VP Joe Biden to Give May 7 Commencement Address

Delaware State University is proud to announce that Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr., will deliver remarks at the May 7 DSU Commencement Ceremony, during which time the University will launch its celebration of its 125^th anniversary as an institution of higher education.

The Commencement Ceremony will begin promptly at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 7 at Alumni Stadium on the DSU campus.

In 2003, Mr. Biden – then Delaware’s senior U.S. senator – was the DSU Commencement keynote speaker. That year about 450 graduates heard his commencement message. With the enrollment growth of DSU since then, it is projected that during the May 7 Commencement, Mr. Biden will give his keynote address to approximately 700 graduates.

During that ceremony – the last Commencement in the 16-year tenure of then-DSU President William B. DeLauder – then-Sen. Biden was presented with a honorary Doctor of Humane Letters.