Title: commencement.berkeley.edu
Invitation to Commencement 2009

 

Friday, May 22, 2009

2 p.m. (doors open at 1 p.m.)
William Randolph Hearst Greek Theater
Rain or Shine

The Chancellor's Reception to follow on the Campanile Esplanade

Please join your fellow seniors of all majors in celebrating the graduation of the Class of 2009 from the University of California, Berkeley by participating in the traditional Senior Procession, which opens the ceremony.

Reserve your tickets now

Seniors must RSVP by Friday, March 27 to reserve tickets and have their names printed in the program. Commencement Convocation tickets are $2 each; a maximum of six tickets per student will be available for pickup during the Graduation Fair from April 7–10 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Commencement Convocation is a campuswide event for all graduating students, hosted by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. We invite all families, friends, and guests to celebrate this important milestone with their graduates. Please check in with your graduate about important deadlines.

2009 Department Graduations

These commencement ceremonies are sponsored by individual colleges, departments, and units (for example, College of Engineering, English Department, Chicano/Latino Studies). College, department, and unit graduations are considered the diploma-conferring ceremonies. This calendar is updated periodically, but it may not reflect all the latest changes. Contact your department for the most up-to-date information on your ceremony.

Department,
Commencement Speaker
Date, Time, Location Contact
Aerospace Studies Saturday, May 30
2 p.m.

Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
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Miriam A. Zavala
510-643-2429
miriam40@berkeley.edu
African American Studies
Baayan Bakari
Director of the Mentoring Center
Saturday, May 16
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Lindsey Herbert
510-642-3419
lherbert@berkeley.edu
American Indian Graduate Program Saturday, May 16
4 p.m.

Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
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Ruth Hopper
510-642-6613
redcorn@berkeley.edu
American Studies (UGIS)
Robert Reich
Professor of Public Policy and former secretary of labor
Friday, May 22
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Marcia Condon
510-642-9320
mcondon@berkeley.edu
Ancient History & Mediterrannean Archaeology
Daniel Mendelsohn
Author and critic
Friday, May 15
1 p.m.

Alumni House
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Lee Amazonas
510-642-4219
casmauga@berkeley.edu
Anthropology Friday, May 15
9 a.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Ned Garrett
ned@berkeley.edu
Art Practice
Stephanie Syjuco
MFA 2005,Stanford University artist, teacher
Friday, May 15
3 p.m.

Berkeley Art Museum Sculpture Garden
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Dee Levister
510-643-9107
dplev@berkeley.edu
Asian Studies
Khatharya Um
Professor of Asian American Studies
Friday, May 15
6 p.m.

Bancroft Hotel
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Sharmila Shinde
510-642-0333
shinde@berkeley.edu
Astronomy
Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau
Friday, May 22
7 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Claudia Trujillo
510-642-0481
trujillo@physics.berkeley.edu
Bioengineering
Coleman Fung
CEO and founder of Open Link Financial, Inc.
Saturday, May 23
8:30 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Dawn Kramer
510-643-7828
dkramer@berkeley.edu
Buddhist Studies (GBS) Sunday, May 17
Noon

Alumni House
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Jan Johnson
510-642-4497
jmj@berkeley.edu
Business, Graduate
John M. Woolard
CEO & President of BrightSource Energy
Sunday, May 17
2 p.m.

Greek Theatre
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Kate Blumberg
510-642-6134
blumberg@haas.berkeley.edu
Business, Ph.D.
Minder Cheng
Chief Investment Officer, Equity & Capital Markets Barclays Global Investors
Saturday, May 16
10:30 a.m.

Wells Fargo Room, Haas School of Business
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Kim Guilfoyle
510-642-3944
kimg@hass.berkeley.edu
Business, Undergraduate
Stuart Bernstein
Partner of Goldman Sachs
Sunday, May 24
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Barbara Felkins
510-642-1421
felkins@haas.berkeley.edu
Celtic Studies (ISSA)
Tyler Stovall
Associate Dean of Letters & Science
Friday, May 15
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Carol Dolcini
510-642-2713
frendept@socrates.berkeley.edu
Chemical Engineering (College of Chemistry)
John Brauman
Professor of Chemistry at Stanford
Saturday, May 23
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Joey Wong
510-642-7919
joeywong@berkeley.edu
Chicano/Latino Celebration
Julie Rodriguez
Saturday, May 23
6 p.m.

Greek Theatre
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Lupe Gallegos-Díaz
510-642-1802
lupeg@berkeley.edu
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Coleman Fung
CEO and founder of Open Link Financial, Inc.
Saturday, May 23
8:30 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Dawn Kramer
510-643-7828
dkramer@berkeley.edu
Classics
Daniel Mendelsohn
Author and critic
Friday, May 15
1 p.m.

Alumni House
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Lee Amazonas
510-642-4219
casmauga@berkeley.edu
Cognitive Science (UGIS)
Robert Reich
Professor of Public Policy and former secretary of labor
Friday, May 22
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Carol Snow
510-642-2628
casnow@berkeley.edu
College of Chemistry
John Brauman
Professor of Chemistry at Stanford
Saturday, May 23
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Joey Wong
510-642-7919
joeywong@berkeley.edu
College of Environmental Design
Moura Quayle
Commissioner of the Pacific Coast Collaborative
Thursday, May 21
2 p.m.

Greek Theatre
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Christie McCarthy
510-642-0831
chrismc@berkeley.edu
College of Natural Resources (CNR)
Margie Eugene-Richard
Environmental activist and winner of the 2004 Goldman Prize
Sunday, May 17
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Donna Symon
510-642-0542
dsymon@nature.berkeley.edu
Commencement Convocation
Christopher Gardner
Owner and CEO of Gardner Rich LLC with offices in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco and a passionate philanthropist whose work has been recognized by many esteemed organizations.
Friday, May 22
2 p.m.

Greek Theatre
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Emilie Cravens
510-642-3805
ecravens@berkeley.edu
Comparative Literature
Tyler Stovall
Associate Dean of Letters & Science
Friday, May 15
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Kathy Barrett
510-642-1202
kbarrett@berkeley.edu
Computer Science, B.A.
Alvy Ray Smith
Cofounder of Pixar
Sunday, May 24
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Playhouse
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Barbara Hightower
510-642-7214
bhtower@cs.berkeley.edu
Development Studies (IAS)
Maximilian Auffhammer
Assistant professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Wednesday, May 20
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Playhouse
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Rebecca Chavez
510-643-4156
rebeccaisme@berkeley.edu
Dutch
Tyler Stovall
Associate Dean of Letters & Science
Friday, May 15
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Kathy Barrett
510-642-1202
kbarrett@berkeley.edu
Earth & Planetary Science
Jere Lipps
Professor of Integrative Biology
Thursday, May 21
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Playhouse
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Margie Winn
510-642-5574
margie@eps.berkeley.edu
East Asian Languages & Culture (EALC) Sunday, May 17
Noon

Alumni House
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Jan Johnson
510-642-4497
jmj@berkeley.edu
Economics
Sir Andrew Duncan Crockett
President of JPMorgan International
Tuesday, May 19
2 p.m.

Greek Theatre
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Jenny Cornet
510-642-6674
jenny@econ.Berkeley.EDU
Education, Graduate School of
Wayne Wong, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine at UCSD
Sunday, May 17
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Deborah Friedman
510-642-0820
drf@berkeley.edu
Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (BS)
Coleman Fung
CEO and founder of Open Link Financial, Inc.
Saturday, May 23
8:30 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Dawn Kramer
510-643-7828
dkramer@berkeley.edu
Energy and Resources Group
Hal Harvey
CEO of ClimateWorks Foundation
Friday, May 22
10 a.m.

Alumni House
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Bette Evens
bevans@berkeley.edu
Engineering
Coleman Fung
CEO and founder of Open Link Financial, Inc.
Saturday, May 23
8:30 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Dawn Kramer
510-643-7828
dkramer@berkeley.edu
English
Nuruddin Farah
Author and winner of the 1998 Neustadt International Prize for Literature
Saturday, May 16
3 p.m.

Greek Theatre
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Ken Mahru
510-643-2494
kenmahru@berkeley.edu
Environmental Economics & Policy CNR, L&S
Margie Eugene-Richard
Environmental activist and winner of the 2004 Goldman Prize
Sunday, May 17
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Donna Symon
510-642-0542
dsymon@nature.berkeley.edu
Environmental Sciences (CNR, L&S)
Margie Eugene-Richard
Environmental activist and winner of the 2004 Goldman Prize
Sunday, May 17
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Donna Symon
510-642-0542
dsymon@nature.berkeley.edu
Ethnic Studies
Cherrie Moraga
Writer
Friday, May 15
Noon

Zellerbach Playhouse
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Dewey St. Germaine
510-643-6420
deweystg@berkeley.edu
Film Studies
Geoffrey Nunberg
Professor at the School of Information
Monday, May 18
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Auditorium
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Marcus Norman
510-642-1416
mdn@berkeley.edu
French
Tyler Stovall
Associate Dean of Letters & Science
Friday, May 15
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Carol Dolcini
510-642-2713
frendept@socrates.berkeley.edu
Gender and Women's Studies
Judith Butler
Writer and philosopher
Thursday, May 14
5 p.m.

Alumni House
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Althea Grannum-Cummings
510-642-8513
cummings@berkeley.edu
Geography
Gray Brechin
Historical geographer & author
Saturday, May 16
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Playhouse
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Carol Page
510-642-3904
carolpage@berkeley.edu
German
Tyler Stovall
Associate Dean of Letters & Science
Friday, May 15
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Kathy Barrett
510-642-1202
kbarrett@berkeley.edu
Health & Medical Sciences (JMP) Friday, April 17
6 p.m.

Bancroft Hotel
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Dyanna Sweeney
510-642-6327
dsweeney@berkeley.edu
History
Stephen Hinshaw
Professor of Psychology
Friday, May 22
9:30 a.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Marianne Bartholomew-Couts
510-643-8995
maribc@berkeley.edu
History of Art
Larry Rinder
Director of the Berkeley Art Museum
Friday, May 22
9 a.m.

Zellerbach Playhouse
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Diane Sigman
510-643-7290
sigmans@berkeley.edu
Industrial Engineering & Operations Research
Coleman Fung
CEO and founder of Open Link Financial, Inc.
Saturday, May 23
8:30 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Dawn Kramer
510-643-7828
dkramer@berkeley.edu
Information, School of
John Markoff
Senior Writer for The New York Times
Saturday, May 16
2 p.m.

Campanile Esplanade
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Meg St. John
510-642-1465
meg@ischool.berkeley.edu
Integrative Biology
Leslea Hlusko
Professor of Integrative Biology
Sunday, May 24
9 a.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Nancy Finkle
510-643-7204
nfinkle@berkeley.edu
Interdisciplinary Studies (UGIS)
Robert Reich
Professor of Public Policy and former secretary of labor
Friday, May 22
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Dawn Strough
510-643-7691
isf@berkeley.edu
International & Area Studies
Maximilian Auffhammer
Assistant professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Wednesday, May 20
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
Add to my calendar
Rebecca Chavez
510-643-4156
rebeccaisme@berkeley.edu
Italian Studies (ISSA)
Tyler Stovall
Associate Dean of Letters & Science
Friday, May 15
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Katherine Brosnan
510-642-4661
issaug@berkeley.edu
Journalism, Graduate School of Saturday, May 16
10 a.m.

North Gate Hall
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Joanne Straley
510-643-5058
jstraley@berkeley.edu
Latin American Studies (IAS)
Maximilian Auffhammer
Assistant professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Wednesday, May 20
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
Add to my calendar
Rebecca Chavez
510-643-4156
rebeccaisme@berkeley.edu
Lavender Graduation
Deb L. Kinney
Lawyer
Friday, May 1
6:30 p.m.

Alumni House
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Billy Curtis
510-643-0788
billyc@berkeley.edu
Law - Boalt Hall
Erwin Chemerinsky
Dean of the UC Irvine School of Law
Saturday, May 16
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Polly Paterson
ppaterson@law.berkeley.edu
Legal Studies
Joseph Grodin
Professor at the Hastings College of the Law
Saturday, May 23
9 a.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Lauri La Pointe
510-643-5823
llapointe@law.berkeley.edu
Linguistics
Larry Hyman
Professor of Linguistics
Saturday, May 16
1 p.m.

Alumni House
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Natalie Babler
nbabler@berkeley.edu,nbabler@berkeley.edu
Mass Communications (UGIS)
Robert Reich
Professor of Public Policy and former secretary of labor
Friday, May 22
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Marty Gaetjens
510-642-2363
sfyankee@berkeley.edu
Materials Science & Engineering
Coleman Fung
CEO and founder of Open Link Financial, Inc.
Saturday, May 23
8:30 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Dawn Kramer
510-643-7828
dkramer@berkeley.edu
Mathematics
Lisa Goldberg
Professor of Statistics
Thursday, May 21
9 a.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Henrietta Williams
510-643-4114
henriett@math.berkeley.edu
Mechanical Engineering
Coleman Fung
CEO and founder of Open Link Financial, Inc.
Saturday, May 23
8:30 a.m.

Greek Theatre
Add to my calendar
Dawn Kramer
510-643-7828
dkramer@berkeley.edu
Middle Eastern Studies (IAS)
Maximilian Auffhammer
Assistant professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Wednesday, May 20
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
Add to my calendar
Rebecca Chavez
510-643-4156
rebeccaisme@berkeley.edu
Molecular & Cell Biology - Undergraduate Ceremony
Jasper Rine
Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Development
Thursday, May 21
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Anne Aaboe
510-643-7473
aaaboe@berkeley.edu
Molecular and Cell Biology - Graduate Friday, May 22
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Playhouse
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Christina Dominici
510-642-3525
cdominici@berkeley.edu
Music (Concert) Sunday, May 17
Noon

Hertz Hall
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Melissa Hacker
510-643-8724
melhacker@berkeley.edu
Native American Studies Saturday, May 16
4 p.m.

Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
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Ruth Hopper
510-642-6613
redcorn@berkeley.edu
Naval Science Sunday, May 24
2 p.m.

Location TBD
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Miriam A. Zavala
510-643-2429
miriam40@berkeley.edu
Near Eastern Studies
Noha Radwan
Professor of Arabic Literature at Columbia University
Tuesday, May 19
2 p.m.

Lipman Room, Barrows Hall
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Shorena Kurtsikidze
510-642-6162
shorena@berkeley.edu,shorena@berkeley.edu,shorena@berkeley.edu
Nuclear Engineering
Coleman Fung
CEO and founder of Open Link Financial, Inc.
Saturday, May 23
8:30 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Dawn Kramer
510-643-7828
dkramer@berkeley.edu
Operations Research and Management Science (ORMS)
Alvy Ray Smith
Cofounder of Pixar
Sunday, May 24
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Playhouse
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Barbara Hightower
510-642-7214
bhtower@cs.berkeley.edu
Optometry, School of
John Corzine
OD, FAAO
Saturday, May 23
10 a.m.

Minor Hall
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Sharon Joyce
510-642-5286
sharon_joyce@berkeley.edu
Peace and Conflict Studies (IAS)
Maximilian Auffhammer
Assistant professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Wednesday, May 20
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Rebecca Chavez
510-643-4156
rebeccaisme@berkeley.edu
Philosophy
John Olson
District Manager of the Federal Reserve Bank
Saturday, May 16
11 a.m.

Faculty Club
Add to my calendar
Janet Groome
510-642-2722
jmgroome@berkeley.edu
Physical Science
Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau
Friday, May 22
7 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Claudia Trujillo
510-642-0481
trujillo@physics.berkeley.edu
Physics
Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau
Friday, May 22
7 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Claudia Trujillo
510-642-0481
trujillo@physics.berkeley.edu
Political Economy of Industrial Societies IAS
Maximilian Auffhammer
Assistant professor of Agricultural and Resource Economics
Wednesday, May 20
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Rebecca Chavez
510-643-4156
rebeccaisme@berkeley.edu
Political Science
Richard Mueller
Professor of Physics for Future Presidents
Monday, May 18
2 p.m.

Greek Theatre
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Kathleen Madigan
510-643-3886
kjm7001@berkeley.edu
Psychology
Matt Walker
Professor of Psychology
Wednesday, May 20
2 p.m.

Greek Theatre
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Andrea Gutierrez
510-643-8114
agutierrez@berkeley.edu
Public Health
Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D.
Former CDC director
Saturday, May 16
9 a.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Celeste Freitas
510-643-0881
celestefreitas@berkeley.edu
Public Health Commencement
Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D.
Former CDC director
Saturday, May 16
9 a.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Celeste Freitas
510-643-0881
celestefreitas@berkeley.edu
Public Policy, The Goldman School of
Bill Lockyer
California State Treasurer
Saturday, May 16
10 a.m.

North Fork of Strawberry Creek
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Jalilah LaBrie
510-642-1940
jalilah@berkeley.edu
Religious Studies (UGIS)
Robert Reich
Professor of Public Policy and former secretary of labor
Friday, May 22
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Marty Gaetjens
510-642-2363
sfyankee@berkeley.edu
Rhetoric
Geoffrey Nunberg
Professor at the School of Information
Monday, May 18
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Auditorium
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Marcus Norman
510-642-1416
mdn@berkeley.edu
Scandinavian (ISSA)
Tyler Stovall
Associate Dean of Letters & Science
Friday, May 15
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
Add to my calendar
Katherine Brosnan
510-642-4661
issaug@berkeley.edu
School of Public Health
Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D.
Former CDC director
Saturday, May 16
9 a.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Celeste Freitas
510-643-0881
celestefreitas@berkeley.edu
Slavic Languages and Literatures (ISSA)
Tyler Stovall
Associate Dean of Letters & Science
Friday, May 15
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Katherine Brosnan
510-642-4661
issaug@berkeley.edu
Social Welfare, Graduate
Sandra R. Hernández, M.D.
CEO of The San Francisco Foundation
Saturday, May 16
6:30 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Barbara Haden
510-642-4406
bhaden@berkeley.edu
Social Welfare, Undergraduate
Jay Youngdahl
Partner at the Youngdahl Law Firm
Saturday, May 23
7 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Sherman Boyson
510-642-4407
boyson@berkeley.edu
Sociology
Howard Rheingold
Author & Lecturer
Thursday, May 21
1:45 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Kristi Bedolla
510-642-3330
kristi@berkeley.edu
South/Southeast Asian Studies
Sandip Roy
Editor & radio show host
Friday, May 15
10 a.m.

Alumni House
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Lee Amazonas
510-642-4219
casmauga@berkeley.edu
Spanish & Portuguese
Tyler Stovall
Associate Dean of Letters & Science
Friday, May 15
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Hall
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Mari Mordecai
510-642-4084
spanua@berkeley.edu
Statistics
Wing Hung Wong
Professor of Statistics, Stanford
Friday, May 22
11 a.m.

Sibley Auditorium
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Denise Yee
510-643-6131
cco@stat.berkeley.edu
Theater, Dance and Performance Studies
Margaret Wilkerson
Professor Emerita UC Berkeley
Wednesday, May 20
2 p.m.

Zellerbach Playhouse
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Michael Mansfield
510-642-1677
michael@theater.berkeley.edu
Undergraduate & Interdisciplinary Studies (UGIS)
Robert Reich
Professor of Public Policy and former secretary of labor
Friday, May 22
9 a.m.

Greek Theatre
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Carol Snow
510-642-2628
casnow@berkeley.edu

Please note: All dates and times subject to change.