Former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to address graduates at UCLA's main commencement ceremony this June.

 

Clinton, who served two terms as president, from 1993 to 2001, will deliver the keynote at the UCLA College of Letters and Science ceremony, which is scheduled for Friday, June 13, at 5 p.m. in Pauley Pavilion.

 

Since leaving office, Clinton founded the William J. Clinton Foundation, whose mission is to "strengthen the capacity of people in the United States and throughout the world to meet the challenges of global interdependence." The foundation's initiatives focus on developing sustainable economic growth, fighting climate change, enhancing economic opportunity, combating childhood obesity and improving health care for HIV/AIDS patients.

 

The UCLA College of Letters and Science holds the campus's largest commencement ceremony. Approximately 3,000 students are expected to have degrees conferred on them, and some 12,000 guests are expected to attend.

 

The ceremony is open to graduating seniors and their invited guests and is not a public event. Interested journalists should R.S.V.P. to the UCLA Office of Media Relations at media@support.ucla.edu.

 

Each of UCLA's 11 professional schools, as well as many individual academic departments, will hold separate ceremonies during this year's commencement season, which runs from May 9 to June 15.

 

Commencement information is available at www.commencement.ucla.edu.

 

UCLA is California's largest university, with an enrollment of nearly 37,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The UCLA College of Letters and Science and the university's 11 professional schools feature renowned faculty and offer more than 300 degree programs and majors. UCLA is a national and international leader in the breadth and quality of its academic, research, health care, cultural, continuing education and athletic programs. Four alumni and five faculty have been awarded the Nobel Prize.