The 2016 Spring Undergraduate Commencement exercises will be held on Friday, May 13, 2016 at 7 p.m. in Sanford Stadium. The Graduate ceremony will be held earlier that day at 10 a.m. in Stegeman Coliseum. Doors for both ceremonies open an hour and a half prior to the events. The ceremonies will be broadcast live on Channel 15 of the University Cable System and Channel 181 of the Charter Cable System. It also will be streamed live here. Tickets are not needed for either ceremony. 

Through May 12. This special UGA Plant Center 30th anniversary celebration and symposium is in honor of Joe Key. Thirteen renowned speakers, including a University Signature Lecture by Sir David Baulcombe of the University of Cambridge, will present. Sponsored by the UGA Plant Center and the Office of Academic Programs.

The event will kick off at 1 p.m. with presentations until 5:30 p.m. followed by time for networking and a banquet. The University Signature Lecture will be at 8:30 a.m. on May 12 and will be followed by other presentations until noon.  

Finals for 2016 Spring Semester Classes, through May 10.

Last day of classes of the 2016 Spring semester.

No classes, offices are open.

The  Creative Writing Program will host poet Brian Blanchfield for a reading.

The UGA Ecotones will hold its fifth annual benefit concert for the Upper Oconee Watershed Network. The Ecotones are a co-ed, eco-friendly a cappella group that performs a repertoire of pop songs, classic hits, indie tunes, rock n’ roll and soulful ballads. $8; $5 for students; 

For more information, visit: https://www.facebook.com/events/269647446703846/

Two of the UGA Hugh Hodgson School of Music’s large wind bands join forces for a fantastic end to the semester. The UGA Concert Band and University Band will perform the final major concert of spring 2016.

Joseph McHugh will discuss the Virtual Roach Project, a Web resource focused on insect anatomy that was developed as a technical reference and an instructional tool.

The project links morphological terminology with an extensive image archive, including scientific illustrations, scanning electron micrographs and photomicrographs. Users are able to explore the anatomy of a cockroach through a virtual dissection.

Students in the School of Music will perform.