Bourns College of Engineering
Bourns College of Engineering
All doctoral, master's and bachelor's degree candidates.
Monday, June 15, 2009
6 p.m.
Pierce Lawn
Report Time for Candidates: 5 p.m. (PE Building, Gymnasium)
Recommended Guest Arrival: 5 p.m.
Ceremony Begins: 6 p.m.
Estimated Ceremony Length: Ninety minutes
Keynote Speaker
Gordon Bourns
Gordon Bourns is Chairman and CEO of Bourns Inc., an international electronics company founded by his parents in Riverside. The Bourns family's involvement with UCR has been ongoing since 1989 and includes a major endowment gift from the Bourns Foundation.
Student Speaker
Alexander Dupuy
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Cum Laude
Tickets
To ensure that there is adequate seating, all guests, including infants, must have a ticket for entry.
Based on projected student participation, each student participating in the BCOE and CNAS ceremony may order up to eight guest tickets. See the Tickets web page for the ticket ordering and distribution schedule.
Seating
Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Prohibited Items
The following items are prohibited on campus: alcohol, illegal drugs/paraphernalia, and weapons of any kind including firearms and knives and animals except for registered guide dogs. Strollers, balloons, and air horns etc. are not allowed at the venue; please leave these items at home or in your vehicle. Security will be screening at the venue.
Smoking is not permitted inside the Commencement venue.
Guests who are sensitive to heat and sun may view the ceremony in an indoor, climate-controlled location with a live video-feed of the ceremony shown on a large screen. No tickets are required for entrance into this location.