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Bates College
Graduation: Sunday, May 25 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Coram Library Quadrangle Honorands: Former Ford Foundation President Susan Berresford, Nobel laureate Phillip Sharp, climate-change authority Warren Washington and literary scholar Pauline Yu
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Bowdoin College
Graduation: Saturday, May 24 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Terrace of the Walker Art Building Honorands: Peter Buck, Yvon Chouinard, Gina Kolata, Lucy Lippard, Earle Shettleworth Jr. and Barry N. Wish
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Colby College
Graduation: Sunday, May 25 at 10 a.m. Location: Miller Library Lawn
Speaker: Robert E. Diamond Jr., president of Barclays PLC

Colby College's commencement information.
Maine College of Art
Graduation: Sunday, May 11 at 2 p.m. Location: Merrill Auditorium Speaker and honorand: Artist Fred Wilson; Honorand: Sarwar Khan representing Folk Arts Rajasthan
Download a list of graduates
Saint Joseph's College
Graduation: Saturday, May 10 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Alfond Center Speaker: Most Reverend Richard Malone, Bishop of the Diocese of Portland Honorand: Gale Hull, co-founder and director of Partners in Development
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Southern Maine Community College
Graduation: Saturday, May 17 at 12:00 p.m. Location: Cumberland County Civic Center Speaker: Kevin Sweeney, English Department Chair, SMCC Degree candidates: 685

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Unity Collge
Graduation: Saturday, May 10 at 1:00 p.m.
Location: Unity College Gymnasium Degree candidates: 129
Speaker: Tedd Benson, author and owner of Benson Woodworking Company, Inc.
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University of Maine
Graduation: Saturday, May 10 at 10:00 a.m. and and 2:30 p.m. Location: Harold Alfond Sports Arena Degree candidates: 1,860
Speaker: Innovator and entrepreneur Doug Hall, a 1981 UMaine graduate
Click here for more information, including the commencement address.
University of New England
Graduation: College of Arts and Sciences and College of Health Professions: Saturday, May 10.
Graduation: College of Osteopathic Medicine, Saturday, June 7
Location: Cumberland County Civic Center Degree candidates: Associate, Bachelors and Masters degrees: over 700
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine: over 100
Speaker: John McKernan, executive chairman of Education Management Corporation and former governor of Maine

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Download list of 2008 graduates of the College of Health Professions and the College of Arts and Sciences
University of Southern Maine
Graduation: Saturday, May 10 at 9:00 a.m. Location: Cumberland County Civic Center Speakers: George Mason University professor Roger Wilkins and Mark Coursey, student speaker
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Download a list of students invited to participate in the May 10 commencement. List was required prior to the final certification of each candidate for a degree. York County Community College Graduation: Saturday, May 17 at 10:00 a.m. Location: Campus cafeteria Speaker: State Rep. Glenn Cummings Degree candidates: 104

Download a list of 2008 graduates
For more information click here.