Internationally Acclaimed Landscape Architect Mario Schjetnan to Deliver 2026 Commencement Keynote Speech and Receive Honorary Doctorate from The Boston Architectural College

The BAC will celebrate its 2026 Commencement on May 22 by honoring four distinguished leaders whose work has shaped design, public life, and the BAC community. Internationally acclaimed landscape architect and urbanist Mario Schjetnan—recipient of the 2025 Cornelia Hahn Oberlander International Landscape Architecture Prize—will deliver the keynote address and receive the Doctor of Design Honoris Causa. The BAC will also confer honorary degrees upon interior designer, HGTV star, and alumna Taniya Nayak, civic and higher education leader Lee Pelton, and former Board Chair Judith (Judy) Nitsch.