A veteran journalist who is quite familiar with DePauw University will be delivering the commencement address.

Jon Fortt, who graduated from DePauw University in 1998, will address the Class of 2022 on May 22. Fortt, who was a reporter for the DePauw student newspaper, is currently an anchor for CNBC, having served as a co-anchor on “Squawk Alley” and “TechCheck.”

In a release from DePauw, Fortt touched on how the Greencastle university changed his life.

“DePauw molded me in many ways – as a community member, a writer, a thinker and a journalist, to name a few. I arrived on campus as a student in 1994, the year the web browser was born; the DePauw liberal arts education prepared me for a world marked by the internet-driven technological change and social upheaval. I hope to offer the graduates a message of hope: that the experiences that have molded them during their time at DePauw will position them to lead our country and our world to a better, braver place,” Fortt said.

In addition, DePauw will be awarding three honorary degrees during the ceremony, as Elgan L. Baker Jr. (1971), William F. Carroll Jr. (1973) and Kelsey Kauffman will all be honored.