Commencement

Commencement 2012

This schedule is subject to change with the exception of Commencement Exercises.

Wednesday, May 23

12:30 p.m. Senior Class Luncheon
Houghton Chapel lawn tent
Sponsored by the Alumnae Association

2:00 p.m. Commencement Rehearsal and Awards Presentation (attendance required)
Academic Quad

Thursday, May 24

10:30‐11:45 a.m. Sigma Xi Initiation, seniors and guests
Science Center 277

12:00‐1:30 p.m. Picnic Lunch, seniors and guests (tickets required)
Bates Courtyard and dining hall

2:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Celebration (one guest ticket per senior)
Houghton Chapel and adjacent Chapel lawn tent

3:45‐5:10 p.m. President’s Reception, seniors and guests
Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center (following Baccalaureate Celebration)

5:15 p.m. Phi Beta Kappa Initiation, seniors and guests
Jewett Auditorium

5:45 p.m. Dinner, seniors and guests (tickets required)
Chapel lawn tent

8:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Concert
Houghton Chapel

Friday, May 25

7:30‐8:30 a.m. Breakfast for seniors
Bates and Pomeroy dining halls; Lulu Chow Wang Campus Center, 4th floor

9:15 a.m. Senior Class Picture
Severance Green Hill

9:45 a.m. Procession Formation
Severance Green pathway/sidewalk (seniors)
Outside Founders Hall on Jewett Road (faculty)

10:30 a.m. Commencement Exercises
Academic Quad

1:15‐3:30 p.m. Reception following Commencement, seniors and guests
Houghton Chapel lawn tent