Fall 2016 Commencement: Tuesday, December 20 and Wednesday, December 21

Fall Commencement activities will be held on December 20 and 21, 2016. The President will confer degrees at the campus-wide Commencement ceremony, which will begin at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, December 20, in the Xfinity Center. Individual ceremonies will be held throughout the campus on Wednesday.

For additional information regarding the Commencement ceremonies, please visit the Commencement website at www.commencement.umd.edu.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

9:30 a.m.

Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies, School of
Kogod Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Cate O’Brien Barger, 301.405.3196, cbarger@umd.edu

10:00 a.m.

Art and Art History, Department of
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Art: Kathie Boyle, 301.405.7790, kboyle2@umd.edu
Art History: Anna Waller, 301.405.1480, awaller@umd.edu

11:30 a.m.

American Studies, Women’s Studies, English and Comparative Literature, and Film Studies. Departments of
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: American Studies: Tammi Archer, 301.405.1354, tarcher@umd.edu
Women’s Studies: Cliffornia Royals Pryor, 301.405.6877, choward3@umd.edu
English and Comparative Literature: Karen Lewis, 301.405.3825, lewiske@umd.edu

12:00 p.m

Music, School of
Kogod Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Craig Arnold, 301.405.5563, csarnold@umd.edu

12:30 p.m

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of; and Linguistics, Department of
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures:
Josiland Chambers, 301.405.6021, jchamb@umd.edu
Adrianna Atkinson, 301.405.4023, aatkins2@umd.edu
Linguistics: Denise Best, 301.405.7002, denise@umd.edu

3:00 p.m.

Communication, Department of
Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Carlin Bokal, 301.405.6519, cbokal@umd.edu

History, Classics, Philosophy, and Jewish Studies, Departments of
Gildenhorn Recital Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Jodi Hall, 301.405.4268, jlhall@umd.edu

Fall 2016 Commencement Honors criteria:

Students are eligible for Commencement Honors if they meet the following criteria:

Primary major in ARHU or will have a double degree in ARHU Have earned at least 60 credits at UM by the end of the graduating semester Have a final, cumulative GPA in one of the following credit ranges:

Honors GPA ranges:

Summa Cum Laude 4.000-3.972 Magna Cum Laude 3.971-3.913 Cum Laude 3.912-3.835

All those eligible will be notified shortly before commencement. For more information see UM's Undergraduate Catalog