Chancellor Drake Presides Over Graduate Student Commencement

Chancellor Michael Drake joined 3,000 faculty and staff members, graduate students, and their friends and families June 7 at Bren Events Center for the 2008 Graduate Student Commencement. This was the first time UC Irvine has held a separate commencement ceremony for graduate students.

Chancellor Drake welcomed guests; conferred more than 500 Ph.D., Ed.D. and master’s degrees; and introduced the keynote speaker, Arden Bement, National Science Foundation director. The ceremony also featured a procession of faculty and students in regalia; the national anthem sung by Annabelle Belcher, doctoral candidate in biological sciences; comments by UC President Robert Dynes; and a student speaker, Melissa Bruninga-Matteau, doctoral candidate in humanities.

Chancellor Drake speaks to 3,000 faculty and staff members, graduate students, and their friends and families at the 2008 Graduate Student Commencement held in Bren Events Center.

The event featured a keynote address by Arden Bement, National Science Foundation director.

Debra Richardson, Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences dean, congratulates Dan Pan upon receiving his master’s in computer science.

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