Albom's full speech can be seen at http://www.kued.org/productions/commencement2011/
University of Utah President Michael K. Young will officiate at this year's commencement. The featured speaker will be journalist and author Mitch Albom, who also will be presented with an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. The student speaker will be Lara Ramos, who is graduating in English. The vocalist will be graduating senior Valaura Arnold.
Honorary degrees will also be presented to Ellis R. Ivory, who will receive a Doctorate of Business; Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan, who will receive a Doctorate of Science; Joyce T. Rice, who will receive a Doctorate of Humane Letters; and E. Parry Thomas, who will receive a Doctorate of Business.
The Rosenblatt Prize for Excellence, a $40,000 cash award and the most prestigious honor the university bestows on its faculty, will be announced on May 6. A separate press release will be distributed immediately following the announcement.
The Distinguished Teaching Award recipients for this year are: Cindy Burrows, distinguished professor of chemistry; Elizabeth Clement, associate professor of history; John Funk, adjunct instructor in the Urban Institute for Teacher Education; and Robert A. Young, professor of architecture.
The Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award recipients are: Erik Jorgensen and John Sperry, biology professors, and Matthew Sigman, chemistry professor.
New this year, a Distinguished Innovation and Impact Award will be given to the following: Theodore Stanley, professor of anesthesiology, and Carl Wittwer, professor of pathology.
The 2011 Distinguished Professors are: Scott Anderson, distinguished professor of chemistry; Morris Rosenzweig, distinguished professor of music; and Pierre Sokolsky, distinguished professor of physics and dean of the College of Science.
The university will recognize the 2011 Honors Professor Matthew Bradley from the College of Architecture + Planning; the 2011 Bennion Center Public Service Professor, Enrique Aleman, Jr., from the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy; and the recipient of the Calvin S. and JeNeal Hatch Prize in Teaching, Professor Abby Fiat, Department of Modern Dance.
The 2011 University Professors Robert Hitchcock, Department of Bioengineering, and Stephen Goldsmith, Department of City & Metropolitan Planning will be recognized along with the Outstanding Public School Teacher Cheryl Baker from the Utah School for the Deaf and Blind, and Associate Professor Marissa Diener, Department of Family and Consumer Studies, who will receive the Distinguished Service Award.
The university will also recognize 19 students who are service-learning scholars from the Lowell Bennion Community Service Center.
Commencement ceremonies at the University of Utah will be held on Friday, May 6, at 9 a.m. in the Jon M. Huntsman Center. The class of 2011, comprised of 7,416 graduates, will receive degrees that morning. The procession of diverse students, who come from 70 countries, 49 U.S. states and 28 different counties in Utah, will begin at 8:20 a.m.
Of the graduates, 5,412 will receive bachelor's degrees; 1,870 will receive master's degrees; 482, doctorates; 138, juris doctorates; 108 are doctors of medicine; and 54 are doctors of pharmacy. Of this year's graduates, 3,982 are men and 3,434 are women. The number of degrees awarded exceeds the number of graduates, as some students will receive more than one degree. A total of 8,064 degrees will be conferred.
The youngest undergraduate member of the Class of 2011 is 19; the oldest, 71. The average age of bachelor's degree recipients is 25. The average grade point average for this group is 3.2. The average age of students receiving graduate degrees is 31. The youngest student receiving a graduate degree is 20 and the oldest is 66.
The most undergraduate degrees will be awarded in the following 11 departments, respectively: economics, psychology, mass communication, human development and family studies, nursing, exercise and sports science, mechanical engineering, finance, accounting, English and sociology.
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Mitch Albom addresses the Michigan Film Town Hall in Livonia, MI -- Part Twoby americajr297 views
I would like to view the entire commencement speech. Can you tell me where I might be able to get it? I was there for my son's graduation and want to share Mitch Albom's speech with some family members.
kelleycolvin13 9 months ago