Commencement Exercises

On Sunday, May 20, 2012

Main/Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony

12:30 p.m. on the Quadrangle***
Undergraduate and honorary degrees awarded. Graduate degree recipients are also welcome to participate. (No tickets are required if the Main Commencement Ceremony is held on the Quadrangle.)

Seating for families and guests on the Quadrangle is limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be guaranteed. Folding chairs are allowed. Certified service animals are always welcome; family pets are not permitted.

• 10 a.m. -- Families & guests may take seats on the Quad. Programs will be available at information booths and from student escorts.
• Noon -- Degree candidates assemble in academic attire in front of Memorial Union in areas designated for the each college. Faculty and graduate students who choose to participate in this ceremony assemble between Ranger and Quinn Halls.
• 12:30 p.m.- Commencement exercises begin and will run approximately 90 minutes.

A live Webcast of the Main Commencement ceremonies will be accessible from the University home page, uri.edu. Ceremonies will also be simulcast on a WRIU, 90.3 FM.

Individual colleges will hold ceremonies immediately following the main commencement ceremony at these locations. The Alan Shawn Feinstein College of Continuing Education Ceremonies will be held rain or shine at 10 a.m. in front of Roosevelt Hall.