CBS周日早间新闻 contributor and self-described “accidental pundette” Nancy Giles will speak at the Nathan Weiss Graduate College 毕业典礼 on Friday, May 17 at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark.

“每年，我们都会与学生领袖合作，挑选能够在毕业生生命中关键和情感时刻激励他们的毕业典礼演讲者，”基恩学院校长达伍德·法拉希博士说。 “通过他们的工作和成就，杰夫·丹尼尔斯和南希·贾尔斯证明了辛勤工作、专业精神和对自己事业的奉献精神所带来的丰厚回报。”

Daniels is known to audiences throughout the world for his roles in such films as 《母女情深, 《阿呆与阿瓜》, and 晚安，祝你好运, as well as his Emmy Award-winning performance on HBO’s 新闻编辑室. This week he received his third Tony Award nomination for his performance as Atticus Finch in Aaron Sorkin’s blockbuster adaptation of 杀死一只知更鸟, the highest-grossing American play in Broadway history. 丹尼尔斯被评论家称赞为“卓越的表演”和“毫不挑剔的掌握”，他说他认为这是一个一生难得的角色。

In addition to receiving 2013’s best lead actor in a drama Emmy Award for his work in 新闻编辑室, Daniels took home a second Emmy in 2018 for his supporting role in Netflix’s 无神的. His other Tony-nominated performances came in 2016 for 黑鸟 and 2009 for 屠戮之神. 丹尼尔斯是密歇根州切尔西市紫玫瑰剧院公司的创始人，也是一名音乐家和词曲作者。

Nancy Giles has been a contributor to CBS周日早间新闻 since 2003, with a unique blend of common sense wisdom, humor, and social and political commentary. 作为当今世界的一个具有挑衅性的观察者，她对政治、种族、流行文化和高跟鞋阴谋等一切问题都发表了自己的看法。

A veteran of Chicago’s Second City improv troupe, Giles appeared for three seasons on the TV drama 中国的海滩. She has written and performed one-woman shows, including 意外的庞德特的进一步冒险 and 一个黑人神经病的笔记 and, in her successful voiceover career, is the voice of The Food Network. 20多年来，她一直在第52街项目（The 52 St. Project）做志愿者，帮助处境危险的孩子参加戏剧、诗歌讲习班和课程。

肯恩大学董事会主席艾达·莫雷尔说：“在毕业典礼上，我们庆祝学生们取得的成就，并祝愿他们顺利开始人生的下一个阶段。” “杰夫·丹尼尔斯和南希·贾尔斯是我们学生的杰出榜样，我希望他们能为学生和他们的家人传递强有力的信息。”

在今年的毕业典礼上，肯恩大学预计将颁发2800多个本科学位和700多个爱游戏体育APP研究生学位。

毕业典礼信息: www.kean.爱游戏体育/commencement