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COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday, May 12
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7:30–9:30 a.m.
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Breakfast available, Campus Center
Dining Hall
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7:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
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Snack bar open, Campus Center
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8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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Senior grades available, registrar’s
office
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10:00 a.m.–10:00 p.m.
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Parents and guests staying on campus
register and pick up keys and/or meal passes, Emerson Hall
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11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
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Caps, gowns, hoods available, bookstore
buyback window
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11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
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Lunch available, Campus Center Dining
Hall
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11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
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Tower Club open
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4:00–6:00 p.m.
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Campus Life Awards reception, Clark
Lounge
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5:00–6:00 p.m.
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Dinner available, Campus Center
Dining Hall
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5:00–9:00 p.m.
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Tower Club open
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5:00 p.m.
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Baccalaureate Catholic Mass, Ford
Hall, Whalen Center
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6:00 p.m.
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Shabbat service, Muller Chapel
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7:15 p.m.
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Shabbat dinner, Terrace Dining Hall
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8:30–9:30 p.m.
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Commencement Eve Concert, Ben Light
Gymnasium
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Saturday, May 13
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7:00–11:30 a.m.
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Snack bar open, Campus Center
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7:00–10:00 a.m.
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Brunch available, Terrace Dining
Hall
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7:30–10:30 a.m.
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Brunch available, Campus Center
Dining Hall
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8:00–10:00 a.m.
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Deadline to pick up regalia, bookstore
buyback window
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8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
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Senior grades available, registrar’s
office
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8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
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Bookstore open for sales
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8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
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Parents and guests staying on campus
register and pick up keys and/or meal passes, Emerson Hall
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8:30 a.m.
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ROTC commissioning ceremony, Clark
Lounge
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10:00 a.m.
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Academic procession forms on academic
quad
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10:30 a.m.
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Procession begins
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11:00 a.m.
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Commencement, Butterfield Stadium
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12:30–2:30 p.m.
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Diploma distribution (see “Diplomas”
section and map)
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12:30–2:30 p.m.
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School receptions (see “Receptions”
section and map)
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5:00–9:00 p.m.
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Tower Club open
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Sunday, May 14
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7:30–10:30 a.m.
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Brunch available, Terrace Dining
Hall
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8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
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Bookstore open for sales
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10:00 a.m.
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Catholic Mass, Muller Chapel
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10:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
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Tower Club open
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11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
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Lunch available, Terrace Dining
Hall
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noon
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On-campus housing closes
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Commencement Eve Concert and Fireworks Display
The Commencement Eve Concert will be held
on Friday, May 12, at 8:30 p.m. in Ben Light Gymnasium. Titled “On Stage:
Music for the Theater,” the program will showcase outstanding student
and faculty talent from the School of Music. Directed by music professor
and award-winning composer Dana Wilson, the presentation features a unique
“kaleidoscope” format that will give listeners nearly an hour of continuous,
exciting music. Following the concert, all are invited to close the night
with refreshments on the academic quad from 9:30 to 11:30 p.m., highlighted
by a fireworks display. Questions about the concert should be directed
to the dean’s office, School of Music, (607) 274-3343.
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Editor:
Keith Davis