University of Vermont holds commencement ceremony

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - The University of Vermont will hold its 217th commencement ceremony.

The school will graduate 3,055 students, including 2,443 bachelor’s students. Stanford American art professor Alexander Nemerov, a 1985 graduate of UVM, will deliver the commencement address Sunday. The forecast calls for rain, but UVM said they are still planning to hold the ceremony on the University Green.

Middlebury College will hold its commencement ceremony on May 27, and Bennington College will hold its ceremony on June 2. Champlain College and Norwich University graduated students last weekend.