University of Pennsylvania Commencement Events 2011
Baccalaureate Ceremony
Sunday, May 15, 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: Rev. James Martin, S.J., Author and Culture Editor of America, a Catholic Magazine
Commencement
Monday, May 16
Franklin Field, 9 a.m.
Speaker: Denzel Washington
Academy Award-Winning &
Tony Award-Winning Actor and Director
Honorary Degree Recipients:
Renée C. Fox,Annenberg Professor Emerita of the Social Sciences, University of Pennsylvania:
Doctor of Science
Nicholas Kristof, Pulitzer Prize Winner; Columnist, New York Times: Doctor of Humane Letters
and
Sheryl WuDunn, Pulitzer Prize Winner; Senior Managing Director, Mid-Market Securities; President, TripleEdge: Doctor of Humane Letters
Mo Ibrahim, Chairman of the Board, Mo Ibrahim Foundation: Doctor of Laws
Ei-ichi Negishi, Gr’63, Herbert C. Brown Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Purdue University; Recipient of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry:
Doctor of Science
Joyce Carol Oates,Roger S. Berlind ’52 Professor of the Humanities, Princeton University; Author: Doctor of Humane Letters
Denzel Washington, Academy Award-Winning & Tony Award-Winning Actor; Director: Doctor of Arts
School Ceremonies and Speakers
Annenberg School for Communication
Bachelor of Arts Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 10 a.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Reception: Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center, 202 S. 36th Street,
following the ceremony
PhD Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1:30 p.m., Room 110, Annenberg School
Reception: Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center, 202 S. 36th Street, noon–1:30 p.m.
School of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 6:30 p.m.,
Franklin Field
Speaker: Governor Edward G. Rendell, C’65, Hon’00, 45th Governor of Pennsylvania
Graduate Division, SAS
Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1 p.m.,
Hill Square, 33rd and Walnut Street
Speaker: Brian Rose, Professor of Classical Studies, Penn
Reception: Hill Field, immediately following the ceremony
College of Liberal & Professional Studies
Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 4 p.m.,
Hill Field, 33rd and Walnut Street
Speaker: Carol Muller, Professor of Ethnomusicology, Penn
Reception: Hill Field, immediately following the ceremony
Fels Institute of Government
Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 2 p.m.,
Fels Institute of Government, 3814 Walnut Street
Speaker: Stephen Goldsmith, Deputy Mayor of New York City for Operations
School of Dental Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1 p.m.,
Irvine Auditorium
Speaker: Stanley M. Bergman,
Chairman & CEO, Henry Schein, Inc.
Reception: Immediately following the ceremony, School of Dental Medicine,
Robert Schattner Center, 240 S. 40th Street
School of Design
Luncheon: Monday, May 16, noon,
Meyerson Hall Terrace
Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1:30 p.m., Furness Plaza, 34th Street and Locust Walk
Speaker: Philip Enquist, Partner in Charge of Urban Design and Planning, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Graduate School of Education
Ceremony: Saturday, May 14, 10 a.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Ray Cortines, Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District
School of Engineering & Applied Science
Doctoral Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 1 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: John Lehman, Chairman,
J. F. Lehman and Company
Reception: Annenberg Plaza, 2-3 p.m.
Master’s Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 4 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Mo Ibrahim, Chairman of the Board, Mo Ibrahim Foundation
Reception: Annenberg Plaza, 5-6 p.m.
Undergraduate Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 2:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Patrick T. Harker, EAS/GCE’81,
G/GrC’83, President, University of Delaware
Luncheon: Monday, May 16, immediately following the main University Commencement ceremony
Law School
Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 3 p.m.,
Academy of Music, Broad and Locust Streets
Speaker: Governor Edward G. Rendell
Reception: Sunday, May 15, 2–4 p.m., Law School
School of Medicine
Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 9 a.m.,
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts,
Broad and Spruce Streets
Speaker: Arthur H. Rubenstein, EVP, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System; Dean, School of Medicine
Reception: Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, immediately following the ceremony
Biomedical Graduate Studies
Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 1:30–2:30 p.m.
Dunlop Auditorium,
Reception: Miller Plaza, Monday, May 16, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Speaker: Arthur H. Rubenstein, EVP, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System; Dean, School of Medicine
School of Nursing
Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 3 p.m.,
Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce Streets
Speaker: Donna Shalala, Professor of Political Science and President, University of Miami
Reception: Monday, May 16, noon-1:30 p.m., Carol Elizabeth Ware Lobby, Claire M. Fagin Hall
School of Social Policy and Practice
Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 6:30 p.m.,
Irvine Auditorium (tickets required)
Speaker: Ambassador Andrew Young
Reception: Houston Hall, immediately following the ceremony
School of Veterinary Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 16, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Judge Judy Sheindlin
Reception: Annenberg Center Courtyard, immediately following the ceremony
Wharton
Undergraduate Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 9 a.m.,
Franklin Field
Faculty Speaker: Adam Grant,
Management Department, Wharton
Student Speaker: Eric Mogil, W’11
Graduate Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 1–3:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Vikram Pandit, Chief Executive Officer of Citigroup
Doctoral Division
Ceremony: Sunday, May 15, 5 p.m.,
Jon M. Huntsman Hall, 8th Floor, Colloquium Hall
For additional information on Commencement 2011, visit the Commencement Website:
www.upenn.edu/commencement or call the Commencement Hotline:
(215) 573-GRAD.
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