Educator, author, and businessman Stedman Graham has been selected to deliver the keynote address during Ashford University’s Commencement ceremony on Sunday, October 13, 2013. Commencement for undergraduate and graduate students will be held at 10:00 a.m. at the iWireless Center, 1201 River Drive, in Moline, IL. The event is open to the public.
An expected 1560 students from across the United States and from several foreign territories will receive diplomas. The graduates and an estimated 4500 additional guests have been invited to participate in Pre-Commencement activities at the University’s campus, in Clinton, IA, on Saturday, October 12.
Stedman Graham is Chairman and CEO of S. Graham & Associates (SGA), a management and marketing consulting company specializing in the corporate and
education markets. Its clients include Merrill Lynch, Apollo Group, DutchVersity, Monster.com, Manpower, Harvard and Wharton Business Schools, and the U. S. Departments of Education and Labor.
Graham’s presentations on the topics of identity development, maximizing leadership, achieving success, and personal and professional branding are driven by his Nine-Step Success Process®, a life and learning management system, designed to organize your life around your identity.
He has authored eleven books, including two New York Times bestsellers, You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success and Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success. His latest release, Identity: Your Passport to Success, reached number six on the Wall Street Journal bestseller list for hardcover business books.
Actively involved in education, Graham is a former adjunct professor at the University of Illinois-Chicago, where he taught a leadership course based on his nine-step process. At the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, he taught a management strategy course titled “The Dynamics of Leadership.” He also founded and directed George Washington University’s Forum for Sport and Event Management and Marketing–the first of its kind in the Country. Graham is a current adjunct professor for several universities.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in social work from Hardin-Simmons University. He received a Master’s degree in education from Ball State University and an Honorary Doctorate in humanities from Coker College.