Reed College Podcasts

Introductory Remarks: Andrew Happy ’27, Student Body President by Reed College Public Affairs

Convocation Speaker: Kelly Chacón, Arthur F. Scott Associate Professor of Chemistry by Reed College Public Affairs

Welcome: Audrey Bilger, President by Reed College Public Affairs

Introductory Remarks: Gil Villanueva, Interim Vice President & Dean of Admission and Financial Aid by Reed College Public Affairs

Commencement Welcome: Deborah D. Kamali ’85, Chair, Board of Trustees by Reed College Public Affairs

Commencement Address: Elizabeth Rush ’06 by Reed College Public Affairs

Commencement Introductory Remarks: Audrey Bilger, President by Reed College Public Affairs

Commencement Alumni Welcome: Katie Rempe ’05 by Reed College Public Affairs

Rajiv Mohabir by Reed College Public Affairs

Cynthia Cruz is the author of eight collections of poems, two collections of critical essays, and one novella. Two new collections of poems are forthcoming: Sweet Repetition in 2025 from the University of Chicago Press and Twilight with Four Way Books in 2026. Cruz is the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony, as well as a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Her recent collection of poems, Hotel Oblivion, was a finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award and the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award. Cruz earned a BA in English literature at Mills College, an MFA in poetry at Sarah Lawrence College, an MFA in art writing at the School of Visual Arts, an MA in German language and literature at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, and is currently pursuing a PhD at the European Graduate School, where her research focuses on Hegel and madness.