Homeland Security Sec. to speak at Emory graduation

By Laura Diamond

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be Emory University's commencement speaker during the May 9 ceremony.

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Geert Vanden Wijngaert, AP U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will speak at Emory University's May 9 commencement ceremony.

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Napolitano, the former governor of Arizona, was the first woman to chair the National Governors Association.

"As our graduating students set forth to shape their own lives and careers, they will be well served by the example of Janet Napolitano, who has used her exceptional intelligence, integrity and humanity in behalf of positive transformation in the world," Emory President James Wagner said in a news release.

About 3,600 students are expected to graduate. The ceremony will be held on the university quadrangle on campus.