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Guide to Temple 2012 graduation ceremonies and speakers

Temple’s 125th Commencement exercises will be held Thursday, May 10, beginning at 10 a.m. in the Liacouras Center. Graduates must report to the loading dock entrance on Broad Street near Cecil B. Moore Avenue in academic regalia no later than 8:45 a.m. and form single file lines behind their college banners.

In addition, each of Temple’s schools and colleges will host individual ceremonies to recognize their graduates and bring together class cohorts for a final send off. Below is a list of each ceremony and speakers.

All events are on May 10, unless otherwise indicated:

Tyler School of Art
4 p.m., Temple Performing Arts Center
Speaker: Student Michelle E. Lanney, architecture

Fox School of Business
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management

1 p.m., Liacouras Center
Speaker: Student Trang Tu Pham, tourism and hospitality management

School of Communications and Theater

1 p.m., McGonigle Hall
Speakers: 1972 radio/television/film graduate Carl Cherkin, vice president of business relations for the Philadelphia Union, and student Vanessa Destime, communications and political science.

Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry
May 18, 4 p.m., the Academy of Music, 240 South Broad Street
Speaker: Marion J. Bergman, director of Healthcare Projects for Miracle Corners of the World, Inc.

College of Education
12:30 p.m., Student Pavilion
Speaker: Jill Scott, singer-songwriter, poet and actress
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
4 p.m., Rock Hall
Speakers: Corrine Caldwell, interim chair and professor of educational leadership and policy studies, and student R. Scott Mattingly.

College of Engineering
12:30 p.m., Temple Performing Arts Center
Speaker: Student Faye Majekodunmi

School of Environmental Design
3:30 p.m., Ambler Learning Center Auditorium
Speaker: Student Anna Aniśko, landscape architecture, and Holly Shimizu, executive director of the U.S. Botanic Gardens

College of Health Professions and Social Work
7 p.m., Liacouras Center
Speaker: Alumnus William H. "Bill" Cosby, education

Temple University Harrisburg 
May 19, 11 a.m., Whitaker Center Sunoco Theater
DuBois Program
May 20 11 a.m., DuBois Country Club

Honors Program, Senior Ceremony
May 8, 6 p.m., Student Center, Room 200

Japan, Temple University
June 3, 2:30 p.m., Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo

Beasley School of Law
May 17, 4 p.m., the Liacouras Center
Speaker: Shelley Smith, Philadelphia's City Solicitor

College of Liberal Arts
4 p.m., the Liacouras Center
Speaker: Jayne Drake, vice dean for academic affairs in the College of Liberal Arts
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
1 p.m., Anderson Hall, room 17
Speakers: Deborah Drabick, associate professor of psychology, and student Clairissa Breen, doctoral recipient, criminal justice

School of Medicine
May 11, 10 a.m., the Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St.
Speaker: Jeremy A. Lazarus, president-elect, American Medical Association

Boyer College of Music and Dance
1 p.m., Mitten Hall, Great Court
Speaker: Student Megan Marie Quinn, dance

School of Pharmacy
May 11, noon, Temple Performing Arts Center
Speaker: 1982 pharmacy graduate, Edith Rosato, CEO Academy of Managed Care

School of Podiatric Medicine
May 9, 1 p.m., Temple Performing Arts Center
Speaker: Larry Kaiser, president and CEO of Temple University Health System

College of Science and Technology
4 p.m., Student Pavilion
Speaker: Temple Trustee Dr. Solomon C. Luo, ophthalmologist, and student Nicole B. Haloupek, biochemistry.