Jaafar Al Fakih of New York graduates from Lake Forest College

2015 Aug 10

Jaafar Al Fakih of New York, NY, graduated cum laude from Lake Forest College with a bachelor of arts degree in International Relations with a minor in indepedent studies and French. Al Fakih is a member of Pi Sigma Alpha and was also awarded the Senior Prize in International Relations.

Al Fakih was among more than 350 students to graduate from Lake Forest College at Ravinia Festival Park on May 9, 2015. Roberto Salem, the Class of 2015's senior class speaker, delivered an inspiring message to his fellow graduates. You can read his address online here. Celebrated American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad '73 gave the Commencement address, but she spoke from the heart, so there's no transcript of her speech. You can watch it online here.

Al Fakih is a graduate of Red Cross Nordic United World College in Norway.

Lake Forest College is a national liberal arts institution located 30 miles north of downtown Chicago. The College has 1,600 students representing 47 states and 81 countries. For more information visit www.lakeforest.edu.