Baccalaureate Ceremony
Sunday, May 14
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: Marc H. Morial, C ’80, President and CEO, National Urban League
Commencement
Monday, May 15
Franklin Field, 9 a.m.
Speaker: Jodie Foster,
Actress, Producer, and Director
Honorary Degree Recipients
Jodie Foster, Actress, Producer, and Director
Doctor of Arts, honoris causa
Henry Louis “Skip” Gates, Jr.,
Chair of African & African American Studies, Harvard University
Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa
Shirley Jackson,
President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Theoretical Physicist
Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Lawrence Klein,
Emeritus Professor of Economics, Penn, 1980 Nobel Laureate
Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Judith Klinman,
Biochemical Researcher, UC Berkeley
Doctor of Science, honoris causa
Stephen A. Wynn,
Chairman & CEO, Wynn Resorts,
Creator of Mirage, Bellagio and Treasure Island in Las Vegas
Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
School Ceremonies and Speakers
Annenberg School for Communication
Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 1 p.m.,
Room 110, Annenberg School for Communication
Biomedical Graduate Studies
Reception and Ceremony: Monday, May 15,
12:30 p.m., BRB II/III Lobby and Auditorium
School of Arts and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences Ceremony:
Sunday, May 14, 6:30 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Gloria Allred, CW ’63, founding partner of Allred, Maroko & Goldberg
Graduate Division Ceremony:
Monday, May 15, 1 p.m., Hill Square
Speaker: Dr. Brendan O’Leary, Lauder Professor of Political Science, Director, Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical Conflict
Reception: immediately following the ceremony
College of General Studies Ceremony:
Sunday, May 14, 4:30 p.m., Hill Square
Reception: Inn at Penn, immediately following the ceremony
School of Dental Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 1 p.m., Irvine Auditorium
Speaker:Dr. Dushanka V. Kleinman, Assistant Director for Roadmap Coordination in the Office of the Director, NIH; Deputy Director of the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) at the NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; and Chief Dental Officer of the United States Public Health Service
Reception: Robert Schattner Center, immediately following the ceremony
School of Design
Luncheon: Monday, May 15, noon, Meyerson Hall
Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 1:30 p.m., Furness Plaza
Speaker: Stephen A. Wynn, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Wynn Resorts, Limited
Graduate School of Education
Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 3 p.m.,
Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, 17th & Race Streets
Speaker:Paul G. Vallas, CEO for the School District of Philadelphia
Reception: Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, immediately following the ceremony
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony: Sunday, May 14, 3 p.m., Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel
Reception: immediately following the ceremony.
School of Engineering and Applied Science
Doctoral Ceremony: Sunday, May 14, 1 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Dr. Thomas J. Stanley, General Manager, GE Plastics
Reception: Annenberg Plaza,immediately following the ceremony
Master’s Ceremony: Sunday, May 14, 4 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker: Dr. Krishna P. Singh, President and CEO, Holtec International
Reception: Annenberg Plaza, immediately following the ceremony
Undergraduate Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 3 p.m., Franklin Field
Student Speaker: Trevor V. Lott, Applied Science in Biomedical Science/Finance, ’06, President, Engineering Deans’ Advisory Board
Reception: Monday, May 15, immediately following Main University Commencement ceremony, West Towne Lawn and Levine Hall
Fels Institute of Government
Ceremony: Sunday, May 14, 2 p.m., Fels Institute
Speaker:Ted Gaebler, City Manager of Rancho Cordova, CA
Reception: immediately following the ceremony
Law School
Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 3 p.m., Academy of Music, Broad and Locusts Streets
Speaker:Deborah Poritz ’77, Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court
Reception: The Law School, Sunday, May 14, 2-4 p.m.
School of Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 8 p.m.,
Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Broad and Spruce Streets
Speaker: Dr. Jeff Leiden, President & Chief Operating Officer, Pharmaceutical Products Group; Chief Scientific Officer, Abbott Laboratories
Reception: Kimmel Center, immediately following the ceremony
School of Nursing
Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 3 p.m., Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center, Broad and Spruce Streets
Speaker: Virginia Trotter Betts, Commissioner of the Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities for the State of Tennessee
Reception: Monday, May 15, noon-1:30 p.m., Carol Ware Gates Lobby, Nursing Education Bldg.
School of Social Policy and Practice
Master of Social Work and Ph.D. in Social Welfare Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 2 p.m., Penn Museum, Harrison Auditorium
Speaker: Alba E. Martínez, President and CEO, United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania
Reception: Chinese Rotunda, Upper Museum Gallery, immediately following the ceremony
Masters in Nonprofit/NGO Leadership Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 6:30 p.m., Inn at Penn
School of Veterinary Medicine
Ceremony: Monday, May 15, 2:30 p.m., Zellerbach Theatre, Annenberg Center
Speaker:Candace A. Jacobs, D.V.M., M.P.H., Dipl. AVCPM, Vice President, Quality Assurance and Environmental Affairs H.E.B.
Reception: Annenberg Center Courtyard, immediately following the ceremony
Wharton
Undergraduate Division and Wharton Evening Division Ceremony: Sunday, May 14, 9 a.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Beth Mlynarczyk, W ’06
Graduate Division Ceremony: Sunday, May 14, 1 p.m., Franklin Field
Speaker: Leonard Lauder, W ’54, Chairman, Estée Lauder Companies Inc.
Reception: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, immediately following the ceremony
Wharton Doctoral Division Ceremony and Celebration: Sunday, May 14,
5:30 p.m., Jon M. Huntsman Hall, Eighth Floor
For additional information on May 14-15 events:
Commencement Website: www.upenn.edu/commencement
Commencement Hotline: (215) 573-GRAD
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