UMaine’s 217th Commencement listed in BDN roundup of Maine graduation ceremonies

The University of Maine’s 217th Commencement ceremonies were included in a Bangor Daily News roundup of graduation ceremonies in Maine this weekend. More than 1,700 undergraduate and graduate students, including upward of 40 doctoral candidates, will be recognized at ceremonies May 10–11 in the Alfond Sports Arena, the article states. The Graduate School Commencement for master’s degree and certificate of advanced study students will be at 4 p.m. May 10, with an address by Doug Hall, alumnus, inventor and founder of Eureka! Ranch. The Commencement ceremonies for doctoral candidates and bachelor’s degree students will be at 9:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. May 11, with an address by Bridget Ziegelaar, alumna, Old Town native and operations manager for NASA’s International Space Station Research Integration Office. Both the morning and afternoon ceremonies are ticketed events. All ceremonies will be livestreamed, and tips for attending Commencement are online, the BDN reported. Additionally, five cadets will be commissioned in an Army ROTC ceremony at 11 a.m. May 10 in Minsky Recital Hall, a midshipman from UMaine Naval ROTC will be commissioned in a ceremony at 11 a.m. May 11, and the Pinning Ceremony for the School of Nursing will be held at 7 p.m. May 10 in the Collins Center for the Arts, according to the article. More information is online