Dates and times of spring 2022 commencement ceremonies announced

This spring, more than 5,100 University of Iowa students will receive degrees during in-person and livestreamed commencement ceremonies beginning with the College of Pharmacy’s Doctor of Pharmacy ceremony on May 12 and concluding with the College of Dentistry’s ceremony on June 4.

See the full list of ceremonies here.

Use the hashtag #UIowaGrad22 to join the celebration on social media.

Dates, times, and livestreaming details for each ceremony are listed below. Learn more on the UI commencement website.

After the conclusion of the livestreamed ceremony, the video will be uploaded to the UI’s YouTube channel.

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Thursday, May 12

College of Pharmacy
Doctor of Pharmacy ceremony
10 a.m.
Hancher Auditorium

UI President Barbara Wilson and Dean Donald Letendre will provide messages to students. Board of Regents member Abigail Crow will attend. Graduate Trey Van Hemert will be the student speaker. Nancy Alvarez, associate dean of academic and professional affairs–Phoenix campus, and R. Ken Coit , associate professor of practice and director of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the University of Arizona College of Pharmacy, will be the guest speakers.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/IERXQf79Dww

College of Education
Undergraduate and Teacher Education Program ceremony
4 p.m.
Hancher Auditorium

Dean Daniel Clay will deliver messages to students. The student speaker will be graduate Tucker Chorpening, of Independence, Iowa, who is receiving a Bachelor of Arts in education studies and human relations, a Bachelor of Arts in English, and a minor in political science. Saba Khan Vlach, an assistant professor in the college, will be the faculty speaker, and Jim Miller, director of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa, will be the keynote speaker. President Barbara Wilson and Abby Crow, member of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa, will attend.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/rjuRWbYs39w

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Friday, May 13

Graduate College
Doctoral degree candidates
11 a.m.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

UI President Barbara Wilson and Associate Provost for Graduate Education and Dean Amanda Thein will deliver messages to students. An Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters will be bestowed upon Rita Dove, graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop (MFA ’77) and former U.S. Poet Laureate. Graduate Redwan Bin Abdul Baten of Bangladesh will be the student speaker.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/1BENdXQyQqI

College of Law
2 p.m.
Hancher Auditorium

Dean Kevin Washburn will deliver welcome message and remarks to students. Graduate Anne Parrish of Des Moines, Iowa, will be the student speaker. Cannon D. Lambert, Sr. (96JD) will be the alumni speaker. Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel will confer degrees. Christina Bohannan, Lauridsen Family Fellow in Law; Alison Guernsey, clinical associate professor; and Joseph W. Yockey, David H. Vernon Professor, will present and hood the graduates.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/3Y3dhbUO6Vg

Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine and Master in Medical Education
6:30 p.m.
Hancher Auditorium

UI President Barbara Wilson and J. Brooks Jackson, vice president for medical affairs and the Tyrone D. Artz Dean of the Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, will deliver welcome messages to students. Christopher S. Cooper, senior associate dean for medical education, will give introductory remarks. David Moore III, of Iowa Falls, Iowa, will be the student speaker, and Michael Haugsdal, clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology and assistant medical clerkship director, will provide the commencement address. Jane L. Miller, professor and director of the Master in Medical Education Program, will present the graduates of the Master in Medical Education Program. Graduate Lisa Bell, of Torrance, California, and 2022 recipient of the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, will administer the Hippocratic Oath. Nancy Dunkel of the Board of Regents, State of Iowa; Jessica Zuzga-Reed, president-elect of the Iowa Medical Society; and Kimberly Hunter, interim chief executive officer of UI Hospitals & Clinics, also will participate in the commencement ceremony.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/6X-C6e_xmOI

Graduate College
Master’s degree candidates
7 p.m.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel and Associate Provost for Graduate Education and Dean Amanda Thein will deliver messages to students. The alumna speaker will be Hayley Harvey (DDS ’94, MS ‘96). Graduate Michaeljulius Idani of Harlem, New York, will be the student speaker.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/WFHpPIzKYaM

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Saturday, May 14

College of Nursing
9 a.m.
Hancher Auditorium

Dean Julie Zerwic will provide opening remarks and deliver a message to students. Alumni Col. Aaron Gopp, (MSN, CRNA ’04) of Fruitland, Idaho will be the keynote speaker. The student speaker will be BSN graduate Molly Sullivan of Littleton, Colorado. Executive Vice President and Provost Kevin Kregel will present the charge to the graduates and confer degrees.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/m-LBdE2y2Lo

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)
9 a.m.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

This CLAS ceremony will recognize graduates majoring in actuarial science; applied physics; astronomy; criminology, law and justice; communication studies; dance, data science; enterprise leadership; ethics and public policy; global health studies; history; interdepartmental studies; international relations; international studies; journalism and mass communication; linguistics; mathematics; microbiology; music; neuroscience; philosophy; physics; political science; psychology; religious studies; social work; sociology; statistics; theatre arts; world languages: Asian languages and literature; French; German; Italian; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish.

Dean Sara Sanders and UI President Barbara Wilson will confer degrees. President Wilson will confer an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters upon Mark Johnson (MA ’73), an award-winning film and TV producer.

The student speaker will be Camellia Pham, of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, who will receive a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative literature with honors, a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese, and a minor in translation for global literacy with highest distinction.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/XPcrBBAM3Jo

College of Public Health
10 a.m.
Iowa Memorial Union (IMU)

Dean Edith Parker and UI Vice President for Research J. Martin Scholtz will confer degrees. Parker will deliver a message to students. Graduates Kurayi Mahachi, of Harare, Zimbabwe, and Eliza Steere, of Rancho Palos Verde, California, will be the student speakers.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/jrci9mh8FOk

Carver College of Medicine
Associated medical sciences degree candidates
2 p.m.
Hancher Auditorium

President Barbara Wilson and Colin Derdeyn, the Krabbenhoft Chair and professor and department executive officer of radiology, director of the Iowa Institute of Biomedical Imaging, and professor of neurology, will deliver welcome messages to the students. The keynote speaker will be Marc Pizzimenti, associate professor of anatomy and cell biology and director of the master of clinical anatomy program. Benjamin Ong, of Penang, Malaysia, master of clinical nutrition graduate, and Drew Pochinski, of Rockwell City, Iowa, Bachelor of Science in radiation sciences graduate, will be the student speakers. Anthony Knight, clinical associate professor of radiology, administrative director of radiation sciences education, and director of nuclear medicine technology education, will provide the charge to students. President Wilson will confer degrees.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/DR6acyhKeK4

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS)
1 p.m.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

This CLAS ceremony will recognize graduates majoring in African American studies; American studies; ancient civilization; anthropology; art; art history; biochemistry; biology; biomedical sciences; chemistry; cinema; classical languages; computer science; economics; English; English and creative writing; environmental policy and planning; environmental sciences; gender, women’s, and sexuality studies; geography; geoscience; health and human physiology; human physiology; informatics; science studies; screenwriting arts; social justice; speech and hearing science; sport and recreation management; sport studies; sustainability sciences; and therapeutic recreation.

Dean Sara Sanders and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and Dean of the University College Tanya Uden-Holman will confer degrees.

The student speaker will be Mitchell O’Meara of West Des Moines, Iowa, who will receive a Bachelor of Science degree in human physiology with honors and a minor in American Sign Language, with highest distinction.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/d_djt2b8dOo

University College
3 p.m.
Virtual

This virtual ceremony will include University College graduates earning the Bachelor of Applied Studies and Bachelor of Liberal Studies degrees. President Barbara Wilson and Associate Provost and Dean of University College Tanya Uden-Holman will deliver messages to the students. Alexandra Nica, associate professor in the Tippie College of Business, will be the faculty speaker. Graduates Ryan Schmittou of Chicago, Illinois, and Marnae Wright of Ankeny, Iowa, will be the student speakers.

A ceremony link will be available approximately one week prior to the virtual debut.

Tippie College of Business
5 p.m.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Dean Amy Kristof-Brown will deliver messages to students. Alumni Jeff Lorenger (BBA87/JD91/MBA01), president and CEO of HNI Corp., will be the guest speaker, and graduate Allison Klage, of Wheaton, Illinois, will be the student speaker.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/IrqibhbHJbU

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Sunday, May 15

College of Engineering
12 p.m.
Carver-Hawkeye Arena

President Barbara Wilson and Dean Harriet B. Nembhard will deliver messages to students. Valerie C. Boksa, of Caledonia, Michigan, will be the student speaker. UI alumna Diana Craigmile of the Kellogg Co. will be the guest speaker. Nancy Dunkel, Board of Regents, State of Iowa, will serve as a platform official.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/RgqDab8wCn4

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Saturday, May 21

Tippie MBA Programs
10 a.m.
Hancher Auditorium

Dean Amy Kristof-Brown and Associate Dean for Graduate Management Programs Jen Blackhurst will deliver messages to students. Alumna Yvette Taylor (MBA92), national manager of wealth management client support services for Northern Trust Corp., will be the guest speaker.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/YzOwqXPqXjs

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Friday, June 3

College of Dentistry
3 p.m.
Hancher Auditorium

President Barbara Wilson and Dean Clark Stanford will deliver messages to students. Kane Louscher, of Mason City, Iowa, will be the student speaker. Faculty members Michelle Krupp, Marcela Hernandez, and Sherry Timmons will present honors and awards. Faculty Members Steven Means, Michael Santucci, Marcela Hernandez, and John Syrbu will hood the graduates.

Live video stream: https://youtu.be/jLosx-eun2U

Streaming and broadcast

See ceremony details above for live video stream links. Streaming pages will go live 24 hours before the ceremonies, and archival videos will replace livestreams on these pages shortly after the ceremonies conclude.

Social media

Social media users can join the celebration online by using the hashtag #UIowaGrad22 with UI graduation-related posts on their favorite platforms. Some posts will be shared via UI social media channels.