Commencement Day for University of Minnesota-Rochester

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - Sunnday was graduation day for the Class of 2016 at University of Minnesota-Rochester.

UMR’s fourth graduating class includes 109 students who will receive BS degrees in Health Professions and Health Science. Ten others will receive their master's degree in Biomedical Informatics and Computational Biology

The speakers were Andy Petzold (Assistant Professor of Biology) and UMR graduates Brandi Otto and Eric Mehlhaff. The grand marshall will be Pete Giesen (director of Olmsted County Public Health). UMR says Board of Regents member Abdul M. Omari attended.