Most of the University’s schools and colleges will hold their own spring commencement exercises, in addition to the all-University commencement.
The all-University ceremony, beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday (May 1) in Michigan Stadium with first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton as speaker, will be open to graduating students from all schools and colleges. It will serve as the principal commencement exercise for LS&A and Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies students.
Other schools and colleges holding their own ceremonies:
—College of Architecture and Urban Planning: 7:30 p.m., May 1, Power Center for the Performing Arts. Reception in Power Center lobby.
—School of Art: 3 p.m., May 1, Rackham Auditorium. Reception in Slusser Gallery, Art and Architecture Building.
—School of Business Administration: 7 p.m., April 30, Crisler Arena. Speaker: William Davidson, president of Guardian Industries Corp. and managing director of the Detroit Pistons.
—School of Dentistry: 11 a.m., May 9, Power Center. Speaker: Geraldine Morrow, past president of American Dental Association.
—School of Education: 3:30 p.m., May 1, Hill Auditorium. Speaker: Gloria Johnson-Powell, professor of child psychiatry, Harvard Medical School. Reception in Alumni Center.
—College of Engineering: 5 p.m., May 1, Crisler Arena. Speaker: James A. McDivitt, senior vice-president at Rockwell, International.
—School of Information and Library Studies: Reception at 1 p.m., May 1, Ehrlicher Room, West Engineering Building.
—Division of Kinesiology: 7:30 p.m., April 30, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Speaker: Micki King Hogue, assistant athletic director, Intercollegiate Sports, U.S. Air Force Academy.
—Law School: 1:30 p.m., May 15, Hill Auditorium. Speaker: Eli J. Segal, assistant to the president and the Clinton administration’s director of national service. Reception in Lawyers Club.
—Medical School: 4 p.m., June 4, Hill Auditorium. Speaker: James V. Neel, the Lee R. Dice Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Human Genetics and professor emeritus of internal medicine.
—School of Music: 7 p.m., April 30, Power Center. Speaker: Joseph Polisi, president of Juilliard School of Music. Reception in Power Center lobby.
—School of Natural Resources and Environment: 4 p.m., May 1, in Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Speaker: J. David Allan, professor of conservation biology and ecosystem management.
—School of Nursing: 3:30 p.m., May 1, Power Center. Speaker: Barbara Nichols, executive director, California Nurses Association.
—College of Pharmacy: 2 p.m., May 22, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Speaker: Jere E. Goyan, senior vice president for research and development, Alteon Inc., and former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.
—School of Public Health: 7:30 p.m., April 30, Rackham Auditorium. Speakers: Sherman A. James, professor of epidemiology; Douglas Rammel, president, Public Health Students Association; Beverly G. Layton, president, Public Health Students of African Descent.
—School of Social Work: 1:30 p.m., May 1, Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre. Speaker: Antonio Alvarez, adjunct lecturer and social worker for the Monroe school district. Reception in Hussey Room, Michigan League.
