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For immediate
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May 12, 2000
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CONTACT:
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Betsy
Lawson
(781) 283-3321
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TIMETABLE FOR WELLESLEY'S
COMMENCEMENT
FRIDAY, MAY 26TH
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Senior Class Dean
Pamela Daniels will address the Class of 2000 -- the
class she helped steward through three of its four years
at Wellesley -- at the College's 122nd Commencement
exercises May 26. Media are welcome to cover all of the
day's events as outlined below. Click here for travel
directions. A campus map is at the bottom of the
page.
Commencement occurs, rain or shine, in a huge tent on
Severance Green near the center of the campus. All media
are required to check in at the press area in the tent.
Photographers will be escorted to the stage area.
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9:30 a.m.
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Students assemble on Severance Hill for class
photo
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9:45 a.m.
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Students assemble in Academic Quad
Faculty assemble outside Founders Hall on Jewett
Road
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10:30 a.m.
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Procession begins down Jewett Road, onto
Severance Green -- enters at back of tent
Seniors go first, stop outside tent and form two
lines, through which the faculty process (and
are applauded by the students)
Trustees follow faculty
President Diana Chapman Walsh and Dean Pamela
Daniels follow trustees
Then students enter tent and take their
seats
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Ceremony:
10:45 am -12:30 pm
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Invocation by Rabbi Ilene Bogosian, Jewish
Chaplain
Welcome by President Walsh
Student speaker Robyn A. Sklaren '00
Announcement of retirements, faculty award
winners
Dean Pamela Daniels delivers commencement
address (beginning at ~11:15 am)
President Walsh, Charge to the Class of 2000
Conferring of degrees
Everyone
sings "America the Beautiful," written by
Katharine Lee Bates, Wellesley Class of
1880.
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12:30-2:30 pm
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Reception on the nearby Chapel Lawn after the
ceremonies.
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Campus Map: Commencement is held on the lawn
between Clapp Library and the Academic Quad shown
below.
Wellesley College is a prominent liberal arts college and
has been a leader in the education of women for nearly
125 years. The College's 500-acre campus near Boston is
home to about 2,300 undergraduate students. Wellesley's
distinguished alumnae include Secretary of State
Madeleine K. Albright, First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,
Madame Chiang Kai-shek, and broadcast journalists Cokie
Roberts, Diane Sawyer, and Lynn Sherr.
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