Georgia’s Chancellor, Panama’s President and Florida Congressman Keynote 2017 Spring Commencement

Georgia Tech graduates will be sent off to their next phase of life with inspiring words from a trio of officials in three ceremonies scheduled May 5-6 at McCamish Pavilion on campus.

In the Ph.D. and Master’s Ceremony, 7 to 9:30 p.m., May 5, University System of Georgia Chancellor Steve Wrigley will speak, and an honorary doctorate will be bestowed on Dr. John H. Burson, a physician and triple Georgia Tech Alumnus (ChE 1956, MS MET 1963, Ph.D. ChE 1964). Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and tickets are required.

Bachelor’s degrees will be awarded at two different ceremonies on May 6. The first ceremony, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., features an address from Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela, a 1985 Georgia Tech alumnus with a degree in Industrial Engineering. Tickets are required, and the will call window opens at 7 a.m. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. This ceremony includes the following academic disciplines:

• College of Computing: Computer Science and Computational Media
• Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts: Computational Media
• College of Design: Industrial Design and Architecture
• College of Sciences: Psychology, Discrete Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, and Biology
• College of Engineering: Environmental, Civil, Biomedical, Materials Science and Engineering, Industrial, and Aerospace.

The second bachelor’s ceremony is 3 to 5:30 p.m. and features an address from U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Florida., a 1971 Electrical Engineering graduate of Georgia Tech. Tickets are required, and the will call window opens at 1 p.m. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. This ceremony includes the following academic disciplines:

• Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts: Literature, Media, and Communication; Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies; Public Policy; History, Technology, and Society; International Affairs and Modern Languages; International Affairs; Economics and International Affairs; Global Economics and Modern Languages; and Economics
• Scheller College of Business: Business Administration
• College of Sciences: Biochemistry, Applied Physics, Physics, and Chemistry
• College of Engineering: Chemical and Biomolecular, Nuclear and Radiological, Computer, Electrical, and Mechanical

More than 2,400 undergraduates will receive bachelor’s degrees. The graduate ceremony will award 1,000 master’s degrees and 200 doctorates.

More information is available at commencement.gatech.edu.