Commencement Links
Commencement Highlights
Lessons for the Class of 2017
May 12, 2017: Speakers urge UM’s graduating students to use their skills and talents to make a difference. | Read More
Education Key to Making a Difference
May 11, 2017: Thursday’s graduate degree ceremony was the largest in UM history. | Read More
Miller School Celebrates Spectacular Commencement
May 10, 2017: “Congratulations, Doctors!” University of Miami President Julio Frenk called out as the 196 graduating members of the Miller School of Medicine Class of 2017 marched to the stage Wednesday night to be hooded by their teachers and mentors, receive their diplomas, and exult in the cheers and applause of their family and friends. | Read More
Sharing Advice on Bettering Our World
May 1, 2017: The University of Miami will hold its spring commencement exercises May 10-12 at the Watsco Center on the Coral Gables campus. | Read More
Commencement Photos
Commencement Speakers
Honorary Degree Recipients
Sir Michael Marmot at the Miller School of Medicine ceremony at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10
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Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen at the Graduate School ceremony at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 11
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Mary Robinson, former president of Ireland and chancellor of the University of Dublin, at the School of Law ceremony at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 11
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Gro Harlem Brundtland, former Norwegian prime minister and former director-general of the World Health Organization, at the 8:30 a.m. ceremony on Friday, May 12, for the College of Arts and Sciences
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Marcia McNutt, president of the National Academy of Sciences, at the 1 p.m. ceremony on Friday, May 12, for the School of Architecture, School of Communication, School of Education and Human Development, Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music, and School of Nursing and Health Studies
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Gustavo A. Cisneros, chairman of Cisneros, for the 5 p.m. ceremony at on Friday, May 12, for the School of Business Administration and College of Engineering
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Student Speakers
Shida Haghighat, at the Miller School of Medicine ceremony at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10
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Linet Suarez, at the School of Law ceremony at 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 11
Video of Speech
Jacob Rudolph, at the 8:30 a.m. ceremony on Friday, May 12, for the College of Arts and Sciences
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Natalie Diala, at the 8:30 a.m. ceremony on Friday, May 12, for the College of Arts and Sciences
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Kierin Sachin Mukerjee, for the 5 p.m. ceremony at on Friday, May 12, for the School of Business Administration
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Student Profiles
