commencement
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March 25, 2021
Five to receive honorary degrees at Spring Commencement
Five leaders in the areas of information technology, engineering, human rights and the arts have been recommended to receive honorary degrees at the Ann Arbor campus’ 2021 Spring Commencement.
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March 25, 2021
Grads invited to experience virtual commencement in the Big House
Graduates in the University of Michigan Class of 2021 are invited to experience the May 1 virtual Spring Commencement ceremony from the stands of Michigan Stadium.
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March 4, 2021
UM-Dearborn announces plans for commencement ceremonies
UM-Dearborn will return to in-person commencement ceremonies this spring with a number of small ceremonies — which follow all health and safety guidelines — between April 29 and May 4.
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March 4, 2021
Civil rights attorney Bryan Stevenson to speak at Spring Commencement
Bryan Stevenson, a civil rights attorney who has worked to exonerate prisoners on death row, will address U-M graduates at the virtual Spring Commencement. Choreographer Twyla Tharp will speak at the Rackham Graduate Exercises.
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December 4, 2020
University preparing virtual celebration for winter graduates
With public gatherings restricted because of the COVID-19 pandemic, U-M is planning to honor its winter 2020 Ann Arbor campus graduates with a virtual commemoration.
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April 9, 2020
U-M campuses plan alternatives to celebrate Class of 2020
With the COVID-19 pandemic canceling U-M’s traditional Spring Commencement activities, the Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint campuses are designing alternative ways to recognize the Class of 2020.
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December 15, 2019
Meijer reminds graduates life is an opportunity for reinvention
Unlike the deadlines they faced for papers or exams, U-M’s newest graduates will never run out of time to revise their life story, 2019 Winter Commencement speaker Hendrik G. (Hank) Meijer told them.
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September 16, 2019
University seeks nominations for honorary degree recipients
The campus community is being asked to nominate individuals who have contributed to their field or society to be considered for honorary degrees.
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May 4, 2019
Rackham speaker: ‘We win if your mind is stretched, but not filled’
Nobel Prize winner Randy Schekman told master’s and doctoral degree recipients they should take away bigger lessons and skills from their time at U-M, rather than just a vast array of facts.
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May 4, 2019
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s U-M Commencement Address
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s remarks for the University of Michigan’s Spring Commencement, May 4, 2019, as prepared for delivery.
