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...
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
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.