Rice University commencement media advisory

Class of 2023 undergrad and grad students receive degrees May 5-6

Candidates for advanced degrees sported mortarboards with messages at their investiture May 6 in Tudor Fieldhouse.

Attention TV producers: B-roll from Rice University’s commencement ceremonies will be posted Saturday evening at https://rice.box.com/v/RiceOwlGrad23.

HOUSTON -- (May 2, 2023) -- Rice University’s commencement ceremonies for conferral of degrees to undergraduate and graduate degree candidates will be held May 5-6.

Here are details for reporters and photographers covering the undergraduate commencement event May 6. The event will be livestreamed at https://commencement.rice.edu/video/current-event.

Candidates for advanced degrees sported mortarboards with messages at their investiture May 6 in Tudor Fieldhouse.



EVENT: Rice University’s 110th commencement speech and conferral of undergraduate degrees.

DATE: Saturday, May 6.

TIME: 7 p.m.

COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER: Karine Jean-Pierre, White House press secretary and assistant to the president.

LOCATION: Outdoors at Rice Stadium, rain or shine.

PARKING: News media personnel should enter Rice’s South Stadium parking lot directly off University Boulevard, between Greenbriar Drive and Stockton Drive, and show the attendant a valid media identification credential for entry into the lot. After parking, they should enter the stadium through Gate 4, where they will be directed to the R Room, upstairs on the south side of Rice Stadium. In the R Room, reporters and photographers will receive black robes they must wear while covering the ceremony. They will also receive instructions on where they are allowed to take pictures and video. The R Room will open at 5:30 p.m. Saturday.

CAMPUS MAP : http://www.rice.edu/maps/Rice-University-Color-Campus-Map.pdf.

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