The University of Notre Dame will confer 3,080 degrees during May 16 and 17 (Saturday and Sunday) on campus. (View a live stream here: .)
Degrees will be conferred on 1,990 undergraduates at Notre Dame鈥檚 170th University Commencement Ceremony on Sunday. Christopher Patten, chancellor of the University of Oxford, will be the principal speaker and the recipient of an honorary degree. Grammy Award-winning singer and musician Aaron Neville will receive the 2015 , the oldest and most prestigious honor given to American Catholics.
Anna Kottkamp, an environmental science major from Wenatchee, Washington, will deliver the valedictory address.
In addition to Patten, other honorary degree recipients are , president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County; , senior vice president, solutions portfolio and research for IBM; , a scholar of the Quran and early Islamic history, and director of the John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress; , professor of neurosurgery and oncology at Johns Hopkins Hospital and director of its brain tumor surgery program; , Notre Dame Trustee emerita and co-founder of Pathways.org; and Rev. Thomas F. Stransky, C.S.P., rector emeritus of the .
On Saturday, an additional 417 students will receive master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees at the , along with 450 master鈥檚 degree students at the and 204 at the .
Some notable Commencement weekend events are:
- The ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, 9 a.m. Saturday, Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
- The Graduate 91视频 Commencement Ceremony, 10 a.m. Saturday, Compton Family Ice Arena.
- The Mendoza College of Business Graduate Ceremony, 10 a.m. Saturday, Purcell Pavilion, Joyce Center.
- The Law 91视频 Ceremony, 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Hesburgh Library Reflecting Pool.
- The Service Send-Off Ceremony, 1 p.m. Saturday, Leighton Concert Hall, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
- The Commencement Mass, 5 p.m. Saturday, Purcell Pavilion, Joyce Center.
- The University Commencement Ceremony, 9 a.m. Sunday, Notre Dame Stadium.
- The undergraduate college and department diploma ceremonies beginning approximately 1 p.m. Sunday.
A complete schedule of events is available from the .
Contact: Sue Lister, 574-631-7916, sue.lister@nd.edu