Briarcliffe College 2008 Commencement
May 31, 2008
Fox News Channel's Brian Kilmeade Will Deliver The Keynote Address
Brian Kilmeade, co-host of the Fox News Channel (FNC) top-rated weekday morning show, Fox & Friends, and host of Brian and the
Judge on Fox News Radio, will deliver the keynote address at the commencement exercises for Briarcliffe College on Saturday, May
31, 2008.
Over 800 graduates from the Bethpage, Patchogue and Queens Center campuses of Briarcliffe College will receive their diplomas,
with 3,500 family, friends and faculty expected to attend.
Kilmeade, a native of Massapequa and a graduate of Long Island University, will receive an honorary doctoral degree, Doctor of
Humane Letters, Honoris Causa, from Briarcliffe.
In extending Mr. Kilmeade the invitation to speak, Dr. George Santiago, Jr, president of Briarcliffe College and the Board of
Trustees expressed their appreciation for his integrity as a newsman, and “his perspectives on America's presence throughout the
world. We know that he will speak to our students on matters important to their futures.”
Kilmeade began his career as a correspondent on "Channel One," a daily national high school television news program. He then
served as an anchor/host for KHSC-TV in Ontario, California and also co-hosted "The Jim Brown Show" on XTRA-AM, an all-sports
radio network. In addition, Kilmeade is the author of The New York Times bestseller "The Games Do Count," as well as "It's How
You Play the Game."
Briarcliffe College, a proprietary institution with campuses in Bethpage, Patchogue and Queens, and a combined student body of
more than 1800, is a career education college offering diploma, two- and four-year degree programs in Criminal Justice, Graphic
Design, Business Administration, Digital Photography, Accounting, Office Technologies, and Information Technology. For more,
visit http://www.briarcliffe.edu.
Briarcliffe College 2008 Commencement
Saturday, May 31, 2008
10:00 a.m.
Sports/Convention Complex
Suffolk County Community College
101 Crooked Hill Road, Brentwood, NY