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Island colleges announce commencement speakersPublished: Tuesday, March 29, 2011, 7:40 AMStaten Island AdvanceBySTATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- All three of Staten Island's colleges have announced the speakers for theircommencement ceremonies. St. John's University will play host to a prominent news anchor, WagnerCollege will have a well-known historian and the College of Staten Island will feature the state comptroller.St. John's University has secured the services of Maria Bartiromo, a lead anchor at CNBC, for the May 14, 10a.m. ceremony at the Grymes Hill campus. Ms. Bartiromo will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree."The Closing Bell with Maria Bartiromo" airs Monday through Friday from 3 to 5 p.m. She was also managingeditor of "Wall Street Journal Report with Maria Bartiromo," which was the most-watched financial newsprogram in the United States. Ms. Bartiromo covered Wall Street for more than 20 years.New York City historian Kenneth Jackson will be the speaker at the Wagner College ceremony on Grymes Hillon May 20.Jackson is Jacques Barzun Professor of History and Social Sciences and director of the Herbert H. LehmanCenter for American History at Columbia University, where he specializes in urban, social and militaryhistory. He is president emeritus of the New-York Historical Society.Jackson's second edition of "The Encyclopedia of New York City," which he co-authored, was published inDecember. It is considered the definitive Big Apple reference.His "Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States" (1985) won the Francis Parkman and theBancroft prizes.State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli will grace the College of Staten Island's June 2 ceremony on theWillowbrook campus' Great Lawn.DiNapoli, Democrat from Long Island, won election last fall to the post to which he was appointed in 2007.He has used his considerable powers of the purse to save the state millions of dollars by uncovering Medicaidfraud and auditing schools. He is at the forefront of the effort to create jobs through the New York BusinessPage 154 of 179