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Congratulations Graduates!
SEAS/PitE Spring 2022 Commencement Details
When:
Saturday, April 30, 2022, at 1:00 p.m. Students must arrive between 12:00-12:15 p.m. and check in at the registration table.
Who:
SEAS and PitE graduates from December of 2021, Winter 2022, and Summer 2022 are invited to participate in the ceremony.
Where:
Elbel Field, 336 Hill St., Ann Arbor, MI, 48104
Questions:
*Special Note: We're committed to accessibility and want our event to accommodate your full participation. Please let us know about any accommodations we can help facilitate. Complete this accessibility form to make us aware of any accommodation needs.
SEAS Commencement Speaker:
Kerry Duggan (MS ‘06) Founder and Principal of SustainabiliD, Founding Director of the SEAS Sustainability Clinic in Detroit
Kerry C. Duggan (she/her) is a national political advisor and visionary climatech executive, and a former government official. Duggan is the founder SustainabiliD, a woman-owned, woman service-disabled veteran operated, Detroit-based diverse small business working with gamechangers to equitably solve the climate crisis. She has been named the founding director of the University of Michigan’s SEAS Sustainability Clinic in Detroit. She’s a public board director, senior advisor to a global investment firm and advises numerous climatech companies.
Duggan has held numerous public-service roles. Currently, she is an appointee to the prestigious Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board (SEAB) under Secretary Jennifer Granholm, as well as a Governor Gretchen Whitmer appointee to the State of Michigan’s Council on Climate Solutions. In 2020, Duggan served on the Biden-Harris Transition Team for the U.S. Department of Energy Agency Review. Earlier that year, she was named a member of the Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force, serving as one of Biden’s five delegates on climate change policy. From 2010 to 2017, Duggan served in the Obama-Biden Administration, at White House as deputy director for policy for then Vice President Joe Biden and as deputy director of the White House’s Detroit task force (where she championed Detroit’s street lighting conversion to LEDs for a smaller carbon footprint, the city's first urban solar park and a resilience MOU with Argonne National Lab) and earlier held several senior roles at the Department of Energy, mainly in Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
Event Details:
We are excited to officially announce that SEAS/PitE will be celebrating the graduating Classes of 2022 on Saturday, April 30 at an outdoor commencement ceremony at the iconic Elbel Field.
At the corner of S. Division and Hill, Elbel Field has been the practice field for the U-M Marching Band for decades. Named after Louis Elbel, author of “The Victors,” it will be a particularly fitting venue to celebrate the accomplishments of SEAS’ 2022 graduates.
We’re proud to be one of three schools on campus that have partnered together to hold our respective ceremonies at Elbel Field this year, and we’re grateful to our partners at the School of Public Health and Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy. Together, we’ll build a temporary 2,000+ seat venue with accessible flooring and a stage on the grassy part of Elbel, just south of the marching band’s field, and we’ll have use of the Coliseum across Hill Street for staging graduates. This space has the benefit of ample parking, as well. View parking directions here.
Immediately following the ceremony, all graduates and their guests, faculty, and staff are invited to attend a celebratory gathering with light refreshments at Ingalls Mall South (approximately 758 N. University Ave.) under the large tent.
COVID-19 Policy:
Effective March 14, 2022, masking will be optional in most indoor spaces on campus including in offices, residence halls and at athletic events. For the latest information and updates related to COVID-19, please visit the Campus Maize and Blueprint: https://campusblueprint.umich.edu
Register for SEAS/PitE Ceremony:
If you plan to attend our commencement, please submit the Photography Registration Form no later than April 15th. Data will be printed onto a Name Card that you will pick up at registration tables the day of the ceremony. You will hand the card to the reader before crossing the stage, as it contains the phonetic spelling of your name. Also, please fill out the guest RSVP form and let us know how many guests will be attending.
Academic Attire
- PitE tassel colors are White (BA), Yellow (BS), or Russet (SEAS)
- SEAS hood and tassel color is Russet for Master's (MS and MLA)
- PhD's wear royal blue hoods
- Academic attire can be purchased at various Ann Arbor locations.
- SEAS Student Government has 50 graduation gowns to loan out. It’s a first come, first serve basis and based on height (for proper robe fit). Please fill out this form if you would like to borrow a gown. Please note that this only includes the gown, cap, and hood. You will need to buy your own tassel. A confirmation email will let you know if you have a hold on a gown and when to pick it up.has some gowns, caps, and stoles available to borrow on a first-come, first-served basis
PitE Peer Advisors will be renting gowns out (we have a few caps) during in-person, open advising times throughout April. Their schedule is here.