University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman to Serve as Commencement Speaker of Caltech’s Commencement Ceremony

University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman will serve as the commencement speaker for the California Institute of Technology’s 119th Commencement Ceremony on Friday, it was announced today.

Since becoming president at the University of Michigan in 2002, Coleman has become known as a leading champion of interdisciplinary education, a proponent of international educational partnerships, according to a news statement.

She has become a technology pioneer through her collaboration with Google that will open the University of Michigan’s seven-million-volume library to people around the world, according to the news statement.

Coleman is also one of six university presidents to help launch the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership, bringing together industry, universities, and the federal government around investment and development of emerging technologies.

Caltech’s 119th Commencement Ceremony takes place 10 a.m. Friday at Beckman Hall, at Michigan Avenue and Del Mar Boulevard, where the school will honor approximately 261 Bachelor of Science graduates, 95 Master of Science graduates, two engineers and 236 Doctor of Philosophy graduates, according to the news statement.

For full details on Caltech’s 119th commencement ceremony go to http://commencement.caltech.edu.