WHAT: Nearly 4,000 students will graduate from Wayne State University during two commencement ceremonies, concluding the university's 148th academic year.
WHEN: Thursday, May 5, 2016.
10 a.m. Ceremony
College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
School of Library and Information Science
School of Medicine (Ph.D./Master's candidates)
Eugene Applebaum College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
4 p.m. Ceremony
Mike Ilitch School of Business
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Nursing
School of Social Work
WHERE: Ford Field, 2000 Brush Street, Detroit
MORE INFO: Honorary degrees will be bestowed upon:
- Suzanne Bellinger Feetham, PhD, RN, FAAN, a nationally and internationally recognized leader who has affected policy change through her positions in academia, health systems and the federal government. (4 p.m.)
- Thomas J. Sugrue, professor of social and cultural analysis and history at New York University. (10 a.m.)
- Gretchen Carhartt Valade, chair of the Detroit Jazz Festival Foundation and past chair of Carhartt Inc. (10 a.m.)
*Media planning to attend the ceremonies should RSVP by emailing Tom Reynolds, treynolds@wayne.edu; or calling 248-884-9179 (cell); 313-577-8093.