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Posted: November 19, 2008

Cowher to speak at N.C. State winter graduation

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Bill Cowher

Raleigh, N.C. — Former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Bill Cowher will deliver the commencement address at North Carolina State University's winter graduation ceremony, officials said Wednesday.

Cowher, an N.C. State alumnus, coached the Steelers for 15 years and led them to a win in Super Bowl XL in February 2006. He retired at the end of the 2006 season and now works as an analyst with CBS Sports for the network’s “The NFL Today” show.

During the graduation ceremony, Chancellor James Oblinger will confer honorary degrees on Freeman Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland-Baltimore County and a leader in the effort to assist minority and low-income students in academic achievement, and Carl E. Wieman, a Nobel Prize-winning professor of physics at the University of British Columbia.

The ceremony is scheduled for 9 a.m. Dec. 17 at the RBC Center.

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jsb23nc, you're just jealous that you won't be there.

I know I'm jealous I won't be there!
NCSU2004
November 20, 2008 8:28 a.m.
As alumni that heard Mr Rogers speak at his graduation, I think Cowher is a fantastic choice. There is more to life than pointy headed professors conferring honorary degrees on each other. It is good to see NC State alumni returning to NC State as successful in life.
Click to view my profile JAFOinWF
November 19, 2008 8:56 p.m.
Michael Richards would be a more appropriate speaker for NC State.
The Pride of Africa
November 19, 2008 8:48 p.m.
OMG...don't sit on the front row!
Click to view my profile PaulRevere
November 19, 2008 5:25 p.m.
Good for NCSU. Did Mary Easley's unique skills pull this one off?

At least Bill has "done something". Most commencement speakers are bags of academic hot air in love with their own voices.
FloydTurbo
November 19, 2008 1:45 p.m.
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