The University of Georgia will welcome its newest alumni Friday as nearly 2800 undergraduate and graduate students (1,575 undergraduates and 1,224 graduate students) have met requirements to walk during Fall Commencement ceremonies.
The Honorable Steve C. Jones, United States District Judge of the Northern District of Georgia will deliver the fall undergraduate Commencement address.
Nominated by President Barack Obama to preside over the Northern District Court of Georgia, Jones has served as a district court judge since 2011.
Internationally recognized neurobiologist and geneticist Dr. Cori Bargmann will deliver the Commencement address at the graduate ceremony.
Eleven students will be recognized as First Honor Graduates during the undergraduate exercises for maintaining a 4.0 cumulative GPA in all work attempted at UGA as well as all college-level transfer work prior to or following enrollment at the university.
The undergraduate Commencement ceremony is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. in Stegeman Coliseum, and tickets are required. The graduate ceremony, which doesn’t require tickets, will follow at 2:30 p.m.
The ceremony will be streamed live on commencement.uga.edu.
The Southeastern Conference Clear Bag Policy will be enforced.