UTSA fall commencement ceremonies are December 17-19 at Main Campus
Photo by Mark McClendon
Photo by Mark McClendon
Share this Story(Dec. 14, 2009)--More than 2,400 graduation candidates will walk across the stage this week as UTSA celebrates three days of commencement ceremonies from Thursday, Dec. 17 through Saturday, Dec. 19 in the Convocation Center on the Main Campus. After Saturday's ceremonies, UTSA will have nearly 79,000 alumni. UTSA President Ricardo Romo will officiate at all ceremonies in the Convocation Center.
A total of 1,949 undergraduate students will participate in six ceremonies at the Main Campus with 435 master's students and 31 doctoral students joining the procession.
>>The five UTSA commencement ceremonies at the Convocation Center will be telecast live on AT&T U-verse channel 99, Grande Cable channel 21 and Time Warner Cable channel 98 and on the UTSA Distance Learning and Academic Technology Web site.
Ceremonies begin at 6:30 p.m. Thursday when 286 graduation candidates from the College of Engineering and College of Sciences earn their degrees.
At 2 p.m., Friday, the Honors College ceremony will be in the UTSA Recital Hall. Honors College graduates represent students enrolled in UTSA's seven other colleges. These students are invited to participate in both the Honors College ceremony and with their classmates in the ceremonies for their degree majors.
At 6:30 p.m., Friday, 272 graduation candidates from the College of Public Policy and the first section from the College of Liberal and Fine Arts will walk the stage. COLFA majors represented include anthropology, history, political science, geography, psychology and sociology.
Ceremonies continue Saturday with three commencement exercises.
At 9 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 19, 254 graduation candidates from the College of Architecture and the second section from the College of Liberal and Fine Arts will participate in the ceremony. COLFA majors include art and art history, communication, English, classics, philosophy, modern languages and music.
The 1 p.m. ceremony will include 400 candidates from the College of Business.
The final exercise of the day is scheduled for 5 p.m. and includes 375 candidates from the College of Education and Human Development.
Free parking for commencement will be available in lot 5 adjacent to the Convocation Center.
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UTSA Fall 2009 Commencement preliminary statistics
| College | Undergraduates |
Master's |
Doctoral |
Total |
| Architecture | 80 |
3 |
0 |
83 |
| Business | 548 |
67 |
5 |
620 |
| Education and Human Development | 299 |
176 |
10 |
485 |
| Engineering | 87 |
54 |
6 |
147 |
| Liberal and Fine Arts | 555 |
43 |
2 |
600 |
| Public Policy | 89 |
57 |
0 |
146 |
| Sciences | 288 |
35 |
8 |
331 |
| Miscellaneous | 3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| Total | 1,949 |
435 |
31 |
2,415 |
Events
Join the PEACE Center and Wellbeing Services for Denim Day, a day of learning about the importance of consent and why we wear denim on the last Wednesday of the month each April during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Stop by our Denim Day display to take a photo in front of our Denim Wall, spin the "Is It Consent?" Wheel, and get a Concha or goodie.
Student Union Window Lounge, Main CampusLearn to use Zotero®, a citation manager that can help you store and organize citations you find during your research. Zotero can generate bibliographies in various styles, insert in-text citations and allow you to share sources with collaborators.
Virtual EventThis event will acknowledge graduating seniors from the McNair Scholars program at UTSA before inducting the new cohort of scholars into the program.
North Paseo Building (NPB 5.140), Main CampusAt this memorable celebration, UTSA graduates will be introduced one-by-one to cross the stage and accept their doctoral degrees.
Arts Building Recital Hall, Main CampusRoadrunner Walk is an event for graduating students to have a memorable walk on campus to celebrate an important milestone and their achievements. Graduates will walk along the Paseo while being celebrated by the UTSA community, friends, and family members.
Student Union Paseo, Main CampusCelebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.
Alamodome, 100 Montana St.Celebrate the accomplishments of Alvarez College of Business, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.
Alamodome, 100 Montana St.
