UDM School of Dentistry Commencement Ceremony Robert C. Bobb, Keynote Speaker
The 77th Commencement Ceremony for the University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry is scheduled for Sunday, May 16 at 10:30 a.m. in Calihan Hall on the McNichols Campus. More than 125 dental and dental hygiene graduates and their families are expected to attend the McNichols commencement ceremony.
The keynote speaker for the commencement will be Robert C. Bobb, emergency financial manager, Detroit Public Schools. Bobb was appointed the position in 2009, overseeing the 87,000-student school district . Recently he made a pledge to have all Detroit children reading at grade level in third grade by 2015, resulting in the launch of the DPS Reading Corps. The program has since attracted more than 4,750 volunteers from more than 130 jurisdictions who have pledged 545,000+ hours of service to district pre-kindergarten students in one year.
Release date:
May
05, 2010
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