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Commencement

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Commencement will be held Sunday, May 16, 2010 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 14

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 15

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

Sunday

May 16

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

 

Note: Campus residences close for seniors at noon on Monday, May 18.

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