University of Illinois at Chicago

04/29/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/30/2024 15:32

UIC celebrates commencement May 1-5

UIC celebrates commencement May 1-5

April 29, 2024

More than 6,000 degrees will be awarded to eligible undergraduate, graduate and professional students during University of Illinois Chicago commencement ceremonies May 1-5.

Chicago's largest public university will welcome families and friends of graduates for the ceremonies at UIC's Credit Union 1 Arena, 525 S. Racine Ave., and Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum, 725 W. Roosevelt Road.

Read about the journeys five students took to their UIC graduation.

Other commencement highlights include the first-ever graduates from the Stuart Handler Department of Real Estate in the College of Business Administration. Graduates are prepared for jobs in the broad field of real estate, including appraisal, acquisitions, sales and leasing, corporate locations, mortgages, property management and real estate-focused jobs in financial institutions involving analytics, financial advising and investment.

Commencement speakers are listed below for the colleges that have speakers scheduled.

Wednesday, May 1

Honors College, 7 p.m., Dorin Forum. Speaker: Jose Ochoa, president of the National Museum of Mexican Art

Thursday, May 2

Dentistry, 10 a.m., Dorin Forum. Speaker: Susan Rowan, dean of the UIC College of Dentistry

Nursing, 2 p.m., Credit Union 1 Arena. Speaker: UIC alumna Susan Y. Swart, executive director of American Nurses Association-Illinois, the Illinois Nurses Foundation and the Illinois Society for Advanced Practice; owner and CEO of SYS Consulting Solutions Inc.

Pharmacy, 3 p.m., Dorin Forum. Speaker: UIC alumnus Steve Swanson, dean of the School of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Education, 7 p.m., Credit Union 1 Arena. Speaker: Juan Salgado, chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago

Public Health, 7:30 p.m., Dorin Forum. Speaker: Dr. Olusimbo Ige, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health

Friday, May 3

Social Work, 10 a.m., Credit Union 1 Arena. Speaker: Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi, president and CEO of the Council on Social Work Education

Urban Planning and Public Affairs, 1 p.m., Dorin Forum. Speaker: UIC alumnus Shawn Healy, senior director of policy and advocacy, iCivics' CivXNow Coalition

Medicine, 2 p.m., Credit Union 1 Arena. Speaker: Dr. Louis W. Sullivan, former secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and founding dean of the School of Medicine at Morehouse College

Business Administration, 7 p.m., Credit Union 1 Arena. Speaker: J. Patrick Gallagher Jr., CEO of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

Saturday, May 4

Applied Health Sciences, 10 a.m., Credit Union 1 Arena

Engineering, 2 p.m., Credit Union 1 Arena

Architecture, Design, and the Arts, 7 p.m., Credit Union 1 Arena. Speaker: Maria Gaspar, interdisciplinary artist and educator

Sunday, May 5

Liberal Arts and Sciences, 10 a.m., Credit Union 1 Arena. Speaker: UIC alumna Erika L. Sanchez, author

Law, 3 p.m., Credit Union 1 Arena. Speaker: Hon. James E. Shadid, United States Central District Judge