Details about each ceremony are listed below. At five of the ceremonies, a highly distinguished individual will address graduates and receive an honorary degree from the University. For more information on Commencement, visithttp://www.miami.edu/commencement where the undergraduate ceremonies will be webcast live and archived.
Thursday, May 8 – Graduate Degree Ceremony – 4:30 p.m.
Speaker: Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Religion, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami.
School of Architecture
College of Arts and Sciences
School of Business Administration
School of Communication
School of Education
College of Engineering
Miller School of Medicine (non M.D. degrees only)
Frost School of Music
School of Nursing and Health Studies
Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences
Friday, May 9
8:30 a.m. Speaker: Robert E. Rubin, receiving the Honorary Doctor of Laws, acclaimed economic strategist, Director and Chair of the Executive Committee of Citigroup.
Sue Miller, receiving the Doctor of Humane Letters, philanthropist, President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Miller Family Foundation.
School of Business Administration
College of Engineering
12:30 p.m. Speaker: Norman C. Francis, receiving the Honorary Doctor of Laws, President of Xavier University of Louisiana, longest tenured current leader of an American university.
School of Architecture
School of Communication
School of Education
Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music
School of Nursing and Health Studies
5 p.m. Speaker: Angela Lansbury Shaw, receiving the Doctor of Humane Letters, Tony and Golden Globe Award-winning actress, winner of the 1997 Screen Actors Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.
College of Arts and Sciences
Saturday, May 10
5 p.m. Speaker: Thomas D. Pollard, receiving the Honorary Doctor of Science, pioneering researcher, Sterling Professor and Chair of Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology at Yale University.
Miller School of Medicine
Sunday, May 18
2 p.m. Speaker: Carolyn B. Lamm, University of Miami School of Law alumna, partner of White & Case, LLP.
School of Law
EDITOR’S NOTE: Media interested in covering graduation ceremonies must call in advance to register for a credential, 305-284-5500.