
Schedule of Events
Campus-wide Commencement Ceremony
Comcast Center
1:00 p.m.
Individual College and School Ceremonies
Sunday, May 20, 2012
5 p.m.
- Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences, College of
Cole Student Activities Building
Contact: Lisa Bradley, 301.405.2080, lbradley@umd.edu - History, Department of
Memorial Chapel
Contact: Stavroula "Star" Angelopoulos, 301.405.4263, sangel@umd.edu - Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Contact: David Watson, 301.405.6021, dcwatson@umd.edu - Public Policy, School of
Dekelboum Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Karen Logan, 301.405.8230, kclogan@umd.edu
5:30 p.m.
- Art History, Department of
Gildenhorn Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Anna Waller, 301.405.1480, awaller@umd.edu - Business, Robert H. Smith School of
Comcast Center
Contact: Terrill Drake, 301.405.9420, smithevents@rhsmith.umd.edu - Economics, Department of
Reckord Armory
Contact: Shanna Edinger, 301.405.7845, econcommencement@econ.umd.edu - Jewish Studies, Department of
Atrium, Stamp Student Union
Contact: Debra Kirsch, 301.405.4975, dakirsch@umd.edu
Monday, May 21, 2012
9 a.m.
- American Studies and Women's Studies, Departments of
Memorial Chapel
American Studies: Betsy Yuen, 301.405.1354, myuen@umd.edu
Women's Studies: Cliffornia Howard, 301.405.6877, choward3@umd.edu - Classics, Department of
Atrium, Stamp Student Union
Contact: Patricia Rhodes-Kelly, 301.405.2014, prhodes@umd.edu - Criminology and Criminal Justice, Department of
Comcast Center
Contact: David Tana, 301.405.4699, dvtana@umd.edu - Education, College of
Cole Student Activities Building
Contact: Janis Cornell-DeMoss, 301.405.2364, jcdemoss@umd.edu - English, Department of
Reckord Armory
Contact: Jennifer Ashlock, 301.405.3825, jashlock@umd.edu - Music, School of
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Craig Arnold, 301.405.5563, csarnold@umd.edu - Studio Art, Department of
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Contact: Kathie Boyle, 301.405.7790, kboyle2@umd.edu
10 a.m.
- Individual Studies
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Lori Jusiewicz, 301.314.0023, ljusie1@umd.edu - Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, School of
Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Cary Gillett, 301.405.1623, cgillett@umd.edu
11 a.m.
- Linguistics, Department of
Room 1400, Marie Mount Hall
Contact: Kathi Faulkingham, 301.405.7002, kathif@umd.edu
11:30 a.m.
- Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, School of
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Jaime Oliver, 301.405.8000, jloliver@umd.edu
Noon
- Agriculture and Natural Resources, College of
Reckord Armory
Contact: Angela Mazur, 301.405.7761, abm13@umd.edu - Government and Politics, Department of
Comcast Center
Contact: Christina Bussie, 301.405.4142, cbussie@umd.edu - Hearing and Speech, Department of
Memorial Chapel
Contact: Lisa Rickard, 301.405.4223, lrickard@umd.edu - Information Studies, College of
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Contact: Joanne Briscoe, 301.405.2038, jbrisco3@umd.edu
12:30 p.m.
- Communication, Department of
Cole Student Activities Building
Contact: Leah Waks, 301.405.6529, leahwaks@umd.edu
1 p.m.
-
Philosophy, Department of
Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Louise Gilman, 301.405.5689, lgilman@umd.edu
2:30 p.m.
-
Journalism, Philip Merrill College of
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Caryn Taylor, 301.405.2380, ctaylor@jmail.umd.edu
3 p.m.
-
African American Studies, Anthropology and Geography, Departments of
Memorial Chapel
African American Studies: Valencia Skeeter, 301.405.1170, vskeeter@umd.edu
Anthropology: Erik Hanson, 301.405.1436, ehanson@umd.edu
Geography: Robert Crossgrove, 301.405.8085, crossgro@umd.edu
4 p.m.
-
Engineering, A. James Clark School of
Comcast Center
Contact: Sheron Williams, 301.405.3869, sheronw@umd.edu - Psychology, Department of
Reckord Armory
Contact: Scott Roberts, 301.405.5866, psycadvising@psyc.umd.edu - Public Health, School of
Cole Student Activities Building
Contact: Adam Shervanian, 301.405.2440, ashervan@umd.edu
5:30 p.m.
-
Sociology, Department of
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Nicole DeLoatch, 301.405.6389, ndeloat@umd.edu
Joint Program in Survey Methodology: Sarah Gebre-Micael, 301.314.7911, sgebremi@umd.edu
| May 2012 Commencement Photo Gallery | |||
| May 19, 2013 | |||
| Campus-wide Commencement Ceremony, Comcast Center | |||
| 11 a.m. Doors open | |||
| 11:45 a.m. Graduates report to Lot 4B Comcast (no later than) | |||
| 12:15 p.m. Procession of graduates begins | |||
| 1 p.m. Ceremony begins | |||
| May 19 and 20, 2013 | |||
| Individual College or School Ceremonies | |||
| Various Campus Locations | |||
| Area Accommodations and Dining Information |



UMD Commencement
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