About 2,225 students will graduate from the University of Georgia Dec. 16 during two ceremonies at Stegeman Coliseum.

Nearly 1,720 students will participate in the morning undergraduate ceremony. UGA alum James H. Shepherd Jr., chairman of Atlanta's Shepherd Center, will be the commencement speaker.

More than 500 students will receive graduate degrees during an afternoon ceremony. Sylvia McCoy Hutchinson, a UGA professor emerita of reading education, will be the speaker.

Both ceremonies will be streamed live at: http://uga.edu.