Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, architect Santiago Calatrava, and Nobel Peace Prize-winner Shirin Ebadi 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 16 at 10:30 a.m. For directions, credential requirements and other information, visit the University's official 2007 Commencement site or the Commencement news site.
Sunday, May 13
- Business School Recognition Ceremony
Speaker: Robert Rubin, Former United States Secretary of the Treasury
5 p.m.; The Theater at Madison Square Garden, Seventh Avenue between 31st and 33rd Streets
RSVP required
Monday, May 14
- The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Class Day
Speaker: Santiago Calatrava, Internationally Acclaimed Architect
1 p.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
- School of International Public Affairs Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Shirin Ebadi, Nobel Peace Prize Winner 2003, Iranian Human Rights Advocate
2 p.m.; Riverside Church, 490 Riverside Drive
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Convocation for recipients of the Degree of Doctor Philosophy for Biomedical Sciences, Engineering and all other GSAS-affiliated Schools
Speaker: Lee Goldman, Executive Vice President for Health and Biomedical Sciences
3:30 p.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, St. Paul’s Chapel
- School of General Studies Class Day
Speaker: Deborah Marshall (GS '79), Attorney and author, a director of Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk and Rabkin (San Francisco, CA)
5 p.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
Tuesday, May 15
- Columbia College Class Day
Speaker: Matthew Fox (CC ’89), Award-winning Television Actor
10 a.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Convocation for recipients of Master of the Arts degrees
Speaker: Robert P. Hymes, Horace Walpole Carpentier Professor of Oriental Studies
10:30 a.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Convocation for recipients of the Degree of Doctor Philosophy degrees
Speaker: Henry C. Pinkham, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
3:30 p.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, St. Paul’s Chapel
- Programs in Physical Therapy
Graduation Ceremony for recipients of the Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees
Speaker: Pamela Duncan, PhD, FAPTA, Professor, Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy Director, Brooks Center for Rehabilitation Studies
4 p.m.; Columbia University Medical Center, Alumni Auditorium
- School of Continuing Education Class Day
Speaker: Kate D. Levin, Commissioner New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
5 p.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, Alfred Lerner Hall, Roone Arledge Auditorium
Wednesday, May 16
- Mailman School of Public Health Awards Ceremony
Speaker: Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
1:30 p.m.; Columbia University Medical Center Garden, Fort Washington Avenue
(entrance between W.165th and W.168th Streets)
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School of Social Work Commencement Ceremony
Speaker: Zainab Salbi, Founder and CEO, Women for Women International
2 p.m.; Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, Columbus Avenue and 65th Street
- Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Professional Degree Commencement Ceremonies
Speaker: Mark Wigley, Dean, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
12:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, St. Paul's Chapel
- Programs in Occupational Therapy Commencement
Convocation and Awards Ceremony
Speaker: John Hockenberry, Dateline NBC, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning TV Correspondent
1:30 p.m.; Columbia University Medical Center, Alumni Auditorium
- School of the Arts Presentation of Diplomas
Speaker: Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of the Studio museum of Harlem
2:00 p.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, Miller Theatre
- School of Nursing Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Karen Ignagni, President and CEO of America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
4 p.m. Columbia University Medical Center Garden, Fort Washington Ave. (entrance between W. 165th and 168th Sts.)
- College of Physicians and Surgeons Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, Presley Professor of Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School
6:30 p.m.; Columbia University Medical Center Garden , Fort Washington Avenue
(entrance between W.165th and W.168th Streets)
Thursday, May 17
- College of Dental Medicine Diploma Ceremony
Speaker: Roy Lasky, Executive Director, New York State Dental Association
11 a.m.; Columbia University Medical Center Garden, Fort Washington Avenue
(entrance between W.165th and W.168th Streets)
- Law School Graduation Ceremony
Speaker: Robert D. Sack, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (Law ’63)
2 p.m.; Columbia Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
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