December Commencement 2007

Class of 2007

Commencement Ceremony

Your big day is about to arrive!

On behalf of Dean Cheng-i Wei, and the Office of Academic Programs, AGNR, the College would like to offer you early congratulations on successful completion of a rigorous program of study and pass along some information related to this December's Commencement ceremonies.

CAMPUS

Campus-wide Commencement is scheduled for 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 19, 2007 in the Comcast Center. Students should be robed and assembled for the processional at 5:45 p.m. in the auxiliary gym (ground level). Your guests should be seated by 6:30 p.m. if they wish to see the processional. Notices will be posted so that guests will know from which side of the arena each college will process. Parking will be open in Lot 4B and the Terrapin Trail Garage. The Processional will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. President Mote will confer degrees following a program which will include a student speaker. There will also be a featured student-selected commencement speaker who should be announced soon.

College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

The formal graduation ceremony for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday , December 20, 2007 in the University's Memorial Chapel. All candidates should be gowned and report to the upper rear concourse (upstairs and at the rear of the Main Chapel) by 12:15 p.m. Department/Major signs will be posted and candidates will line up at their appropriate sign and under the direction of faculty marshals. The processional will begin at 1:00 p.m. with the platform party which includes the Dean, college officials, and special guests. Following the platform party will be the faculty. The student processional will then enter the along the side corridors of the main chapel, wait until platform party and faculty are positioned, and then process down the center aisle, and then back to the front for seating.

University Commencement Speaker

The Main Commencement speaker is Mr. Tim Kurkjian, Major League Baseball Analyst with ESPN's Baseball Tonight and Sports Center.

Tim graduated from the Phillip Merrill College of Journalism in 1978

AGNR Commencement Speaker

Corinne Madden Lynch
BLA - Landscape Architecture

General Information

Don't be late for your own graduation! Expect some congestion on Route 1 for both the main campus and college ceremonies. Allow plenty of time to negotiate traffic. Parking will be free but only at designated locations on campus campus (except for gated lots) since both days are regular university work days. Therefore, the lot at the Chapel (gated) is unlikely to be available to graduates or guests. Plan on using the visitor parking in the Regents Drive parking garage or one of the other visitor lots on campus. Make your parking plans accordingly. Be sure to visit the campus web site for more information on the main Campus visit: Campus Graduation

For information on renting regalia, please go to: UM Regalia. If you require wheelchair access or have other special needs, please Contact Donna Walther in the Academic Programs Office.

For more information, contact John A. Doerr

Last updated: 11/28/2007