Barrier-breaking athlete, author and activist Kathrine Switzer ’68, G’72 will deliver the 2018 Commencement address at the ceremony for Syracuse University on Sunday, May 13, at the Dome. The University’s 164th Commencement will begin at 9:30 a.m.
As a 20-year-old Syracuse University junior in 1967, Switzer became the first woman to officially enter and run the Boston Marathon. That life-defining day inspired her to create greater opportunities for women in sports, including organizing an international running circuit of women’s races, being instrumental in having the women’s marathon accepted in the Olympic Games and establishing 261 Fearless, a global nonprofit to empower women through running.
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