Leaders in fields ranging from law to public service and science communication — most of them alumni — will be among the guest speakers at the 10 spring commencements of the 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø, Davis, this week through June 12.
TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING
Larger commencements are each expected to draw about 12,500 people and impact campus parking and traffic.
Whether you're going to a ceremony or coming to campus for a regular workday or other reasons, organizers encourage advance planning. Transportation Services provides helpful information for:
- relative to 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø Health Stadium and University Credit Union Center
- serving Lot 56
Weekday ceremonies include May 13 and 27, and June 8 at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts; June 9 at the Mondavi Center and University Credit Union Center; and June 10 at 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø Health Stadium.
This is the first full, in-person commencement season for 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø since the pandemic began and introduces changes that consolidate seven undergraduate ceremonies into three and move them outside.
Guest speakers are:
- Judge Stacy Boulware Eurie of the Sacramento County Superior Court, Saturday
- Roxann Brooks Motroni, national program leader for Animal Health at the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, May 27
- Christopher Edley Jr., interim dean of the Graduate School of Education and the Honorable William H. Orrick Jr. Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Berkeley, June 8
- Aron King, a registered nurse and assistant manager at 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø Health, June 9
- Laura Lindenfeld, executive director of the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science and dean of the School of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University, June 9
- Francisco Rodriguez, chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District, June 10
- U.S. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-California), June 11
- Alfred S. Chuang, founder and chairman of Magnet Systems Inc. and general partner in Race Capital, June 12
Boulware Eurie, who is a 1995 alumna of the School of Law, will deliver the commencement address at the school’s ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday at the . Appointed to the Superior Court of California in 2007, Boulware Eurie was the county court’s presiding juvenile court judge from 2010 to 2018. In 2014, she created a nationally recognized trauma-informed and multidisciplinary court docket for youth who had been commercially sexually exploited. Eurie is a member of the Judicial Council of California and the California Child Welfare Council. .
Brooks Motroni, who earned a doctoral degree in comparative pathology in 2012 and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine in 2013 from 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø, will speak at the School of Veterinary Medicine commencement at 3:30 p.m. May 27, at the Mondavi Center. As a doctoral student, she was integral to the 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø team that developed a vaccine against the economically devastating foothill abortion disease in cattle. Today, Brooks Motroni provides strategic direction and national coordination for U.S. Department of Agriculture’s intramural research program focused on bacterial and parasitic diseases important to animal health. She is also involved in coordinating and communicating the agency’s research in antimicrobial resistance, planning the transition to the new and leading workforce development efforts. She raises beef cattle and mentors pre-vet and veterinary students.
Edley will speak at the School of Education’s graduation ceremony at 4 p.m. June 8, at the Mondavi Center. A former dean of Berkeley Law, he has spent more than 40 years teaching law and influencing public policy. Edley has worked on six presidential campaigns, two presidential transitions and two White House staffs. He co-chaired the National Commission on Education Equity and Excellence from 2011 to 2013. In 2016, Edley co-founded the to advance social mobility and equity from early childhood to early career.
King, who earned a master’s degree in nursing science and health care leadership from the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at 51³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏÍø last year and will begin doctoral studies there this fa