Nola Reporter

University of New Orleans issued the following announcement on April 7.

CBS News journalist  and University of New Orleans alumna Michelle Miller will serve as the  principal speaker at the University’s spring 2022 undergraduate  commencement ceremony. The University will hold two commencement  ceremonies in the UNO Lakefront Arena on Saturday, May 21: a graduate  student ceremony at 10 a.m. and an undergraduate student ceremony at  2:30 p.m.

UNO will also award New Orleans attorney and former University of  Louisiana System Board of Supervisors chair James Carter with an  honorary doctorate during the graduate school ceremony.

Miller is a co-host of “CBS Saturday Morning.” Her work regularly  appears on “CBS Mornings,” “CBS Sunday Morning” and the CBS Evening  News. She also files reports for “48 Hours” and anchors Discovery’s “48  Hours on ID” and “Hard Evidence.”

“We are so excited to welcome Michelle back to campus,” said UNO  President John Nicklow. “She has traveled the country and the globe,  reporting on some of the most important news events of our lifetime. Our  graduates will benefit from her experience and insight. As an alumna of  the University, she is a fantastic role model for all Privateers.”  

Since joining CBS News in 2004, Miller has reported on stories of  national and international importance. From presidential elections to  the climate crisis, her area of coverage is wide-ranging, but her  reporting around social justice has been particularly groundbreaking.  From her coverage of the killings of George Floyd, Trayvon Martin and  Michael Brown, the Emanuel 9 Massacre in Charleston, to sexual assault  allegations against Bill Cosby, Russell Simmons and Harvey Weinstein,  Miller has been at the forefront of CBS News' coverage of the protest  movement involving these issues.

She was the first CBS News correspondent on the ground at the Sandy  Hook Elementary School shooting and followed the movement to change the  nation's gun laws, including the March for Our Lives protests. Her  coverage has also extended overseas to the refugee crisis in the Middle  East, the celebration and life of Nelson Mandela, and the wedding of  Prince William and Kate Middleton.

Miller's reporting has earned her several prestigious journalism  awards including an Emmy for her series of reports on the National  Guard's Youth Challenge Academy, an Edward R. Murrow for her coverage of  a day care center stand-off in New Orleans, and she was part of the  Alfred I. duPont – Columbia Award winning team for coverage of the  Newtown, Conn., school shooting. In 2019, Miller won a Gracie award for  her reporting on the hidden world of sex trafficking in “‘48 Hours’:  Live to Tell: Trafficked.”

Miller is well-acquainted with New Orleans. She previously worked at  WWL-TV, the local CBS affiliate. She earned a bachelor's degree in  journalism from Howard University and a master's degree in urban studies  from the University of New Orleans.

Carter spent six years on the University of Louisiana System Board of  Supervisors, serving in leadership roles including parliamentarian,  vice chair and chair. He is the managing partner of The Cochran Firm  Trials and Mass Torts. A graduate of McDonogh 35 Preparatory Senior High  School and the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, Carter earned  both a bachelor’s degree and a juris doctor from Howard University.

Original source can be found here.