COMMENCEMENT SCHEDULE

Ceremony

Date: Friday, May 8, 2026
Time: 12:00pm. Doors open at 11:15am
Tickets will be required
Live Stream: Follow the ceremony live via the school's Facebook page.
Location:
Hill Auditorium
825 N. University Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

The City of Ann Arbor will begin a street construction project on North University Avenue and Thayer Street beginning May 4. Access to Hill Auditorium will be maintained but drop off on North University Avenue will not be available. Use Thayer Street (from East Washington Street) for drop off. The Thayer Street parking deck will also remain open. Please allow extra time for congestion and detours.

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Speaker

Dr. Teresa Dolan
Dr. Teresa Dolan
Clinical Advisor and former Chief Dental Officer at Overjet

Dr. Teresa (Terri) Dolan is a Clinical Advisor and former Chief Dental Officer at Overjet, a
global leader in dental Artificial Intelligence. She previously served as Dentsply Sirona’s Chief
Clinical Officer, leading the global Clinical Affairs function.

A professor and dean emeritus of the University of Florida College of Dentistry, Dr. Dolan served as dean and chief academic officer from 2003 until 2013. She is recognized for her
contributions to dental public health and geriatric dentistry, and as a champion for diversity and
women in dentistry.

Dr. Dolan is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Rutgers University. She earned a DDS degree from
the University of Texas and an MPH degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. She
was a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Dental Health Services Research Scholar, completed a
Veterans Administration Fellowship in Geriatric Dentistry, and is board-certified in Dental
Public Health.

She serves as past-president of the Santa Fe Group, an action-oriented think tank that seeks to
improve lives through oral health. Founded nearly 30 years ago, Santa Fe Group has been
instrumental as a neutral communicator and catalyst on critical issues such as oral cancer, dental
education reform, children’s oral health, improving primary care access, the importance of
linking medical and dental health systems, and expanding oral healthcare for seniors.

Dr. Dolan is also past-president of the American College of Dentists and the American College
of Dentists Foundation, and previously served on the board of directors of the ADA Forsyth
Institute and the ADEA Gies Foundation.

 Tickets

Per updated University guidelines, tickets will be required for the ceremony.
To attend the commencement ceremony, guests should contact their graduate to obtain tickets. Tickets are free and available to all graduates.

Please note the list of prohibited items for the commencement ceremony.

Accessibility

Handicapped Access: East and West side entrances of the auditorium are appropriate for guests using wheelchairs. Please refer to the Hill Auditorium Seating Chart to locate designated handicapped seating areas (boxes A-G on the main floor).

Assistive Listening Devices: Hill Auditorium is equipped with assistive listening devices. Earphones may be obtained upon arrival. Please ask an usher for assistance.

Reception

Time: Immediately following ceremony
Location:
Michigan League Ballroom, Concourse, Hussey Room and Vandenberg Room
Michigan League
911 N University Ave,
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Accessibility: The reception in the Ballroom is on the second floor in the Michigan League. There is one elevator available at the Michigan League.

Hotels & Dining

For information on area hotels and restaurants, visit the Ann Arbor Convention and Visitors Bureau or call 800-888-9487.

Guests who are unable to reserve hotel rooms in the Ann Arbor area may wish to look for hotel rooms in Brighton, Jackson, Plymouth, Ypsilanti, or the vicinity of Detroit Metropolitan Airport. These communities are less than one hour's drive from Ann Arbor.

Parking

The gates to all the parking structures on Central Campus will open on Friday (see detail below) and remain open throughout the weekend. Parking enforcement in these structures will be suspended until the end of enforcement hours on Sunday.

  • Palmer-Blue Area, Fletcher, Thayer: gates open Friday 9:00 a.m. through Sunday
  • Thompson, Hill, Church: gates open: Friday 9:30 a.m. through Sunday

In addition, all University parking areas/surface lots on Central, North and South Campuses will have suspended parking enforcement Fri-Sun, and commencement guests are welcome to park in any available unrestricted parking space (blue, orange, yellow).

 

Note: The Fletcher Street Parking Structure is normally reserved for patient and employee parking. Parking is available in employee parking only. Please use the entrance off Palmer Drive. If you enter the structure via the UP Ramp at the Fletcher Street entrance (patient parking) you will be charged $25.00 when you exit the structure.

Go to Directions and Parking for more information.