Rashida Jones to speak at Class Day
The Parks and Rec star is coming on May 25th
Rashida Jones will be this year’s Class Day speaker, the senior class committee announced today.
The star, who graduated from Harvard in 1997 from Eliot House and is a former Hasty Pudding member, is known for being on Parks and Recreations, Boston Public, and The Office.
She also had a role in Inside Out and is the screen writer for Toy Story 4.
Jones will be deliver the Class Day address on May 25th.
She said: “I am truly honored to come back to campus and speak at Class Day 2016. Harvard was such a transformative place for me in so many ways.
“It’s where I first had the idea for Facebook, which went on to make me billions of dollars and change the world. Oh wait, that wasn’t me…”
Previous class day speakers include Natalie Portman, Sheryl Sandberg, and Soledad O’Brien.