Commencement Speakers
University Commencement Ceremony
President Barack Obama will be the principal speaker and the recipient of an honorary doctor of laws degree at the University of Notre Dame’s 164th University Commencement Ceremony at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 17 in the Joyce Center on campus.
Mr. Obama will be the ninth U.S. President to be awarded an honorary degree by the University and the sixth to be the Commencement speaker.
Graduate School Ceremony
Don Michael Randel, president of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will be the principal speaker on Saturday, May 16 at 10:00 a.m. during the Commencement ceremony for the University of Notre Dame Graduate School. He will receive an honorary degree the next day at Notre Dame’s 164th Commencement exercises.
