The University of Nevada, Reno’s spring Commencement will confer 2,168 degrees and certificates. There will be three ceremonies, one for advanced-degree recipients on Friday afternoon, May 17, and two for bachelor-degree recipients on the mornings of Friday, May 17 and Saturday, May 18. All three ceremonies will be held on the University’s historic Quadrangle, located on the southern part of campus.
Academic programs participating in the first undergraduate ceremony, on Friday, May 17, will be the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, College of Business, College of Engineering, College of Education and Division of Health Sciences.
On Saturday, May 18, the second undergraduate ceremony will include academic programs of the Reynolds School of Journalism, College of Liberal Arts and College of Science.
Both undergraduate ceremonies will have the same format: graduate check in will begin at 7:15 a.m. on the Jot Travis Lawn, and the ceremony procession will begin at 8:15 a.m. Students receiving dual degrees are welcome to attend both baccalaureate ceremonies.
The advanced degree ceremony, for master’s and doctoral degrees awarded by all colleges, will be Friday, May 17, with line-up at 4:45 p.m. The approximately one-hour-long ceremony includes the presentation of the Distinguished Nevadan awards.
Free public parking is available in the Brain J. Whalen Parking Complex and the West Stadium Parking Complex, both accessible off Virginia Street. The Nevada Wolf Shop inside the Joe Crowley Student Union will be open from 7 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 17 and 7 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 18.
During the University’s Commencement ceremonies this year, 1,606 bachelor degrees and 562 advanced-degree certificates (master’s and doctoral degrees and education specialist certificates), will be awarded. The University awarded 2,215 for the spring 2012 and 2,012 for the spring 2011 ceremony.
The University changed from one to two undergraduate ceremonies to better accommodate the dramatically larger crowds that have resulted from increased enrollment and improving graduation rates. The decision to host an additional undergraduate ceremony follows considerable input from faculty, staff, students and guests at these events.
There is no plan to change the format of December’s Winter Commencement.
Several highlights and special programs on campus surround the University of Nevada, Reno’s 2013 Spring Commencement within the next couple of weeks:
- Multicultural graduation celebrations include the Latino Graduation Celebration at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 10, the Lavender Graduation Celebration honoring LGBTIQ students, at 6 p.m., Tuesday, May 14 in the Great Room of the Joe Crowley Student Union, the Fourth Annual Asian and Pacific Islander Graduation Celebration at 5 p.m., Wednesday, May 15 in the Joe Crowley Student Union, and the Black Graduate Celebration at 5 p.m., Thursday, May 16.
- Honor the Best recognizes top students, faculty and staff, and this year’s event will include the dedication of the Milt Glick Ballroom in the Joe Crowley Student Union. The award ceremony and posthumous honor of Milt Glick, the University’s 15th president, will be 3-5 p.m., Tuesday, May 14. Contact Jeanne Corbit at 775-784-4831.
- The Orvis School of Nursing Convocation, at noon, Thursday, May 16 in the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom, is a pinning/hooding and awards ceremony for undergraduate, masters and doctorate of nursing practice nursing students. Contact Sharon Muldoon at 775-682-7166.
- The Senior Scholars Reception and Ceremony will recognize outstanding seniors and their mentors at 6 p.m., Wednesday, May 15 at the Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom C. Contact Julie Gillen, 775-682-6014.
- The Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) Commissioning at 10 a.m., Thursday, May 16 at the Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building. Contact Lieutenant Colonel Michael Minaudo, 775-784-7471.
- The School of Social Work Convocation at 3 p.m., Thursday, May 16 in Nightingale Concert Hall, Church Fine Arts Building. Call 775-682-8738
- The Class of 1963 returns to campus for their 50th reunion during the Golden Reunion Reception and Campus Tour at 11 a.m., Thursday, May 16 at Morrill Hall. Contact 775-784-6620.
- The University of Nevada School of Medicine Academic Hooding Ceremony at 1 p.m., Friday, May 17 at Lawlor Events Center. Contact Anne McMillin, 775-682-9254.
For additional information, please visit www.unr.edu/commencement. For directions and a campus map, visit www.unr.edu/tour.
