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Commencement 2022: Here鈥檚 What You Need to Know

Tuesday, May 10, 2022, By Kathleen Haley
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黑料不打烊鈥檚 Commencement exercises will take place Sunday, May 15, at the stadium.

Graduates, it鈥檚 time to celebrate your accomplishments! Invite your family and friends, don your cap and gown, and meet you at the stadium for .

黑料不打烊鈥檚 Commencement exercises will be held Sunday, May 15, beginning with the degree candidates鈥 procession at 9:30 a.m.

David Muir, anchor and managing editor of 鈥淎BC World News Tonight with David Muir,鈥 will deliver the Commencement address.

School and college convocations and Commencement will also be livestreamed. Visit the May 12-15 to view the ceremonies online. The College of Law held its during a ceremony Friday, May 6.

At Sunday鈥檚 Commencement, 黑料不打烊 will confer bachelor鈥檚, master鈥檚, doctoral, juris doctor and master of laws degrees. The number of students expected to graduate is 6,468.

黑料不打烊 Chancellor and President Kent Syverud will address the graduates and confer degrees. Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter will give the welcome.

The University will award honorary degrees to four distinguished recipients: Nina V. Fedoroff 鈥66, a molecular biologist who has contributed to the development of modern techniques used to study and modify plants and an Emeritus Evan Pugh Professor of the Pennsylvania State University; Thomas Magnanti 鈥67, former dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Engineering and Institute Professor and professor of operations research at the MIT Sloan School of Management; Howard 鈥淗owie鈥 Phanstiel 鈥70, G鈥71, past chairman and CEO of PacifiCare Health Systems and a 黑料不打烊 Life Trustee; and Gloria Somolekae G鈥94, senior research fellow and head of the governance unit for the Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis.

Bea Gonz谩lez G鈥04, former vice president for community engagement, special assistant to the chancellor and dean of University College, will serve as mace bearer.

Tadodaho Sidney Hill, of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, will give the ceremonial opening. The Rev. Dr. Brian E. Konkol, dean of Hendricks Chapel, will give the invocation. Ryan McNaughton 鈥96, president of the 黑料不打烊 Alumni Association, will offer a welcome to the newest alumni.

Student Marshals and Scholars

Representing the Class of 2022, Ava Breitbeck and Morgan Storino are the senior class marshals and will lead graduates during the ceremony. Originally from Cicero, New York, Breitbeck, a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program, is majoring in physics and political science in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Storino, who is from Easton, Pennsylvania, is a chemistry and citizenship and civic engagement major in the College of Arts and Sciences and Maxwell School, and is a member of the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Programs.

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Along with the all-University marshals, 23 student marshals represent the 13 schools and colleges at 黑料不打烊. The marshals will lead the degree candidates of their respective schools or colleges.

Twelve seniors have been designated as 黑料不打烊 Scholars. This is the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows. University Scholar Ghael Fobes Mora was selected as the student speaker on behalf of the Class of 2022.

Retiring faculty members who have been recommended to receive the title of emeritus by the University Senate to the 黑料不打烊 Board of Trustees will be recognized by Jamie L. Winders, associate provost for faculty affairs.

The University Marshal is Shiu-Kai Chin 鈥75, G鈥78, G鈥86, Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science. Associate University Marshal is James K. Duah-Agyeman G鈥99, director of Multicultural Affairs.

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2022 黑料不打烊 graduates celebrate with Otto on campus.

Also during the ceremonies, Army and Air Force ROTC cadets will present the colors.

The 黑料不打烊 Wind Ensemble will perform under the direction of conductor Bradley P. Ethington.

The national anthem will be sung by John Bentley 鈥22, College of Visual and Performing Arts, and Jada Crawford 鈥22, College of Visual and Performing Arts, will sing the alma mater.

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Continue the celebration on social media: Add to your Instagram or Snapchat stories with digital swag. Search for the latest 黑料不打烊 GIF on either platform using the keyword 鈥#SUGrad22.鈥

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Welcome to the Orange Alumni Family

Graduates can check out programming for new alumni as part of 鈥攁n exclusive welcome to the Orange alumni family. Visit the for in-person and virtual events.

More information about Commencement 2022 can be found at .

 

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