Otis College’s 2022 Commencement Ceremony Replay and Historic Gift to the Class of 2022

Sunday, May 15, 2022
The in-person and live-streamed event included speeches by President Charles Hirschhorn, Valedictorian Haruka Yamamoto, Honorary Degree recipients Miranda Kerr, Evan Spiegel, and Bobby Berk and more!

Otis College 2022 Commencement speakers Evan Spiegel, Miranda Kerr, and Bobby Berk

This year, Otis College of Art and Design returned to in-person Commencement with an exciting ceremony held on Sunday, May 15 at the Westin Los Angeles Airport hotel near the Goldsmith campus. The in-person event was for ticketed family and friends of the graduating Class of 2022, but was also live-streamed on YouTube. 

There were remarks by President Charles Hirschhorn, Provost Jiseon Lee Isbara, Board of Trustees Chair Mei-Lee Ney, and Valedictorian Haruka Yamamoto. This year’s Honorary Doctorate recipients were Miranda Kerr, CEO of KORA Organics; Evan Spiegel, CEO of Snap Inc.; and Emmy-nominated design expert Bobby Berk, all of whom addressed the graduating Class of 2022. 

You can watch a replay of the ceremony via the video embedded above. A digital program of the ceremony is available to download here.

Photo of Otis College 2022 Commencement speakers Evan Spiegel, Miranda Kerr, and Bobby Berk by Gina Clyne/Otis College of Art and Design.