A University of Toledo alumnus and real estate developer will deliver the keynote addresses at the school’s spring commencement ceremonies.
Steven Klar, president of the Klar Organization, will deliver the keynote address at both undergraduate ceremonies May 3 in John F. Savage Arena.
Mr. Klar is a supporter of UT’s John B. and Lillian E. Neff college of business and innovation and the sponsor of its Klar Academy for Leadership Excellence. The college of business honored Mr. Klar with a Pacemaker Award in 2006 and as a distinguished alumni in 2022.
Students in the college of arts and letters, Judith Herb college of education, college of health and human services, and college of nursing will be recognized during the first undergraduate commencement ceremony at 9 a.m. Students in the college of business, college of engineering, college of natural sciences and mathematics, and university college will be recognized at 1 p.m.
The doctoral hooding and graduate ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. May 2 in Savage Arena.
The college of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences will host a separate ceremony to recognize candidates for degrees at 5:30 p.m. May 3 in Savage Arena.
UT will confer more than 2,100 degrees and graduate certificates throughout the weekend, including 183 doctoral, 426 master’s, 1,418 bachelor’s, and 78 associate degrees.
The college of law will recognize an additional 86 candidates for degrees at 1 p.m. May 11 in the Lancelot Thompson Student Union auditorium, and the college of medicine and life sciences will recognize 221 graduate and medical students in Savage Arena at 2 p.m. May 16.
First Published April 14, 2025, 3:57 p.m.
