Graduation Dates & Speakers

May 2008

Commencement ceremonies for the spring semester of 2008 will be held May 8-10. The ceremonies will be conducted on these days in Reed Arena unless otherwise noted.

• Ceremonies are open to the public without need for tickets.
• The speakers for each ceremony have now been announced.

Thursday, May 8, 2:00 p.m.
Location: Rudder Auditorium Speaker: Mike McKinney, Chancellor, Texas A&M University System

• Doctor Veterinary Medicine

Friday, May 9, 9:00 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. George C. Edwards III, Distinguished Professor of Political Science

• Graduates in Council of Deans (i.e. interdisciplinary graduate students)
• Graduates and Undergraduates in Geosciences
• Graduates and Undergraduates in Liberal Arts

Friday, May 9, 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: The Honorable Eric M. Bost, United States Ambassador to South Africa

• Graduates and Undergraduates in Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Graduates and Undergraduates in Architecture

Friday, May 9, 7:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Richard Wainerdi, President, Texas Medical Center

• Graduates in George Bush School of Government and Public Service
• Graduates and Undergraduates in Dwight Look College of Engineering

Saturday, May 10, 9:00 a.m.
Speaker: Dr. Jerry Strawser, Interim Executive Vice President and Provost

• Graduates and Undergraduates in Mays Business School
• Graduates and Undergraduates in Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences

Saturday, May 10, 2:00 p.m.
Speaker: Dr. Angie Hill Price, Associate Professor of Engineering Technology and Industrial Distribution, Speaker of Faculty Senate

• Graduates and Undergraduates in Education and Human Development
• Graduates and Undergraduates in Science

Saturday, May 10, 9:00 a.m.
Location: Moody Gardens Convention Center

• Graduates and Undergraduates at Texas A&M - Galveston

Dates for Future Semesters

• Summer 2008 - August 8 (Galveston: August 9)

^* "Probably" note: Future ceremony dates are subject to change.