2017 Graduation Addresses
| Date | Conferring School/Faculty | Presenter | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 18 March | Faculty of Arts, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Faculty of Business and Economics, VCA and MCM | Professor Helen Cahill Director of Learning and Teaching, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, University of Melbourne | |
| 2017 18 March | Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences | Professor David Jamieson Professor of Physics, University of Melbourne | |
| 2017 27 May | PhD only (all disciplines) | Professor Joy Damousi Professor of History, School of Historical and Philosophical Studies | |
| 2017 28 July | Faculty of Arts (Postgraduate), VCA and MCM | Professor Cordelia Fine Professor, School of Historical & Philosophical Studies | |
| 2017 29 July | Faculty of Arts | Professor Andrew Rosser Professor of Southeast Asian Studies Asia Institute | |
| 2017 29 July | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences | Professor Charles Guest Chief Health Officer, Department of Health & Human Services | |
| 2017 31 July | Melbourne Graduate School of Education, Faculty of Science (postgraduate), Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences (postgraduate) | Dr Ronald Sandland Former Deputy Chief Executive, CSIRO | |
| 2017 2 August | Faculty of Engineering | Mr Mark Nolan (BE(Mech)) Former Vice President Middle East and Australia and ExxonMobil Development Company | |
| 2017 3 August | Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning | Ms Karen Alcock Principal, MAArchitects | |
| 2017 4 August | Faculty of Business and Economics | Ms Larisa Moran Global Chief Operating Officer, Woods Bagot/ Chair of FBE Alumni Council and Member of FBE Board | Video |
| 2017 5 August | Faculty of Business and Economics | Mr Greg Keith Chief Executive Officer, Grant Thornton Australia | |
| 2017 5 August | Faculty of Business and Economics (undergraduate) | Ms Naomi Simson Founding Director of RedBalloon, author, LinkedIn influencer, entrepreneur, and businessperson | |
| 2017 7 October | Melbourne Business School | Catherine Walter AM Solicitor and Company Director. Co-Founder of the Women and Management Dinner, Former Alumni Council President, Board Member 1994-2011 | Video |
| 2017 2 December | Melbourne Medical School | Professor Christine Kilpatrick Chief Executive Melbourne Health | |
| 2017 2 December | Melbourne Dental School | Dr Ross Bastiaan AM RFD Periodontist | |
| 2017 4 December | Melbourne Law School | The Honourable Justice Susan Kenny Judge, Federal Court of Australia | Video |
| 2017 5 December | Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences | Professor Emeritus Wayne Robinson Awarded a Doctor of Veterinary Science honoris causa | |
| 2017 9 December | Faculty of Business and Economics | Associate Professor Rufus Black Vice-Chacellor of the University of Tasmania | Video |
| 2017 9 December | Faculty of Business and Economics | Jamie Olsen Managing Director at CMB Capital | |
| 2017 11 December | Melbourne Graduate School of Education | Professor Johanna Wyn Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor in the School's Youth Research Centre | |
| 2017 11 December | Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning | Ms Laura Murray Current Victorian President of the Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) and Associate Director of Ethos Urban | |
| 2017 12 December | Faculty of Science | Professor Uma Kothari Professor of Migration and Postcolonial Studies and former Director of the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester | |
| 2017 12 December | Faculty of Science | Professor David Gardner Embryologist and Professor, School of Biosciences | |
| 2017 13 December | Melbourne School of Engineering | Professor Ben Shneiderman Distinguished Professor, Computer Science, University of Maryland | |
| 2017 13 December | Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences | Laureate Professor Hugh Taylor AC Harold Mitchell Professor of Indigenous Eye Health at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health | |
| 2017 14 December | Faculty of Arts | Professor Vedi Hadiz Director and Professor of Asian Studies at the Asia Institute and an Assistant Deputy Vice-Chancellor International | |
| 2017 14 December | Faculty of Arts | Dr Wayne Atkinson Recipient of 2017 T.G. Tucker Award for Outstanding Achievement, Excellence in Scholarship and Academic Contributions to the Arts Faculty of the University of Melbourne, | |
| 2017 15 December | VCA and MCM | Ms Mary Jo Capps CEO, Music Viva Awarded a Doctor of Visual and Performing Arts, honoris causa |