An estimated 15,000 people will converge in Kingston on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, May 20 through 22 for the University of Rhode Island’s 136th Commencement Ceremonies. As family, friends and loved ones gather on URI’s Kingston Campus to celebrate the achievements of the approximately 3,265 undergraduate and 804 graduate students who will be awarded their degrees, the University itself will be celebrating a return to tradition. For the first time since prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University will hold its Main Commencement Ceremony on the historic URI Quadrangle. Similarly, URI’s Graduate School Commencement Ceremony will return to the Ryan Center. .
Ocean explorer and professor of oceanography Robert Ballard will deliver the keynote address for the University of Rhode Island’s 136th Undergraduate Commence
World renowned ocean explorer and professor of oceanography Robert Ballard will deliver the keynote address for the University of Rhode Island’s 136th Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies from aboard his ship, the E/V Nautilus. Best known for his discovery of numerous significant shipwrecks, including the RMS Titanic, the German battleship Bismarck and John F. Kennedy’s PT-109, Ballard received his doctorate in marine geology and geophysics from URI in 1974 and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree in 1986. .
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