Commencement at the Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez

The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM)'s annual commencement exercises are held each mid-June, currently in the Rafael A. Mangual Coliseum. The exercises award undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Traditions

Animal Encounters

During the 104th Commencement, an agricultural sciences student brought one of his pet chickens, named Lencha, with him up to the stage to collect his degree.[1][2]

After the 106th Commencement, a student had her diploma cover bitten by the campus mascot dog, Tarzán, when posing with him for a photo.[3]

Past Ceremonies

Ceremonies

#	Date	AM Session	PM Session
95th	12 June 2009	Agricultural Sciences	Business Administration
		Engineering	Arts and Sciences
96th *	10 October 2010	Business Administration	Agricultural Sciences
		Arts and Sciences	Engineering
97th	26 June 2011	Agricultural Sciences	Business Administration
		Engineering	Arts and Sciences
98th	15 June 2012	Business Administration	Agricultural Sciences
		Arts and Sciences	Engineering
99th	14 June 2013	Business Administration	Agricultural Sciences
		Engineering	Arts and Sciences
100th	13 June 2014	Business Administration	Agricultural Sciences
		Engineering	Arts and Sciences
101st	12 June 2015	Business Administration	Agricultural Sciences
		Engineering	Arts and Sciences
102nd	10 June 2016	Business Administration	Agricultural Sciences
		Engineering	Arts and Sciences
103rd †	13 January 2017	Agricultural Sciences Arts and Sciences Business Administration Engineering
104th ‡	16 July 2017	Agricultural Sciences	Arts and Sciences
		Business Administration
		Engineering
105th	22 June 2018	Agricultural Sciences	Business Administration
		Engineering	Arts and Sciences
106th	14 June 2019	Agricultural Sciences	Arts and Sciences
		Business Administration
		Engineering
107th §	December 2020

* The 99th Commencement was postponed to 10-10-2010 due to the 2010–2011 University of Puerto Rico strikes.[4]

† The 103rd Commencement was the first one to be held in January and had only an afternoon session.[5]

‡ The 104th Commencement was cancelled in 8 May, however it was held a month later due to the 2017 University of Puerto Rico strikes.[6]

§ The 107th Commencement was postponed from 11 June due to the 2020 Covid-19 crisis.[7]

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References

1. "Estudiante del RUM se gradúa con una gallina" [RUM Student Graduates with a Chicken]. Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2017-07-16. Archived from the original on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
2. de los Milagros-Colón, María (2017-07-17). "Lencha se robó el show en la graduación del RUM" [Lencha stole the show at the RUM graduation]. Primera Hora (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
3. Pérez, Ruby (2019-06-20). "Perro se comió el título de recién graduada (VIDEO VIRAL)" [Dog Ate the Degree of Recent Graduate (VIRAL VIDEO)]. La Verdad Noticias (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2019-06-21. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
4. Vélez-Candelario, Azyadeth (2010-11-01). "Un 10.10.10 para la historia" [A 10.10.10 for history] (PDF). La Gaceta Colegial (in Spanish). pp. 6–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
5. "591 estudiantes se gradúan del RUM en enero" [591 Students Graduate from RUM in January]. Indice Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2017-01-13. Archived from the original on 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
6. Vázquez-Pérez, Sarah (2017-05-08). "Cancelan la graduación del RUM" [RUM Graduation Cancelled]. Metro Puerto Rico (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2020-05-26.
7. "UPR pospone graduaciones en todos los recintos hasta diciembre" [UPR Postpones Graduations in all Campuses Until December]. Telemundo Puerto Rico (in Spanish). 2020-05-07. Archived from the original on 2020-05-15. Retrieved 2020-05-26.