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Sen. John McCain, Gov. George Pataki, C.A.R.E. CEO Helene Gayle among speakers
Many of Columbia's graduate schools and its three undergraduate schools -- Columbia College, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the School of General Studies -- invite prominent speakers to address their graduating students during class day ceremonies, held before and after the University's main commencement ceremony. A list of the ceremonies and speakers follows.
News media coverage is invited for each, as well as for the main commencement exercise, scheduled Wednesday, May 17 at 10:30 a.m. For directions, credential requirements and other information, visit the official 2006 Commencement site.
- Business School Recognition Ceremony
Speaker: Bob Wright, CEO of NBC Universal
Sunday, May 14 at 5:00 p.m.
Madison Square Garden Theater
- College of Physicians & Surgeons Commencement
Speaker: Atul A Gawande, Harvard School of Public Health, The New Yorker contributor
Wednesday, May 17 at 4:30 p.m.
Columbia University Medical Center Garden
Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)
- Columbia College Class Day
Speaker: Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Tuesday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m.
Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
- Convocation for Recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy for all Arts and Sciences Departments
Speaker: John Huber, Prof. of Political Science
Tuesday, May 16, 3:30 p.m.
Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel
- Convocation for recipients of the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy for Biomedical Sciences and all GSAS-affiliated Schools
Speaker: Dean Glenn Hubbard, Columbia Business School
Monday, May 15 at 3:30 p.m.
Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel
- Convocation for Recipients of the Degree of Masters of Arts
Speaker: Mark A. Cane, Vetlesen Prof. Earth & Climate Sciences
Tuesday, May 16 at 10:30 a.m.
Morningside Campus, Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall
- The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science Class Day
Speaker: Raymond P. Daddazio '75, CEO, Weidlinger Associates
Tuesday, May 16 at 2:30 p.m
Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
- Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Commencement
Speaker: Dean Mark Wigley, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture
Tuesday, May 16 at 2:15 p.m.
Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel
- Graduate School of Journalism Commencement
Speaker: Jim Amoss, editor of The Times-Picayune, New Orleans
Wednesday, May 17 at 3:00 p.m.
Morningside Campus, Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
- Law School Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Governor George Pataki (R-NY)
Thursday, May 18, 2:00 p.m.
Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
- Mailman School of Public Health Commencement
Speaker: Helene Gayle, president and CEO of C.A.R.E.
Wednesday, May 17 at 4:00 p.m.
National Track and Field Armory, 168th and Broadway
- The School of the Arts Presentation of Diplomas
Speaker: Richard Ford, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist
Wednesday, May 17, 2 p.m.
Miller Theatre, 116th and Broadway
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School of Continuing Education Class Day
Speaker: Norman Siegel, Esq.
Tuesday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m.
Miller Theater, 116th and Broadway
- School of Dental Medicine Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Laureate for Literature
Thursday, May 18, 11:00 a.m.
Columbia University Medical Center Garden
Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)
- The School of General Studies Class Day
Speaker: Antonio Luis Freitas '97, asst. professor psychology, SUNY Stony Brook
Tuesday, May 16 at 5:00 p.m.
Morningside Campus, Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
- School of International and Public Affairs Commencement
Speaker: Karim Aga Khan
Monday, May 15 at 2:00 p.m.
The Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive
- School of Nursing Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Loretta C. Ford, dean and professor emerita, University of Rochester School of Nursing
Wednesday, May 17, 1:30 p.m.
Columbia University Medical Center Garden
Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)
- School of Social Work Commencement
Speaker: Karenna Gore Schiff, Association to Benefit Children
Wednesday, May 17 at 2:00 p.m.
Morningside Campus, Dodge Fitness Center, Levien Gymnasium
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