VICE PRESIDENT HARRIS TO DELIVER KEYNOTE ADDRESS AT GRADUATION

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The White House announced today that Vice President of the United States of America Kamala Harris will serve as commencement speaker at the U.S. Military Academy’s Class of 2023 graduation ceremony on Saturday, May 27.  

This marks her first visit to the academy and first time in West Point’s 221-year history that a woman will serve as commencement speaker.

“We are honored to have the Vice President as our commencement speaker,” said Lt. Gen. Steven W. Gilland, U.S. Military Academy’s 61st superintendent. “As an accomplished leader who has achieved significant milestones throughout her career, we look forward to her inspiring remarks to our cadets.”

Harris, born and raised in California, graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of Law. She is the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to be elected Vice President of the United States of America.

She is the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to be elected Vice President of the United States of America.

For more information about the Class of 2023’s graduation ceremony and to watch the event live, visit https://www.westpoint.edu/graduation.

About West Point 

The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is a four-year, co-educational, federal, liberal arts college located 50 miles north of New York City. It was founded in 1802 as America’s first college of engineering and continues today as the world’s premier leader-development institution, consistently ranked among top colleges in the country. Its mission remains constant—to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each graduate is a commissioned leader of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country and prepared for a career of professional excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the U. S. Army. For more information, go to www.westpoint.edu.