President’s Welcome and Keynote Address featuring Soledad O’Brien P’24

President Christina H. Paxson will greet families and speak briefly about the many ways in which the University supports students. The keynote will be delivered by Soledad O’Brien P’24, an award-winning documentarian, journalist, speaker, author and philanthropist, who founded Soledad O’Brien Productions, a multi-platform media production company dedicated to telling empowering and authentic stories on a range of social issues. She anchors and produces the Hearst TV political magazine program “Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien” and is a correspondent for HBO Real Sports. She is also host of the Quake Media podcast “Very Opinionated with Soledad O’Brien.” O’Brien will discuss how the pandemic has taught students to be strong and resilient.