ARHU Spring 2014 Commencement: Thursday, May 22 and Friday, May 23

Spring Commencement activities will be held on May 22 and 23, 2014. The President will confer degrees at the campus-wide Commencement ceremony, which will begin at 10:00 am on Thursday, May 22, in the Comcast Center. Individual ceremonies will be held throughout the campus on Thursday afternoon and Friday.

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

Thursday, May 22, 2014

1:30 p.m.

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

2:00 p.m.

Department of History
Memorial Chapel
Contact: Stavroula "Star" Angelopoulos, 301.405.4263, sangel@umd.edu

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

3:00 p.m.

School of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Contact: Josiland Sledge, 301.405.6021, jsledge@umd.edu
Website: https://sllc.umd.edu/commencement

Friday, May 23, 2014

9:00 a.m.

Department of English
Reckord Armory
Contact: Karen Lewis, 301.405.3825, lewiske@umd.edu
Website: https://www.english.umd.edu/academics/undergraduate/commencement/spring14

Department of Art
Grand Ballroom, Stamp Student Union
Contact: Kathie Boyle, 301.405.7790, kboyle2@umd.edu

9:30 a.m.

Departments of American Studies and Women's Studies
Memorial Chapel
American Studies: Betsy Yuen, 301.405.1354, myuen@umd.edu
Women's Studies: Cliffornia Royals Prior, 301.405.6877, choward3@umd.edu

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

Department of Classics
Prince George's Room, Stamp Student Union
Contact: Patricia Rhodes-Kelly, 301.405.2014, prhodes@umd.edu 10:30 a.m.

Department of Linguistics
Room 1400, Marie Mount Hall
Contact: Kathi Faulkingham, 301.405.7002, kathif@umd.edu

Noon

Department of Communication
Reckord Armory
Contact: Carlin Bokal, 301.405.6519, cbokal@umd.edu

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

Department of Philosophy
Kay Theatre, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Contact: Louise Gilman, 301.405.5689, lgilman@umd.edu 3:30 p.m.

Spring 2014 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 cumulative GPA, prior to the start of the graduating semester, in one of the following credit ranges:

Honors GPA ranges:

Summa Cum Laude 4.000-3.967 Magna Cum Laude 3.966-3.918 Cum Laude 3.917-3.836

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