RADNOR, Pa. (Feb. 16, 2016)— Eboo Patel, a leading voice in the movement for interfaith
This year marks Cabrini’s 56th Commencement exercises.cooperation, will address both the undergraduate and graduate Commencement ceremonies at Cabrini College on Sunday, May 22.
Patel is the Founder and President of Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC), a national nonprofit working to make interfaith cooperation a social norm.
For more than fifteen years, Patel has worked with governments, social sector organizations, and college and university campuses to help realize a future where religion is a bridge of cooperation rather than a barrier of division.
Named by US News & World Report as one of America’s Best Leaders of 2009, Patel served on President Obama’s Inaugural Faith Council. He is a regular contributor to the public conversation around religion in America and a frequent speaker on the topic of religious pluralism.
Under Patel’s leadership, IFYC has grown from a program in local churches, mosques, and synagogues, to an organization that made interfaith cooperation a priority across higher education.
Patel is the author of “Acts of Faith,” “Sacred Ground,” and the forthcoming “Interfaith Leadership.” As a leading advocate of interfaith efforts, he is regularly published in outlets including Washington Post, USA Today, Huffington Post, NPR, and CNN.
Patel holds a doctorate in the sociology of religion from Oxford University, where he studied on a Rhodes scholarship.
About Cabrini University
Founded in 1957 by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Cabrini University is a Catholic institution that empowers students to become advocates of social change through an Education of the Heart, focusing on academic excellence, community engagement, and leadership development.
Cabrini enrolls approximately 1,300 undergraduates in more than 35 majors, pre-professional programs, concentrations, and minors on its serene 112-acre campus located 30 minutes from Philadelphia. The University also enrolls 900 students in graduate, doctoral, and professional studies programs at its main campus in Radnor, PA, and at five off-campus locations.