Today, it is my honor to announce that climate advocate and former U.S. Vice President Al Gore will serve as UC San Diego’s 2024 All Campus Commencement speaker. This year’s ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 15, 2024, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at RIMAC Field.
According to his official bio, “Gore is the founder and chairman of The Climate Reality Project, a nonprofit organization devoted to solving the climate crisis, a founding partner and serves as chairman of Generation Investment Management and a co-founder of Climate TRACE. He also is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a past member of Apple Inc.’s board of directors and a member of the World Economic Forum’s board of trustees.
Gore was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1976, 1978, 1980 and 1982, and to the U.S. Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was inaugurated as the 45th vice president of the United States on Jan. 20, 1993, and served eight years.
He is the author of the No. 1 New York Times bestsellers “An Inconvenient Truth” and “The Assault on Reason,” The New York Times bestsellers “Earth in the Balance,” “Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis,” “The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change,” and most recently, The New York Times bestseller, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.”
Gore is the subject of the documentary movie “An Inconvenient Truth,” which won two Oscars in 2006, and a second documentary in 2017, “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.” In 2007, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, along with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, ’informing the world of the dangers posed by climate change’.”
Gore is no stranger to UC San Diego. He has been quoted as crediting UC San Diego founder and climate change research pioneer Roger Revelle as the inspiration for his passionate commitment to climate advocacy. He was awarded the Scripps Institution of Oceanography’s inaugural Roger Revelle Prize during a 2009 visit to the university and spoke with UC San Diego students as part of a livestream Q&A during a screening of his film “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.”
The 2024 All Campus Ceremony will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. at RIMAC Field. As Chancellor, I will officially confer degrees by academic division upon graduates gathered as one student body. The ceremony also will be livestreamed for graduates or their families who are unable to join in person. Visit UC San Diego’s Commencement website beginning at 6:15 p.m. on June 15 in PDT to view the livestream.
Commencement Ceremony Activities
Ceremonies will be held June 14 through June 16 for each of the undergraduate colleges, as well as the Graduate Division, Rady School of Management, School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. The Skaggs School of Pharmacy will hold its commencement on Saturday, May 18. The School of Medicine will hold a commencement celebration on Sunday, June 2 at the Epstein Family Amphitheater.
Student Speaker
Each year, we invite one graduating student (undergraduate or graduate) to deliver a keynote address during All Campus Commencement. This tradition is an opportunity to share your unique journey and offer an inspiring celebratory send-off to your peers. Applications are due by Monday, April 29 for students who would like to be considered as the 2024 All Commencement student speaker.
National Anthem Singer
UC San Diego is searching for an individual or group of students to perform "The Star-Spangled Banner," our national anthem, live during UC San Diego’s All Campus Commencement. Applications are due by Monday, April 29, and auditions will be held on Thursday, May 30 at 12:00 p.m. More information is available at the 2024 All Campus Commencement website.
Faculty
Faculty registration is open through Thursday, May 23, 2024, for All Campus Commencement, as well as commencement ceremonies for undergraduate colleges, Graduate Division, Rady School of Management, School of Global Policy and Strategy, and the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science. To receive alma mater and degree-specific regalia rentals, you must register no later than Wednesday, May 1, 2024.
Note, if you request late registration and request regalia rental after May 1, the order will be filled with UC San Diego regalia and hood.
Volunteers
Volunteers play an integral role in our commencement ceremonies by helping us ensure that our graduates and their guests have a meaningful experience during this important recognition of their accomplishments. We are seeking volunteers to help guide graduates to their seats, answer family and visitor questions and more during the All Campus Commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 15. For more information or to indicate your interest, visit the Commencement website.
Commencement marks one of the most important moments in a student’s academic career. I look forward to celebrating you and your UC San Diego accomplishments and experiences at our 2024 All Campus Commencement ceremony. To register and for more details, visit the Commencement 2024 website. I hope to see you there.
