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Commencement will be held Sunday,
May 17, 2009 at 10 a.m. The tentative schedule below is designed to assist you in
planning your weekend. Specific information about events and activities related to Commencement
will be posted as it becomes available. Please note that times
and events noted on this tentative schedule are subject to change.
Seniors may invite as
many guests as they wish to attend commencement.
Friday |
May
15
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Morning |
Commencement
and Ivy Day rehearsal for seniors, Junior Ushers, Sophomore
Push and candidates for advanced degrees; followed by
class photograph |
Evening |
Theatre
production |
Saturday |
May
16
|
Morning |
Ivy
Day and Last Chapel Honors Convocation begin with the
alumnae parade and the senior procession; the event takes
place in the Quadrangle or in the Indoor Track and Tennis
Facility in the event of rain |
Noon |
Box
lunches are available for seniors and parents and guests
who have purchased tickets |
Afternoon |
Commencement
choral concert |
Afternoon |
President's
reception for seniors, alumnae, faculty, graduate students,
parents and their guests |
Evening |
Commencement
concert; theatre production; senior candle-lighting
ceremony; illumination of the campus;
music for singing and dancing, including the traditional
Sophomore Push/senior step sing on the Neilson Library
steps |
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Sunday |
May 17
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9:15
a.m. |
Seniors
begin assembling for the commencement procession |
10 a.m. |
Commencement
exercises followed by the traditional diploma circle |
12:30 p.m. |
Lunch in campus
dining locations |
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Note: Campus
residences close for seniors at noon on Monday, May 18. |
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2009
Preview
Commencement
Traditions
Honorary
Degrees
Commencement
Speakers
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