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Information for ceremonies, guest speakers and degrees to be awarded follows:

June 6 — School of Medicine: Condessa Curley, a Southern California physician and founder of Project Africa Global; 10 a.m., Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts; 85 Doctor of Medicine and 19 Master of Public Health degrees.

June 10 — School of Education: Carlos Garcia, superintendent of the San Francisco United School District; 4 p.m., Mondavi Center; 14 doctoral degrees and 101 master’s degrees (included in Graduate Studies) as well as 131 teaching credentials.

June 11 — Graduate Studies: Elizabeth Vianna, alumna and winemaker with Chimney Rock Winery; 4 p.m., ARC Pavilion; 491 doctoral and 640 master’s degrees.

June 12 — College of Biological Sciences: 10 a.m., ARC Pavilion; 870 Bachelor of Science and 30 Bachelor of Arts degrees. As this college, established in 2005, transitions to awarding degrees, an additional 125 B.S. degrees for the college will be awarded by the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. As well, the College of Letters and Science will award 170 B.S. and five B.A. degrees for the newer college. These numbers are included in the totals for the two colleges.

June 12 — School of Veterinary Medicine: 10:30 a.m., Mondavi Center; 118 Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degrees, 18 Master of Preventive Veterinary Medicine degrees, eight B.S. degrees, 40 certificates recognizing completion of residency.

June 12 — College of Engineering: Steve Robinson, astronaut and college alumnus; 3 p.m., ARC Pavilion; 430 B.S. degrees.

June 13 — Graduate School of Management: Pam Marrone, founder and chief executive officer of Marrone Bio Innovations; 10 a.m., Mondavi Center; 143 Master of Business Administration degrees.

June 13 — Agricultural and Environmental Sciences: Mary Nichols, chair of the California Air Resources Board; 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., ARC Pavilion; 1,340 B.S. degrees.

June 14 — Letters and Science: 9 a.m. and 2 p.m., ARC Pavilion; about 2,445 B.A., 550 B.S. and 50 Bachelor of Arts and Science degrees.

At a May ceremony, the School of Law awarded 16 Master of Laws and 192 Juris Doctor degrees.

Tickets are required for all ceremonies. The campus will offer live and on-demand webcasts of ceremonies at commencementvideo.ucdavis.edu.

Numbers of degrees include those earned since last spring’s commencements and estimates of those to be awarded this season. Certificates and teaching credentials are not included in the degree total.

In 2007-08, the university awarded 7,558 degrees including 5,785 bachelor’s, 873 master’s, 500 doctoral and 400 professional degrees.