In addition to Spring Commencement’s keynote speaker President Barack Obama, university schools and units also will celebrate graduation with their own speakers and festivities.
Notable speakers include Valerie Jarrett, senior White House adviser and Michigan Law alumna; Robert Bobb, emergency financial manager for Detroit Public Schools; Charles Vest, former U-M provost and current president of the National Academy of Engineering; C. Robert Kidder, chairman of Chrysler Group L.L.C.; and Dr. Tom Frieden, director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Undergraduate exercises begin at 11 a.m. May 1 in Michigan Stadium.
University Graduate Exercises are at 1 p.m. April 30 at Hill Auditorium. The guest speaker will be Vest, who also is an honorary degree recipient. This is the commencement ceremony for all master’s and doctoral graduates and candidates who receive their degrees through the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies. Graduates and candidates participating in University Graduate Exercises gather in Rackham Auditorium on April 30, beginning at 11:45 a.m. and arriving no later than 12:15 p.m. to participate in the academic procession to Hill Auditorium.
For more information about parking, shuttle busses and commencement tickets, go to www.umich.edu/~gradinfo.
More celebrations and ceremonies
Thursday, April 29
• Lavender Graduation, 4:30 p.m. Michigan Union Pendleton Room, with speaker Spectrum Center Director Jackie Simpson, 763-4186.
• School of Public Health, 5:30 p.m. Hill Auditorium, with speaker Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 214-6430.
Friday, April 30
• LSA Department of Economics, 6 p.m. April 30 Rackham Auditorium, with speaker Rajiv Shah, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development.
• ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, 11 a.m., Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 764-2043.
• School of Information, 4 p.m. Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, with speaker Martha Pollack, outgoing dean of SI and soon to be vice provost for academic and budgetary affairs, 763-2285.
• School of Music, Theatre & Dance, 4 p.m. Power Center for the Performing Arts, with speaker Tim Page, professor, Annenberg School of Journalism & Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California, 764-0594.
• Stephen M. Ross School of Business, 5 p.m. Crisler Arena, with speaker Zainab Salbi, founder and CEO of Women for Women International, 647-3042.
• La Celebracion Latina, 8 p.m. Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, with speaker Darys Estrella Mordan, CEO of the Dominian Stock Exchange, 763-5900.
• School of Kinesiology, 8 p.m. Hill Auditorium, with speaker Kathy Clark, president of Docere, 764-4472.
Saturday, May 1
• School of Natural Resources and Environment, 2:30 p.m. Rackham Auditorium, with speaker David Kaimowitz, director of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development at the Ford Foundation, 615-4332.
• School of Nursing, 2:30 p.m. Hill Auditorium, with speaker Dean Kathleen Potempa, 763-5985.
• School of Art and Design, 3 p.m. Art & Architecture Courtyard, with speaker Sam Viviano, art director for Mad magazine, 647-9886
• Residential College, 3 p.m. Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, 763-0176.
• College of Engineering, 3:30 p.m. Crisler Arena, with speaker C. Robert Kidder, chairman of Chrysler Group L.L.C, 647-7046.
• School of Social Work, 3:30 p.m. Power Center for the Performing Arts, with speaker Maureen Taylor, chair for the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization, 936-0961.
• School of Education, 5:30 p.m. Hill Auditorium, with speaker Robert Bobb, emergency financial manager for the Detroit Public Schools, 763-4061.
• Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, 6 p.m. Rackham Auditorium, with speaker Michael Pan, senior policy adviser to the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, 615-3893.
• Black Celebratory, 8:30 p.m. Hill Auditorium, with speaker Michigan State Sen. Hansen Clarke, 936-0664.
Sunday, May 2
• UM–Dearborn Commencement: 10:30 a.m. College of Engineering and Computer Sciences, and College of Business, with speaker Blenda Wilson, former chancellor of UM-Dearborn; and at 2:30 p.m. speaker Mary Sue Coleman, U-M president, for graduates of the campus’ College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters and School of Education. Both ceremonies will be at the Field House, 313-393-5330.
• A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, noon Hill Auditorium, with speaker Monica Ponce de Leon, dean and Eliel Saarinen Collegiate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning, 764-1340.
• UM–Flint Commencement, 2:30 p.m. Perani Arena and Events Center, Flint Campus, with speaker Gary Lipe, retired Grand Blanc Schools superintendent, 810-762-3177.
Friday, May 7
• School of Dentistry, 3 p.m. Hill Auditorium, with speaker Dr. Raymond Gist, president-elect of the American Dental Association, 647-4026.
Saturday, May 8
• Law School, 2 p.m. Hill Auditorium, with speaker Valerie Jarrett, senior White House adviser and Michigan Law alumna, 615-4501.
Friday, May 14
• Medical School, 3 p.m. Hill Auditorium, with speaker Dr. Elizabeth Nabel, former Medical School faculty member and current president of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, 936-3697.
Saturday, June 5
• College of Pharmacy, 2 p.m. Rackham Auditorium, with speaker Thomas Menighan, executive vice president and CEO of the American Pharmacists Association, 764-7144.
