Nina Vaca to deliver May 19th Commencement Address
May 14, 2012 -- Mount Mary College will conduct its commencement ceremonies on Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in the College's Bloechl Recreation Center located at 2900 N. Menomonee River Parkway, Milwaukee. Undergraduate degrees representing 25 majors will be conferred on approximately 150 students. Graduate degrees representing seven programs will be conferred on approximately 115 students. Eight certificates representing three areas of certification will also be awarded. The 270 degrees to be conferred in May combine with 150 degrees in December for a total of 420 for the 2011-2012 academic year.

Nina Vaca, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Pinnacle Technical Resources Inc., will deliver the keynote address and will receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Vaca's Dallas-based staffing and managed services firm recruits and manages contingent labor for a broad variety of Fortune 500 companies. Under Vaca's leadership, Pinnacle has received over 38 national and local awards during the past seven years including consecutive top rankings in the Inc. 500, and Staffing Industry Report. Vaca has also appeared as one of Fast Company's Top 25 Women Business Builders in the country and was name one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in America by Latino Leaders Magazine.

She is a Director with Kohl's Corporation ™, Director with Comerica, Inc. ™, and the incoming Chairman of the Board of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Read the release.

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• May 18-19: Commencement Weekend

In the News

JSOnline: Georgia Pabst blogs about Nina Vaca and her commencement address at the May 19th ceremonies at Mount Mary College. (May 15)

WTMJ: Rachel Monaco-Wilcox, chair of the Justice Department at Mount Mary College, provides perspective on human trafficking in Wisconsin during an interview with Steve Chamraz. (April 27)

WITI: Laura Langemo from Fox 6 News gets the details on how Mount Mary College's Fashion Department contributed to Discovery World Museum's" Fashion Forward" event. (April 24)

WISN: Leona Knobloch-Nelson, Chair of the Interior Design Department joined Andy Pace, founder and owner of The Green Design Center, on WISN's "12 News This Morning." They talked about the April 26th "Greening Your Home" event. (April 22)

M Magazine: Tory Folliard and Christine Anderson give an overview of CREO 2012. (April 19)

Entercom Radio Stations: 103.1 KissFM, 99.1 The Mix, and Sports Radio AM1250, Interior Design Department Chair, Leona Knobloch-Nelson, speaks about her work in sustainable living and the upcoming "Greening Your Home" event.

Mission Matters: President Eileen Schwalbach, Ph.D., comments on the environment for education in Milwaukee in this Marquette University College of Education publication. (March 2012)

Art Works: Ann Angel, Chair of the Graduate English Program, was recently interviewed by the National Endowment for the Arts. "Art Talk with Ann Angel" appears on their blog "Art Works" (March 13)