IOWA CITY (AP) - Because of damage from last year’s flooding, University of Iowa officials say graduation ceremonies for the spring semester will take place in alternate venues.

Ten ceremonies are scheduled for May 14. In past years eight have taken place in Hancher Auditorium and Carver-Hawkeye Arena has
hosted two.

But Marcia McNamara, a commencement planner in the UI registrar’s office, says Hancher and its 2,500 seats remain closed because of the June 2008 flood.

So she says the Coralville Marriott Hotel and Conference Center will host five of the 10 commencements. Carver-Hawkeye and the Iowa
Memorial Union will host the rest.

All the ceremonies are scheduled between May 14 and May 17, except the College of Dentistry, which is June 5.