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Commencement at The University of Rhode Island

Commencement Exercises

Graduate students - Saturday, May 19

Undergraduate students - Sunday, May 20

On Saturday, May 19, 2012

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.

***In the event of rain

The Undergraduate Commencement ceremony will be held in the Ryan Center. Bachelor's degree recipients will be allowed two guest tickets to the Ryan Center. We regret that in the event of rain, due to space constraints, graduate degree recipients cannot attend the Main Commencement Ceremony. Tickets are required and will be given to graduates upon their purchase of academic regalia at the University Bookstore in the Memorial Union.

In the event of rain, any guests in addition to the two permitted for each student should go directly to the indoor rain sites listed for each of the Colleges. Tickets are not required for the rain sites and the Main Commencement Ceremony will be simulcast to each of these indoor sites.

Commencement Information

Commencement BookLink here to browse and download a booklet of information about the 2012 Commencement ceremonies.Direct download (PDF).


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