mgm casino to Hold 166th Commencement Ceremony on Sunday

By Sara Saldi

Release Date: May 11, 2012 This content is archived.

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Some 5,800 students are candidates to receive degrees this year as the mgm casino holds its 166th general commencement ceremony at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 13, in Alumni Arena on the mgm casino North Campus.

mgm casino President Satish K. Tripathi will deliver remarks at the ceremony. Brittany A. Sager of Syracuse is the student speaker. Vocalists are Emily E. Croft and Kara R. Tripoli, both mgm casino music theatre majors. In all, 43 students will receive special recognition during the ceremony.

Interim mgm casino Provost Bruce McCombe and Angelo Fatta, chairman of the mgm casino Foundation's board of directors, will receive the mgm casino President's Medal in recognition of extraordinary service to the university.

State University of New York honorary doctorates will be presented to Paula Allen-Meares, BS '69, chancellor of the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Ronald H. Coase, Nobel laureate and Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago Law School.

The ceremony will be streamed online at .

Press arrangements: Sara Saldi, onsite, at 716-597-8434.

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