248th Commencement

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University of Pennsylvania
Commencement Events 2004

Baccalaureate Ceremony Sunday, May 16 Irvine Auditorium 1:30-2:30 p.m.--Ceremony for students whose last names begin with A-K 3-4 p.m.--Ceremony for students whose last names begin with L-Z Speaker: Dr. Jaroslav Pelikan, Sterling Professor Emeritus of History at Yale Commencement Monday, May 17 Franklin Field, 9 a.m. Speaker: Bono

 

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Honorary Degree Recipients (click here for sketches of the recipients)

For additional information on May 16-17 events: Commencement Website:  www.upenn.edu/commencement Commencement Hotline:  (215) 573-GRAD

 

School Ceremonies and Speakers

Annenberg School for Communication
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Annenberg School  for Communication, Room 111

Reception: Annenberg School for Communication Lobby, immediately following the ceremony

Biomedical Graduate Studies 
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, noon, BRB II/III Auditorium and Lobby

College of Arts and Sciences
Ceremony: Sunday, May 16, 7-9 p.m., Franklin Field

Speaker:   Ron Allen, C '79, G '79, NBC News correspondent

Graduate Division, School of Arts and Sciences
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 1 p.m., Hill Square, 33rd and Walnut Street

Speaker:   Samuel H. Preston, Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences

Reception: Hill College House, immediately following the ceremony

College of General Studies
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, noon, Chinese Rotunda, Penn Museum

Reception: Upper Egyptian Gallery, Penn Museum, immediately following the ceremony

School of Dental Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 1 p.m., Irvine Auditorium

Speaker:   Dr. Myron Allukian, Jr., Director of Oral Health, Boston Public Health Commission

Reception: Robert Schattner Center, 240 S. 40th Street, immediately following the ceremony

Graduate School of Education
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 2:30 p.m., First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street

Speaker:   Patricia Graham, Charles Warren Research Professor of the History of American Education, Harvard University Graduate School of Education

Preceded by Reception: Lunch in Houston Hall, noon-2 p.m.

School of Engineering and Applied Science
Doctoral Ceremony: Sunday, May 16, 1 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Master's Ceremony: Sunday, May 16, 4 p.m.*, Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Undergraduate Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 3 p.m., Franklin Field

Fels Center of Government
Ceremony and Reception: Sunday, May 16, 5 p.m., Fels Center of Government, 3814 Walnut Street

Speaker:  Estelle Richman, Pennsylvania Secretary of Public Welfare

Law School
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 3 p.m., Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets

Speaker:   The Honorable Louis Pollak, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and former dean of the law schools at Penn and Yale University

Honorary Fellow: Julie Su, Litigation Director of the Asian Pacific American Legal Center

Reception: Sunday, May 16, 2:30 p.m., Law School Courtyard

School of Design
Luncheon: Monday, May 17,  noon, Meyerson Hall Terrace

Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 1 p.m., Furness Plaza

Speaker:   Richard M. Rosan, MArch '67, president, Urban Land Institute

School of Medicine
Ceremony: Sunday, May 16, 10 a.m., Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Speaker:    Dr. Henry W. Foster, Jr., Professor Emeritus and former Dean, School of Medicine, Meharry Medical College and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Vanderbilt University

Reception: Park Hyatt at the Bellevue Hotel, immediately following the ceremony

School of Nursing
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 3 p.m., Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts

Speaker:   Dr. Patricia Grady, Director, National Institute of Nursing Research

*Reception: noon, Nursing Education Building Lower Lobby

School of Social Work
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 2 p.m., Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum

Speaker:   Dr. Bernard LaFayette, president, American Baptist College of the American Baptist Theological Seminary, Nashville, longtime leader in the Civil Rights movement

Reception: Chinese Rotunda, Penn Museum, immediately following ceremony

School of Veterinary Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 17, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center

Speaker: Dr. Marguerite Pappaioanou, Associate Director for Science and Policy, Office of Global Health, Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Reception: Annenberg Plaza, immediately following ceremony

Wharton Undergraduate Division and Wharton Evening Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 16, 9 a.m., Franklin Field

Speaker:  Amal Devani, C '04, W '04, Hunstman Program in International Studies and Business

Wharton Graduate Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 16, 1 p.m., Franklin Field

Speaker:   Klaus Zumwinkle, Chair, Deutsche Post

Reception: John M. Huntsman Hall, immediately following the ceremony

Wharton Doctoral Division
Sunday, May 16, The Colloquium,  8th floor,Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 3730 Walnut Street

Cocktails, 5:30 p.m.; Degree Ceremony, 6:30 p.m.; Dinner, 7 p.m.