SUNY Optometry Announces Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients for 2025 Graduation Ceremony

Published on May 13, 2025
NEW YORK—SUNY College of Optometry has announced that its 2025 commencement ceremony will feature a keynote address from assemblywoman Alicia L. Hyndman, a lifelong advocate for education, equity, and economic opportunity in New York. The ceremony will also include the conferral of honorary degrees to two distinguished leaders in vision science and public health: William K. Stell, Ph.D., MD, and Ted Long, MD, MHS. The 2025 commencement, to be held on May 22, 2025, marks the first to be presided over by the College of Optometry’s newly appointed president, David Troilo, Ph.D.
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