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University of Pennsylvania Commencement Events 2008
Baccalaureate Ceremony
Sunday, May 18
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: Sister Mary Scullion,
Executive Director and Co-Founder of Project H.O.M.E.
Commencement
Monday, May 19
Franklin Field, 9 a.m.
Speaker: Michael R. Bloomberg,
Mayor, City of New York
Honorary Degree Recipients:
Michael R. Bloomberg,
Mayor, City of New York:
Doctor of Laws
Paquito D’Rivera,
Musician and Composer:
Doctor of Music
Drew Gilpin Faust, PhD, G ’71 Gr ’75,
President, Harvard University:
Doctor of Humane Letters
Lila R. Gleitman, PhD, Gr ’67,
Professor Emerita of Psychology
School of Arts and Sciences,
University of Pennsylvania:
Doctor of Science
Bert W. O’Malley, MD,
Tom Thompson Professor and Chair, Molecular and Cellular Biology
Baylor College of Medicine:
Doctor of Science
Cyril Ramaphosa,
Founder and Executive Chairman of Shanduka Group, Former Secretary General; African National Congress:
Doctor of Laws
Neil deGrasse Tyson, PhD,
Frederick P. Rose Director,
Hayden Planetarium,
American Museum of Natural History:
Doctor of Science
School Ceremonies and Speakers
Annenberg School for Communication
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1:30 p.m.,
Room 110 Annenberg School
Reception: Monday, May 19, noon–1:30 p.m., Annenberg School Plaza Lobby
School of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences Ceremony:
Sunday, May 18, 6:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Marc E. Platt, C ’79
Graduate Division SAS Ceremony:
Monday, May 19, 1 p.m., Hill Field,
Speaker: Marsha I. Lester, Chair of Chemistry and Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor in the Natural Sciences, Penn
Reception: Hill Field, immediately following the ceremony
College of General Studies Ceremony:
Sunday, May 18, 4:30 p.m., Hill Field, Reception: Inn at Penn, immediately following the ceremony
Fels Institute of Government Ceremony:
Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m., Fels Institute Speaker: Michael Nutter, W ’79, Mayor,
City of Philadelphia
Reception: Fels Institute of Government, immediately following the ceremony
School of Dental Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1 p.m.,
Irvine Auditorium
Speaker: Estelle Richman, Secretary of Public Welfare for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Reception: Robert Schattner Center, immediately following the ceremony
School of Design
Luncheon: Monday, May 19, noon,
Meyerson Hall
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1:30 p.m.,
Furness Plaza, 34th and Locust Walk
Speaker: Gary Hack, Dean and Paley Professor, School of Design, Penn
Graduate School of Education
Ceremony: Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m.,
Franklin Field
Speaker: Gloria Ladson-Billings, Kellner Family Chair in Urban Education and Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin
Reception: Monday, May 19, immediately following University Commencement,
GSE Courtyard
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Doctoral Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Stephen Matson, Founder and Executive Director, ConTechs Associates, Inc.
Reception: Annenberg Plaza, 2-3 p.m.
Master’s Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 4 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Douglas Alexander, Managing Director, Operations, Internet Capital Group
Reception: Annenberg Plaza, 5-6 p.m.
Undergraduate Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Douglas Glanville, President, G.K. Alliance LLC; Member, Penn Engineering Board of Overseers
Reception: Monday, May 19, immediately following University Commencement,
West Towne Lawn and Levine Hall
Law School
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 3 p.m.,
Academy of Music
Speaker: New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson
Reception: Sunday, May 18, 2–3 p.m.,
Law School
School of Medicine
School of Medicine Ceremony:
Monday, May 19, 8 p.m., Kimmel Center
Speaker: Jordan J. Cohen, President Emeritus of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Reception: Kimmel Center, immediately following the ceremony
Biomedical Graduate StudiesCeremony: Monday, May 19, 12:30 p.m.,
Harrison Auditorium, Penn Museum
Reception: Warden Garden, Penn Museum
School of Nursing
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 3 p.m.,
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
Speaker: Linda Burnes Bolton, Vice President for Nursing and Chief Nursing Officer and Director of Nursing Research at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California
Reception: Monday, May 19, noon-1:30 p.m., Carol Ware Gates Lobby, Claire M. Fagin Hall
School of Social Policy & Practice
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 6:30 p.m.,
Irvine Auditorium
Speaker: Bettie B. Roundtree, SW ’75,
Retired Social Work Supervisor and Community Activist
Reception: Hall of Flags, Houston Hall, immediately following the ceremony
School of Veterinary Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Lisa C. Freeman, Associate Vice President for Innovation for the K-State Olathe Innovation Campus; Associate Director of the Animal Research and Commercialization Center; Professor of Pharmacology
Reception: Annenberg Center Courtyard, immediately following the ceremony
Wharton School
Undergraduate Division Ceremony
Sunday, May 18, 9 a.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Stuart L. Stein, W ’08
Reception: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, immediately following the ceremony
Wharton Graduate Division Ceremony:
Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. Governor of Utah
Reception: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, immediately following the ceremony
Wharton Doctoral Division Ceremony and Reception: Sunday, May 18, 5:30 p.m.
Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Eighth Floor
For additional information on
Commencement 2008: visit the
Commencement Website:
www.upenn.edu/commencement or call the Commencement Hotline:
(215) 573-GRAD.
Related: Commencement Invitation
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