Commencement 2013

UNE’s 2013 Commencement will be held on the Biddeford Campus on Saturday, May 18, 2013, at 10:00 am. The ceremony will be held outdoors on the grass site adjacent to Sokokis Hall, with the stage and seating under a large tent.

There will be one ceremony honoring all graduating students, both undergraduate and graduate.  Guest seating will be on a first-come-first-served basis. For those individuals who do not wish to be outside, the ceremony will be streamed to indoor locations on campus. This Graduation Web Page will be updated as more information becomes available.

U.S. Senator Angus S. King, Jr. will be the 2013 commencement speaker, and UNE will also honor Maine’s Poet Laureate Wesley McNair with an honorary Doctor of Letters degree.

The University will award an estimated 1,450 associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees at the event, representing the College of Arts and Sciences, Westbrook College of Health Professions, College of Osteopathic Medicine, and College of Pharmacy. The UNE College of Pharmacy's inaugural graduating class includes 26 students from Maine.

Each college will recognize its own student achievements at pinning and hooding ceremonies throughout the week. See the links on the left.

See the 2012 Commencement Archive

The University of New England held its 2012 Commencement Ceremony on Saturday,May 19, 2012 at 10:00 am at the Cumberland County Civic Center in Portland, Maine.  For more information and some photos, see the press release.