Fall Commencement

The university will confer more than 2,200 degrees during fall Commencement ceremonies at Stegeman Coliseum on Dec. 14, Including almost 1,800 undergraduate degrees:

Arthur M. Blank, owner and CEO of the Atlanta Falcons and co-founder of The Home Depot, will be the speaker.

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Tunji Adebayo of Lagos, Nigeria, will be the student speaker during the undergraduate exercises. Adebayo will receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics from the College of Family and Consumer Sciences.

During the undergraduate ceremony, Kelly Ann King of Covington will be recognized as a First Honor Graduate for maintaining a 4.0 cumulative grade point average in all her work attempted at UGA. King will receive a bachelor's degree in biological science from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

An estimated 450 candidates for master's, doctoral and specialist in education degrees will be eligible to participate in the graduate ceremony at 2:30 p.m. Fran Teague, a long-time UGA faculty member who holds a joint appointment in the department of English and the department of theatre and film studies, will address the graduates and guests.

Congratulations to all of our graduates and our thanks to Dr. Teague in joining Mr. Blank to inspire our graduates on this very important day in their lives.