{"id":67510,"date":"2018-05-11T16:42:10","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T16:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/tony-award-nominated-actor-christopher-jackson-to-speak-at-oglethorpes-2018-commencement-2\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T11:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T11:46:14","slug":"tony-award-nominated-actor-christopher-jackson-to-speak-at-oglethorpes-2018-commencement-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/tony-award-nominated-actor-christopher-jackson-to-speak-at-oglethorpes-2018-commencement-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Award-winning actor &amp; composer Christopher Jackson to speak at Commencement Saturday (livestreamed)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>��ɫ����TV\u2019s Commencement Ceremony honoring the graduating Class of 2018 will be held Saturday, May 12 at 9:00 a.m. on the academic quad. Can\u2019t make it to campus for graduation? No worries. This year, Oglethorpe commencement will be livestreamed on Facebook. The live video will start at 8:55 am on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/oglethorpeuniversity\/videos\/10156573449712642\/\">Oglethorpe Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30991\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30991\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30991 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Chris-Jackson-48-Cropped-1-278x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"278\" height=\"300\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30991\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christopher Jackson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Speaking at this year\u2019s Commencement will be honorary degree recipient <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm1862960\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Christopher Jackson<\/strong><\/a>, a Tony Award-nominated and Grammy Award-winning actor and an Emmy Award-winning songwriter\/composer.<\/p>\n<p>Oglethorpe will present Jackson with the honorary degree of\u00a0<em>Doctor of Fine Arts<\/em>, in recognition of his commitment to music, theatre, early childhood education, and autism awareness.<\/p>\n<p>Jackson originated the role of George Washington in the Broadway smash hit \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/hamiltonmusical.com\/new-york\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamilton: An American Musical<\/a>,\u201d and currently stars on the CBS television show \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/bull\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bull<\/a>.\u201d Jackson also served as a composer and songwriter for the iconic children\u2019s program, \u201cSesame Street,\u201d winning an Emmy Award for his song for the show with artist Will.I.Am, \u201cWhat I Am.\u201d He also was the co-music supervisor and writer for the children\u2019s program \u201cThe Electric Company.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following his son\u2019s autism diagnosis in 2007, Jackson became an Autism Awareness Advocate and along with his wife, Veronica, serves on the National Board of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kulturecity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KultureCity<\/a>, a nonprofit organization that helps provide much needed sensory-inclusive rooms and aids for families and individuals on the autism spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout his career and his life, Christopher Jackson has shown a passion for making a social impact and inspiring empathy\u2014both through his craft and through his efforts supporting early childhood education and autism awareness,\u201d said ��ɫ����TV President<strong> Lawrence M. Schall<\/strong>, J.D., Ed.D. \u201cHe shares Oglethorpe\u2019s commitment to ensuring that our next generations succeed and thrive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President Schall and Board of Trustees Chair and alumnus <strong>Timothy P. Tassopoulos<\/strong>, president and chief operating officer of Chick-fil-A, Inc., will preside over the commencement ceremony for approximately 200 graduates. Other commencement speakers will include student leaders <strong>Hannah Gibbs<\/strong>, senior class president, and <strong>Anna Gandy<\/strong>, Student Government Association president. <a href=\"http:\/\/oglethor.pe\/2018CJackson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further details about the 2018 Commencement Ceremony may be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/commencement.oglethorpe.edu\">commencement.oglethorpe.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":67513,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[4554,4558,4552,4565],"tags":[55,3197,1952,1210,536],"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-67510","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-arts-culture","category-featured","category-news","tag-academics","tag-class-of-2018","tag-commencement","tag-oglethorpe-academics","tag-oglethorpe-commencement"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Award-winning actor &amp; 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