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Graduation 2024

 Graduation Weekend 2024

Friday - Monday, June 7-10, 2024

166th Annual Commencement

Sunday, June 9, 2024 at 10:30AM

2024 Commencement Recording

2024 Commencement Program

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2024 Alternate Commencement Speaker – Alex Perry – Medill


2024 Alternate Commencement Speaker – Vivica E. Lewis – The Graduate School


2024 Honorary Degree Recipients

  • Katrina Adams, Doctor of Humane Letters
  • David Barstow, Doctor of Humane Letters
  • Kathryn Hahn, Doctor of Arts
  • David Reitze, Doctor of Science

2024 Distinguished Secondary School Teacher Award Recipients

  • Lauren Baugher
  • Ryne Emerick
  • Leon Grant
  • Shawn Gudmunsen
  • Flávia Twardowski

2024 Emeritus Faculty

Stephen Adams, Professor Emeritus, Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine; 41 years of service

Craig R. Bina, Wayne V. Jones II Professor of Geological Sciences Emeritus, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 34 years of service

Helen Binns, Professor Emerita, Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine; 36 years of service

John Blosser, Librarian Emeritus, University Libraries; 32 years of service

Anna Diakow, Assistant Professor of Instruction Emerita, Spanish and Portuguese, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 23 years of service

Joel Frader, Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine; 26 years of service

Stephan Garnett, Clinical Assistant Professor Emeritus, Journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; 22 years of service

Scott Garton, Librarian Emeritus, University Libraries; 24 years of service

Cindy Gold, Professor Emerita, Theatre, School of Communication; 27 years of service

Richelle Gordon, Clinical Professor Emerita, Journalism, Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications; 25 years of service

William Halperin, Orrington Lunt Professor Emeritus, Physics and Astronomy, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 49 years of service

John Hudson, Professor Emeritus, Anthropology, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 53 years of service

Peter Hurst, Professor Emeritus, Otolaryngology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 46 years of service

Lucille Kerr, Professor Emerita, Spanish and Portuguese, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 25 years of service

Harold Kung, Walter P. Murphy Professor Emeritus, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science; 48 years of service

William Lowe, Spies Professor of Genetic Metabolism Emeritus, Medicine–Endocrinology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 31 years of service

Sarah Maza, Jane Long Chair Emerita, History, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 46 years of service

Donald McCrimmon, Professor Emeritus, Neuroscience, Feinberg School of Medicine; 40 years of service

Asha Nagaraj, Assistant Professor of Instruction Emerita, Spanish and Portuguese, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 15 years of service

Paula Olszewski-Kubilius, Professor Emerita, Education and Social Policy, School of Education and Social Policy; 41 years of service

George Pike, Senior Lecturer Emeritus, Law Instruction, Pritzker School of Law; 11 years of service

Christiane Rey, Professor of Instruction Emerita, French and Italian, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 38 years of service

Deborah Rose-Lefmann, Librarian Emerita, University Libraries; 21 years of service

Morton Schapiro, Professor Emeritus, Strategy, J. L. Kellogg School of Management; 15 years of service

David Schoenbrun, Professor Emeritus, History, Judd A. and Marjorie Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences; 26 years of service

Stephen Sheldon, Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine; 28 years of service

Michael Socol, Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 44 years of service

Bayar Thimmapaya, Professor Emeritus, Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 43 years of service

Mallory Thompson, John W. Beattie Chair in Music Emerita, Music Performance, Henry and Leigh Bienen School of Music; 28 years of service

Ellen Wartella, Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani Chair in Communications Emerita, Communication Studies, School of Communication; 14 years of service

Nabeel R. Yaseen, Professor Emeritus, Pathology, Feinberg School of Medicine; 15 years of service

Donald Zimmerman, Professor Emeritus, Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine; 21 years of service

2024 School Convocations

Bienen School of Music

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Time: 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM

Location: Pick-Staiger Concert Hall

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The Family Institute

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Time: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Location: Ryan Fieldhouse

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The Graduate School

Date: Friday, June 7, 2024

Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Location: Ryan Fieldhouse

View The Graduate School PhD and MFA Hooding Ceremony Livestream

 

J.L. Kellogg School of Management

Date: Sunday, June 9, 2024

Time: 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena

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McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science

Graduate Convocation & Hooding Ceremony

Date: Monday, June 10, 2024

Time: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena

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Undergraduate Convocation

Date: Monday, June 10, 2024

Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena

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Date: Monday, June 10, 2024

Time: 9:30 AM to 11:30 AM

Location: Ryan Fieldhouse

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School of Communication Undergraduate Convocation

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Time: 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM

Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena

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School of Education and Social Policy

Date: Monday, June 10, 2024

Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Location: Ryan Fieldhouse

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School of Professional Studies

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Time: 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM

Location: Ryan Fieldhouse

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Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Date: Saturday, June 8, 2024

Time: 3:00 PM to 5:30 PM

Location: Welsh-Ryan Arena

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