Spring 2016 Commencement: Wednesday, May 18 through Friday, May 20

Spring Commencement activities will be held on May 18, 19 and 20, 2015. The President will confer degrees at the campus-wide Commencement ceremony, which will begin at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, May 18, in the Xfinity Center. Individual ceremonies will be held throughout the campus at various times on Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20.

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

Thursday, May 19, 2016

9:00 a.m.

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

History, Department of
Memorial Chapel
Contact: Jodi Hall, 301.405.4268, jlhall@umd.edu

9:30 a.m.

Music, School of
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Craig Arnold, 301.405.5563, csarnold@umd.edu

10:30 a.m.

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

11:30 a.m.

Communication, Department of
Xfinity Center
Contact: Carlin Bokal, 301.405.6519, cbokal@umd.edu

12:00 p.m.

American Studies and Women's Studies, Departments of
Memorial Chapel
American Studies: Tammi Archer, 301.405.1354, tarcher@umd.edu
Women's Studies: Cliffornia Royals Prior, 301.405.6877, choward3@umd.edu

Jewish Studies, Department of
Atrium, Stamp Student Union
Contact: Debra Kirsch, 301.405.4975, dakirsch@umd.edu

1:30 p.m.

Art, Department of
Kay Theater, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Kathie Boyle, 301.405.7790, kboyle2@umd.edu

2:30 p.m.

Philosophy, Department of
Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Louise Gilman, 301.405.5689, lgilman@umd.edu

3:00 p.m.

Classics, Department of
Stamp Atrium, Stamp Student Union
Contact: Patricia Rhodes-Kelly, 301.405.2014, prhodes@umd.edu

4:00 p.m.

Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, School of
Dekelboum Concert Hall, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Josiland Chambers, 301.405.6021, jchamb@umd.edu
Website: https://sllc.umd.edu/commencement

Friday, May 20, 2016

9:30 a.m.

English, Comparative Literature, and Film Studies, Departments of
Ritchie Coliseum
Contact: Karen Lewis, 301.405.3825, lewiske@umd.edu

11:00 a.m.

Linguistics, Department of
Room 1400, Marie Mount Hall
Contact: Denise Best, 301.405.7002, denise@umd.edu

Spring 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 4.000-3.970 Magna Cum Laude 3.969-3.922 Cum Laude 3.921-3.861

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