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The Ford School will be celebrating the graduating Classes of 2022 on Saturday, April 30 at 4:30 p.m. at an outdoor commencement ceremony at the iconic Elbel Field. Just down the road from Weill Hall at the corner of S. Division and Hill, Elbel...

On December 19, 22 Ford School winter 2021 graduates and their families came together to celebrate a significant milestone. Four MPAs, five MPPs, twelve BAs, and one BA minor were conferred in U-M’s first in-person commencement ceremony since 2019....

This year the Ford School is honored to welcome Janet Murguía, President and CEO of UnidosUS, as the keynote speaker at the 2020 commencement for our graduating BA, MPP, MPA, and PhD students.Founded in 1968, UnidosUS—formerly the National Council...

This year the Ford School is honored to welcome noted journalist Michele Norris as the keynote speaker at the 2019 commencement for our graduating BA, MPP, MPA, and PhD students.Norris, born in Minnesota, graduated with a degree in journalism and...

The latest edition of the Ford School feed, an email news source for alumni and friends of the school, arrived in inboxes today.In this issue readers will hear from Alumni Board Chair Norm Bishara, watch an Out of the Blue episode featuring students...

Michael Pan, Senior Policy Advisor to Susan E. Rice, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, will deliver the Charge to the Class at the 2010 Ford School commencement ceremonies.Pan is a 1999 MPP alumnus of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public...