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Any one know someone graduating from U of M Ann Arbor this spring??

The news was just released, President Obama is giving the commencement speech on May 1st. My son has a friend graduating in the spring.

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    I do not, but how lucky are they!?!  Even if you don't love Obama, the President speaking at commencement is still pretty cool.

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  • edited December 2011
    I just saw someone status on FB about this! Super exciting. 

    When I graduated, Wayne State just had some old Tigers announcer guy! ha
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    Me!!! I'm graduating! I wasn't even planning on going to that...it's the big ceremony in the football stadium...but this certainly changed my mind!
  • HiggyFan42HiggyFan42 member
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    edited December 2011
    April!?!?!?  Some old Tigers announcer guy!?  It wasn't Ernie Harwell was it?!  I would have been super excited about anyone Tigers related.... but I will admit Obama would have been cooler. 
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  • edited December 2011
    AHHH I'm SO jealous.  I graduated in 2007 and we had Bill Clinton which was pretty awesome, but then I graduated again last year (Masters) and I have no idea who we had. 

    My sisters graduate next year and in 3 years.  So mad that I just missed him :(.  I'm hoping I can bum some tickets off someone.
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    edited December 2011

    Figures! FI just got his masters last spring, he was actually the student speaker so we were able to have lunch with all of the guest speakers. It was Senator Levin. I'm not sure if the same guest speaker speaks for all of the departments though.

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    UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I did. FI was supposed to. But his grades didn't pick up and now he's transferring out.

    Man, so bummed now :(
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    edited December 2011
    Wow.  So jealous!  When I graduated (2005), we had some finance guy who worked from Nasa.  I didn't even go...I just went to the B-School graduation.
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    edited December 2011
    Teeniegreenie, congrats on the graduation!

    What I don't get is that the Big House holds over 100,000 and they only plan on 40,000 tickets? Come on, what about the other seats? They limit the 3500 grads to about 10 tickets each?

    When my son graduated from Wayne last year, we only got 6 tickets, and one was for him. But Wayne's stadium is much smaller.

    Anyway Teeniegreenie, enjoy!
  • edited December 2011
    My cousin is graduating from there. How cool. She hasn't even said anything.
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    I go to UofM and my FI is graduating from graduate school this year, so we'll have a few extra tickets. I believe each graduate receives up to 8 tickets upon request. I also have lots of other friends graduating since this was originally my own graduation year, so if anyone is just going to piss their pants if they can't go, let me know and I will see what I can do!
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    I sooo want to go. I work on campus - I NEED this to be one of the perks!!! I graduated in Winter '04 - so you KNOW that was lame.
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    My FI! He is sooo excited!
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    My best friend is getting her masters this spring and  told me this!!! How cool!...I couldn't even tell you who spoke at my MSU graduation 5 years ago...
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  • edited December 2011
    I go there now but not going to graduate for a while.

    Is it bad that my first thought when I saw May 1st was the freeways better not be f-ed up for my wedding?
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  • Sue-n-KevinSue-n-Kevin member
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    edited December 2011
    OMG !!! Yes, the freeways from Metro airport to Ann Arbor will probably have some closures! If the President comes into Selfridge, like he did when he spoke at Macomb Community College last year, that will mess up either I-94 or I-696 that day,for even longer distances.

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  • edited December 2011
    In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_michigan-detroit_one-someone-graduating-u-of-m-ann-arbor-this-spring?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:88Discussion:7495082c-1a99-4a57-967d-564d74e0c4f1Post:d04b758c-7595-4247-922c-14efde967056">Re: Any one know someone graduating from U of M Ann Arbor this spring??</a>:
    [QUOTE]Teeniegreenie, congrats on the graduation! What I don't get is that the Big House holds over 100,000 and they only plan on 40,000 tickets? Come on, what about the other seats? They limit the 3500 grads to about 10 tickets each? When my son graduated from Wayne last year, we only got 6 tickets, and one was for him. But Wayne's stadium is much smaller. Anyway Teeniegreenie, enjoy!
    Posted by Sue-n-Kevin[/QUOTE]

    I think this is because they only seat the portion of the stadium that's directly in front of the stage.  At least that's what they did at my commencement.  Plus a bunch of seats will be taken up with the graduating students.   
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