More than 3,200 students will graduate at the University of Miami during six ceremonies to be held from Thursday through Sunday, May 14 - 17 at the BankUnited Center. Details about each ceremony are listed below. For more information, visit www.miami.edu/commencement, where the undergraduate ceremonies will be Webcast live and archived.

Thursday, May 14: Graduate Degree Ceremony at 4 p.m.
Speaker: Isaac Prilleltensky, Ph.D., Dean, School of Education, University of Miami

Friday, May 15:

8:30 a.m.
Speaker: Richard Fain, Chairman of Royal Caribbean and UM Trustee

• School of Business Administration
• College of Engineering

12:30 p.m.
Speaker: Marian Wright Edelman, founder, Children’s Defense Fund and previous honorary degree recipient

• 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: Vartan Gregorian, president of Carnegie Foundation, former president of Brown University; receiving an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters

• College of Arts and Sciences
• Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences

Saturday, May 16

5 p.m.
Speaker: Bernadine Healy, former director of National Institutes of Health, American Red Cross, and American Heart Association; receiving an honorary Doctor of Science

• Miller School of Medicine

Sunday, May 17

2 p.m.
Speaker: The Honorable Denny Chin, United States District Judge, Southern District of New York  

• School of Law

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