Save the date! CED's 2010 commencement ceremonies will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 17, 2010, in UC Berkeley's Greek Theatre. More information will be posted as it becomes available.

2009 Commencement

Friends and family of graduating students in architecture, city and regional planning, landscape architecture and environmental planning, urban design, and visual studies filled UC Berkeley's Greek Theatre on Thursday, May 21, 2009, for the commencement ceremony of the College of Environmental Design.

Moura Quayle, commissioner of the Pacific Coast Collaborative Commission of the Government of British Columbia, Canada, and landscape architecture alumna (MLA ‘83) gave the keynote address. Sam Davis gave the dean's address, and Cynthia Cranmer Erb (A.B. Architecture ‘09) and Avigail Sachs (Ph.D. Architecture ‘09) gave the undergraduate student address and the graduate student address, respectively.

The 2009 CED/CEDA Distinguished Alumni Award recipients were Moura Quayle (MLA ‘83) and Marilyn Jordan Taylor (M.Arch ‘74). 

Congratulations to Natalie Serdiuk (A.B. degree program in landscape architecture), who won the $200 commencement booklet cover competition. See the program cover competition for images of her winning design and two other students' honorable-mention designs.

Photography. A professional photographer was on hand to take photos of the graduates receiving their certificates. These photos may be purchased from Bob Knight Photo, (800) 261-2576. The ceremony was also recorded on DVD. Copies may be purchased through the DVDGraduation website.