Pre-Graduation Program--Saturday, May 10, 5:00 p.m. Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
In conjunction with the convocation ceremony, we will host a special pre-graduation program on Saturday evening, May 10, 2008 at the Allerton Park Conference/Retreat Center from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. The reception will feature work by the graduates as well as a presentation covering some of the highlights of the graduates' time together at the University of Illinois. The event will be a great way to meet the family and friends of fellow graduates and to celebrate collective accomplishments.
Landscape Architecture Convocation--Sun. May 11, 10:00 a.m. Allerton Park, Monticello, IL
The Walled Garden at Robert Allerton Park in Monticello, Illinois will be the location for the 2008 Department of Landscape Architecture convocation ceremony on Sunday, May 11 at 10:00 a.m. The Allerton Park gardens and surrounding landscape have made graduation a memorable experience for graduates of the Department and their families and friends for over twenty years. Perry Howard, President of the American Society of Landscape Architects, will deliver the address. Immediately following the convocation, class photos will be taken and a brief reception will be held at the park.
This year we proudly celebrate students graduating with the degrees of bachelor of landscape architecture, master of landscape architecture, and, for the first time, doctor of philosophy in landscape architecture. The Ph.D. program (jointly administered by the Department of Landscape Architecture and the School of Architecture) was initiated in 2001 and this year Rachel Leibowitz will be the first to receive a Ph.D. in Landscape Architecture.
IN CASE OF RAIN OR OTHER INCLEMENT WEATHER, the Landscape Architecture convocation will take place in the Monticello Middle School, 2015 E. Washington Street, Monticello, Illinois. Starting time will be the same--10:00 a.m.
Campus-wide Commencement--Sunday May 11, 2:00 p.m. Assembly Hall, Champaign, IL
Landscape Architecture graduates may also participate in the 2:00 p.m. campus-wide commencement ceremony on May 11 at the Assembly Hall. It is during this ceremony that Peter Walker, FASLA, will be awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Fine Arts. Mannie Jackson, owner of the Harlem Globetrotters and University of Illinois alumnus, will deliver the commencement address.
LA Graduation at Allerton 
