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University of Pennsylvania Commencement Events 2014

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: Kirbyjon H. Caldwell, WH'77, Senior Pastor, Windsor Village United Methodist Church

Commencement

Monday, May 19
Franklin Field, 9 a.m.
Speaker: John Legend, C'99,
Grammy-award winning songwriter and musician; Founder, Show Me Campaign

Honorary Degree Recipients:

Eugenio Calabi, Thomas A. Scott Professor of Mathematics Emeritus,
University of Pennsylvania.
Doctor of Sciences.

Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Director, Smithsonian National Museum of
African Art; Former President,
Spelman College.
Doctor of Humane Letters.

Edna Adan Ismail, Director and Founder, Edna Adan Maternity Hospital; Founder, Edna Adan University,
Hargeisa, Republic of Somaliland.
Doctor of Humane Letters.

John Legend, C'99, Grammy-award winning songwriter and musician; Founder, Show Me Campaign.  
Doctor of Music.

Raymond G. Perelman, W'40, CEO, RGP Holdings; Trustee, Raymond and Ruth Perelman Education Foundation. Doctor of Laws.

Olympia J. Snowe, Former United States Senator; Chairman and CEO, Olympia Snowe LLC.  
Doctor of Laws.

George A. Weiss, WG'65, CEO, Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC; Founder and Chairman,
Say Yes to Education Foundation.
Doctor of Laws.

School Ceremonies and Speakers

Annenberg School for Communication

BA Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 10 a.m., Zellerbach Theater
Reception: Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center, following the ceremony
Speaker: Christine Nieves Rodriguez, C'10, pioneer associate for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
PhD Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1:30 p.m., Room 110, Annenberg School
Reception:  Agora, Annenberg Public Policy Center, noon-1:30 p.m.

School of Arts & Sciences

College of Arts & Sciences:

Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 6:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Laura Alber, C'90, President and Chief Executive Officer, Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

Graduate Division, SAS:

Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1 p.m., Penn Park, South Green
Speaker: Larry Gladney, The Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Professor for Faculty Excellence and Department Chair of Physics & Astronomy, School of Arts & Sciences

College of Liberal and Professional Studies:

Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 4 p.m., Penn Park, South Green
Speaker: Walter Licht, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair of the Department of History, School of Arts & Sciences
Reception: Penn Park, immediately following the ceremony

Fels Institute of Government:

Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 1:30 p.m., Fels Institute of Government
Speaker: Honorable Marjorie O. Rendell,
Federal Judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

School of Dental Medicine

Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1 p.m., Irvine Auditorium
Speaker: Ambassador Joseph M. Torsella (ret.), most recently served as US Representative to the UN for UN Management and Reform
Reception: Immediately following the ceremony, School of Dental Medicine, Robert Schattner Center

School of Design

Luncheon: Monday, May 19, noon, Meyerson Hall
Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1:30 p.m., Furness Plaza
Reception: Meyerson Hall, 3:30 p.m., following the ceremony
Speaker: Harriet Tregoning, Director, US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)'s Office of Economic Resilience

Graduate School of Education

Ceremony: Saturday, May 17, 10 a.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Anthony Byrk, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

School of Engineering & Applied Science

Undergraduate Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Mark Palatucci, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Anki
Luncheon and Open House: Monday, May 19, immediately following the University's Commencement ceremony
Graduate Ceremony: Saturday, May 17, 2:30-4:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: David Parekh, Vice President, Research, and Director, United TechnologiesResearch Center (UTRC)

Law School

Ceremony:  Sunday, May 18, noon, The Academy of Music
Speaker: Lilly Ledbetter, a fair pay advocate and women's equality activist, plaintiff in the
discrimination case Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire Rubber Co., and namesake for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
Reception: Law School, following the ceremony

Perelman School of Medicine

Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 9 a.m., Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center
Speaker: Elizabeth Nabel, President of Brigham and Women's Healthcare
Reception: Kimmel Center, immediately following the ceremony

Biomedical Graduate Studies:

Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 1:30 p.m., BRB II/III Auditorium

School of Nursing

Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 3 p.m., Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center
Speaker: Judith Shamian, President, International Council of Nurses
Reception: Monday, May 19, noon
Carol Elizabeth Ware Lobby, School of Nursing

School of Social Policy & Practice

Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 6:30 p.m., Irvine Auditorium (tickets required)
Speaker: Nikki Giovanni, Poet, Writer, Commentator, Activist, and Educator
Reception: Houston Hall, immediately following the ceremony

School of Veterinary Medicine

Ceremony: Monday, May 19, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Jan K. Strother, Immediate Past Vice President, American Veterinary Medical Association
Reception: Annenberg Center,immediately following the ceremony

Wharton School

Wharton San Francisco MBA for Executives

Ceremony: Sunday, May 4, 10 a.m., Nourse Theatre, 275 Hayes St, San Francisco, CA
Speaker: Neel Kashkari, WG'02, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury Department, and current candidate for Governor of California

Doctoral Division Graduation

Ceremony: Saturday, May 17, 11 a.m.,
Kintner-Dietrich Galleries, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

MBA for Executives Graduation

Ceremony: Saturday, May 17, 3 p.m., Annenberg Center for Performing Arts
Speaker: Dan Tangherlini, WG'01, Administrator of the US General Services Administration

Undergraduate Division Graduation

Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 9 a.m., Palestra
Class of 2014 Speaker:  Edgardo Bueser
Faculty Speaker: Kartik Hosanagar,
Associate Professor of Operations and Information Management

MBA Division

Ceremony: Sunday, May 18, 1 p.m., Palestra
Speaker: David Rubenstein, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, The Carlyle Group

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