Media planning to attend should contact Cathy Lawhon at 949-824-1151 or clawhon@uci.edu. Attendance and parking are complimentary for media. For more information, including the School of Medicine and Graduate Division schedules, visit the commencement website.

Friday, June 15

• 9 a.m.: The Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences, featuring guest speaker Matthew Ganz, vice president and general manager of Boeing Research & Technology
• 1 p.m.: School of Social Sciences I, featuring student speaker Brenda Ayon Verduzco
• 4:30 p.m.: School of Social Sciences II, featuring student speaker Alina Sookasian

    Saturday, June 16

• 11 a.m.: Department of Education, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Program in Public Health, featuring guest speaker Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, superintendent of the Santa Ana Unified School District
• 2:30 p.m.: School of Biological Sciences, featuring faculty speaker Francisco Ayala, University Professor and Donald Bren Professor of Biological Sciences
• 6 p.m.: Claire Trevor School of the Arts and School of Physical Sciences, featuring guest speaker Sandra Tsing Loh, performance artist and NPR science and lifestyle commentator

  Sunday, June 17

• 9 a.m.: The Paul Merage School of Business, featuring guest speaker Chris White, vice president of global sales at Cisco Systems Inc.
• 12:30 p.m.: School of Humanities, featuring guest speaker Erin Gruwell ’91, founder of the Freedom Writers Foundation
• 4 p.m.: School of Social Ecology, featuring guest speaker Sandra Hutchens, Orange County sheriff

Each commencement ceremony will conclude with a dean-led chant of “Zot! Zot! Zot!” as part of a contest for the best display of Anteater spirit. The School of Biological Sciences won in 2011, and the School of Social Ecology took the award in 2010.