Legendary winemaker Robert Mondavi and his wife, Margrit, will be among the guest speakers at UC Davis commencement ceremonies through June 16.
The couple, who donated $35 million to the university last fall, will address the two ceremonies of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences on June 16.
Other guest speakers will be Dr. Harry MacDannald, a member of the School of Medicine's first graduating class, at the school's commencement today; author Karen Joy Fowler at the Graduate Studies commencement June 13; and developer Carl Panattoni at the Graduate School of Management ceremony June 15.
The campus will award an estimated 6,096 degrees - including 4,722 undergraduate, 499 master's, 342 doctoral and 533 professional degrees - in 11 ceremonies. These numbers include degrees earned since last commencement season.
School of Medicine
MacDannald, a member of the School of Medicine's first graduating class in 1972 and now director of intensive care units at the John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, will speak at the school's commencement at 6 p.m. today on the Health Sciences Quadran-gle. Degree candidate Peter Ash also will speak at the ceremony in which 90 Doctor of Medicine degrees will be awarded.
Graduate Studies
Fowler, who has received acclaim for her short-story collections Artificial Things and Black Glass, will speak at the Graduate Studies commencement in Recreation Hall at 6:30 p.m. on June 13. Fowler, who holds a master's degree in political science from the campus, has written several novels, and her most recent book is Sister Noon.
Graduate Studies will award about 342 doctorates and 499 master's degrees, and recognize one candidate of philosophy at the ceremony.
School of Veterinary Medicine
The School of Veterinary Medicine will hold its graduation ceremony at noon June 14, in Recreation Hall. It will award 108 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees, 15 Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine degrees, 11 bachelor of science degrees and 28 certificates recognizing completion of residency.
Speaking at the event will be Dwight Hirsh, professor emeritus of microbiology, and Daniel Fletcher and Tamara Rose, candidates for D.V.M. degrees.
College of Engineering
The College of Engineering will confer about 465 bachelor of science degrees in a 6:30 p.m. ceremony June 14 in Recreation Hall. Sondip Johl, candidate for a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering and materials science, will speak at the ceremony.
College of Letters and Science
The College of Letters and Science will award about 1,821 bachelor of arts degrees and 803 bachelor of sciences degrees, for a total of 2,624 degrees, in two programs at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. June 15 in Recreation Hall.
Nazgol Ashouri, a candidate for a bachelor's degree in international relations and communication, will speak at the morning ceremony, and Leigha Fassett, a candidate for a bachelor's degree in international relations with a minor in Spanish, will speak at the afternoon ceremony.
Graduate School of Management
Developer Panattoni will speak at the commencement of the Graduate School of Management at 10 a.m. June 15 in Freeborn Hall. He is owner and president of Sacramento-based Panattoni Development Co., the nation's largest developer of industrial build-to-suit projects.
The school will award Master of Business Administration degrees to 61 candidates from its full-time program and 84 from its Working Professionals program. Candidates Pete Anderson from the full-time program and Yvette Bettati of the Working Professionals program, also will speak.
Division of Biological Sciences
The Division of Biological Sciences will recognize recipients of some 740 bachelor of science and 25 bachelor of arts degrees at its 7:30 p.m. ceremony June 15 in Recreation Hall. These numbers are included among those degrees awarded by the College of Letters and Science and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
Kegan Warner, a candidate for a bachelor's degree in biological sciences, will speak.
College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Robert Mondavi, founder and chairman emeritus of the Robert Mondavi Winery, and Margrit Mondavi, vice president of cultural affairs for the winery, will speak at both the 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. commencement ceremonies of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences in Recreation Hall Sunday, June 16.
In September, the couple announced a personal gift of $35 million to UC Davis to establish the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science and to name the campus's performing arts center, now nearing completion.
Sol Hart, candidate for a degree in environmental policy analysis and planning, will speak at the morning ceremony, and Emily Prieto Holzem, candidate for a degree in the individual major of community rhetoric, will speak at the afternoon ceremony.
The college will award about 1,622 bachelor of science degrees in the two ceremonies.
School of Law
At a ceremony May 26, the School of Law awarded 12 master of laws degrees and 163 Juris Doctor degrees.
Most numbers are on increase
Numbers of degrees include those earned since the last commencement season and estimates of those to be awarded this year. The Office of Resource Management and Planning estimates the number of degrees to be awarded by the undergraduate colleges; Graduate Studies and the four professional schools estimate the number of degrees they will award.
An audit of the actual number of degrees awarded is prepared later. In 2000-01, the university awarded 5,929 degrees including 4,606 bachelor's, 482 master's, 337 doctoral and 504 professional degrees.