UND commencement ceremonies start this week with School of Medicine & Heath Sciences

The University of North Dakota’s spring commencement ceremonies start this week with the School of Medicine & Health Sciences’ ceremony at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 2, at the Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center.

Lt. Gov. Michelle Strinden will speak at the SMHS ceremony, where 66 students are expected to graduate.

The School of Law will also hold its ceremony at the Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center the following week, at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 9.

Lisa Fair McEvers, chief justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court, has been invited to speak for this spring’s 61 graduates.

UND’s graduate and undergraduate degree ceremonies will once again be held at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks on Saturday, May 16.

The doctoral and master’s degrees ceremony starts at 9 a.m., and the undergraduate degrees ceremony starts at 2 p.m.

President Andrew Armacost is set to preside over the May 16 ceremonies, with more than 540 graduate students and 1,200 undergraduate students eligible to graduate.

On behalf of the State Board of Higher Education, representatives Tim Mihalick and Maxwell Eriksrud will be present for the graduate and undergraduate ceremonies, respectively.

The events will be livestreamed at UND.edu and UND’s Facebook page.