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Commencement at The University of Rhode Island

Graduate Commencement

Saturday, May 21, 2011
The Ryan Center (No tickets required)

  • 12:15 p.m.—Candidates assemble in academic attire in the west corridor of the Ryan Center. Enter through the north entrance (Lincoln Almond Plaza). Please be prompt. The marshals will organize the line of march by degree to be conferred and in alphabetical order.

  • 1 p.m.—Commencement exercises begin in the Ryan Center. Graduate degree candidates will march into the arena and sit in designated areas. During the ceremony, they will be escorted to the stage by University marshals and file across the platform. Doctoral recipients will be hooded and escorted by their major professors.

  • Speaker: Internationally known oceanographer and climate change scientist, Margaret Leinen will speak at the graduate commencement ceremony. Now the executive director of the Florida Atlantic University Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, Leinen was once known fondly in Rhode Island as the "Dean of the Deep" when she served as dean of URI's Graduate School of Oceanography.

Directions to the Ryan Center and Parking

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Commencement Information

Commencement Book

Commencement Information (PDF)

Download a complete booklet of information to be prepared for the 2011 Commencement ceremonies.