General InformationEligibilityTravel and ParkingCeremoniesQuick ContactQuestions
Commencement Program (48 pge PDF)

2008 Commencement speaker and honorary degree recipients...

Clarence Page, winner of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary, will deliver the University of Rhode Island’s 122nd commencement address during the University’s undergraduate ceremonies Sunday, May 18. URI will confer honorary degrees to five other recipients during undergraduate ceremonies.
Read more...

Graduate Commencement
is on Saturday, May 17, 2008

Undergraduate Commencement
is on Sunday, May 18, 2008


Student Speaker: Gabriel “Gabe” Mancuso was selected as this year’s student commencement speaker. Read more...

Read about just a few of our stellar graduating students....


Browse the Class of 2008

Graduates: Send an announcement to your hometown press


Rain Plan: If the Undergraduate Commencement Rain Plan is to be implemented, the decision will be made early Sunday morning. Information will be available online (uri.edu) and by telephone at:

401-874-7669
401-874-1000
401-874-NEWS.
2008 Broadcast & Webcast
Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies will be broadcast live on Sunday, May 18 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on:

Rhode Island PBS, (channel 36/ Cox channel 8)
Webcast live.
WRIU 90.3 FM

Read more...


Commencement Hotline: 401-874-1234, available 24 hours a day.
For TT access to all numbers, please call the Rhode Island Relay Service at 1-800-745-5555.