Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor will be Point Park University’s featured commencement speaker this spring.
The commencement ceremony is scheduled for May 8 at the Petersen Events Center on the University of Pittsburgh’s campus.
“As a true Pittsburgher, Mayor O’Connor understands this region as well as anyone,” Point Park University President Chris W. Brussalis said in a news release Wednesday. “He comes with a lifelong record of public service and being a champion of the best of what we have to offer. How exciting for our graduates to hear from someone with that kind of lived experience before they head out into the real world.”
O’Connor took office in January. He previously served as Allegheny County’s controller and as a city councilman for about a decade.
Point Park University in Downtown enrolls about 3,600 full- and part-time students in more than 100 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral programs.
The mayor said he was honored to speak at the university’s commencement.
“I admire these graduates’ drive, innovation and leadership, and I look forward to cheering them on as they move into their next chapter and shape the future of Pittsburgh and beyond,” O’Connor said in a statement.
