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WRAL's guide to college graduations around the Triangle

Students around the Triangle will don caps and gowns, pick up a diploma and set off for the next stage of their lives this weekend.
Posted 2016-05-13T15:16:28+00:00 - Updated 2018-05-10T15:24:59+00:00
Sen. Cory Booker addressed grads at NC Central's 2016 commencement

Graduation season is here.

Students around the Triangle will don caps and gowns, pick up a diploma and set off for the next stage of their lives this weekend. Here's what you need to know for graduation:

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DUKE UNIVERSITY

» When: Sunday, May 13, 2018; commencement ceremony begins at 9:00 a.m.

» Where: Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium, 110 Frank Basset Dr., Durham, N.C. 27708

» Keynote speaker: Apple CEO Tim Cook

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CAMPBELL UNIVERSITY

» When: Saturday, May 12, 2018; the ceremony for main campus and undergraduate degree candidates begins at 9 a.m.

» Where: John W. Pope Jr. Convocation Center. Law Lane, Lillington, N.C. 27546

NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

» When: Saturday, May 14, 2016; Undergraduate commencement begins at 8 a.m.

» Where: O'Kelly Riddick Stadium; 1801 Fayetteville Road, Durham, N.C. 27707

» Speakers: Cory Booker, U.S. Senator to New Jersey; Elmira Mangum, president of Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

» For more information, click here.

WAKE TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE

A record number of graduates are expected to participate in Wake Tech's 2016 commencement celebration.

» When: Saturday, May 14, 2016; commencement begins at 10 a.m.

» Where: Raleigh Convention Center; 500 S. Salisbury St., Raleigh, N.C. 27601

» For more information, click here.

FAYETTEVILLE TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE

» When: Friday, May 13, 2016; commencement begins at 6:30 p.m.

» Where: Crown Coliseum, 1960 Coliseum Dr., Fayetteville, N.C. 28306

» For more information, click here.

ST. AUGUSTINE'S UNIVERSITY

» When: Saturday, May 14, 2016; commencement begins at 9 a.m.

» Where: St. Augustine's campus quadrangle, 1315 Oakwood Ave., Raleigh, N.C. 27610

» For more information, click here.

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