Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell will deliver the keynote address at UMass Boston’s 57th commencement ceremony on May 29, the school announced last week. Campbell, a Roxbury native, is the first Black woman to hold a statewide office in Massachusetts. 

A former Boston city councillor who represented Dorchester and Mattapan, Campbell is a graduate of Boston Latin School, Princeton University, and UCLA Law School.

“I’m honored to celebrate UMass Boston’s graduating class as they embark on their next chapter,” Campbell said in a statement issued by UMass.
Said the school’s chancellor, Marcelo Suárez-Orozco: “We are grateful for Attorney General Campbell’s bold leadership in our state and nationwide. She serves as a role model for our students and graduates, and we are privileged to have her deliver the Commencement address for the Class of 2025.”

The Thursday morning ceremony will take place on the Campus Center Lawn overlooking Dorchester Bay.