A UA professor with a best-selling book and the inventor of the Segway scooter will speak at the university’s commencement ceremonies this May, officials announced on Thursday.
Dean Kamen, who invented the Segway Human Transporter, will deliver the keynote address during the undergraduate ceremony scheduled to take place on May 16, a University of Arizona news release said.
A day earlier, UA associate professor Alan Weisman will speak to graduate and professional students receiving degrees.
Weisman is the author of the New York Times best-seller “The World Without Us.”
The UA split up graduation this year as part of an effort to give both undergraduate and graduate students more distinct ceremonies that caters to their interests.
In years past, the different students received degrees in two ceremonies that were determined by the colleges from which students were obtaining degrees.
