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San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who leapt onto the national stage when he directed the city clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples in 2004, will be among the speakers at ²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù' spring commencements.

Newsom, now in his second term as mayor, will speak at the ceremony of the School of Law at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 17, at the ARC Pavilion.

Other guest speakers:

California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez, D-Los Angeles (School of Education); Booker Holton, principal of Tova Applied Science and Technology in Orinda, Calif., (Graduate Studies); Lee A. McIntire, president and chief operating officer of the engineering consulting firm CH2M Hill (Graduate School of Management); and Craig McNamara, who practices sustainable farming techniques at his Sierra Orchards in Winters and teaches the principles of land stewardship through the Center for Land-Based Learning (College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences).

²»Á¼Ñо¿Ëù' 12 commencements:

School of Law — 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 17, at the ARC Pavilion;

School of Medicine — 10 a.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts;

School of Education — 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 11, Mondavi Center;

Graduate Studies — 4 p.m. Thursday, June 12, ARC Pavilion;

College of Biological Sciences — 10 a.m. Friday, June 13, ARC Pavilion;

School of Veterinary Medicine — 10:30 a.m. Friday June 13, Mondavi Center;

College of Engineering — 3 p.m. Friday, June 13, ARC Pavilion;

College of Letters and Science — 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday, June 14, ARC Pavilion.

Graduate School of Management — 10 a.m. Saturday, June 14, Mondavi Center; and

College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences — 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Sunday, June 15, ARC Pavilion.

The campus will offer live and on-demand webcasts of each of the commencements at .