Commencement 2011 Schedule of Events

Commencement 2011

The Commencement Weekend schedule appears below. The Web site will be updated if the schedule changes.

Friday, May 20

10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition
Weiss Center for the Arts, The Trout Gallery

5 p.m.Graduating Seniors Music Recital
Weiss Center for the Arts, Rubendall Recital Hall

9-11 p.m. 
Toast to the Class of 2011
Parents, guests and friends of seniors are invited to toast the class of 2011. (Toast at 10 p.m.)
Britton Plaza, outside Holland Union Building

Saturday, May 21

10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition
Weiss Center for the Arts, The Trout Gallery

10 a.m.   
Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Ceremony
Weiss Center for the Arts, Rubendall Recital Hall
Followed by a reception in the Weiss Center lobby

11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Lunch available for seniors, families and guests
(Tickets will be sold at the door)
Holland Union Building, Dining Hall

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Senior Athlete Reception (including families)
Holland Union Building, Social Hall

2:15 p.m.  
Robing for Baccalaureate Ceremony
Seniors must line up for the 2:45 p.m. processional in front of the Waidner-Spahr Library

3-4 p.m.   
Baccalaureate Ceremony
John Dickinson Campus
(Rain location: Kline Athletic Center)

4:30-5:45 p.m. 
Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Commissioning Ceremony and Reception
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium

5 p.m. 
Raven’s Claw Tappings
Old West, The Old Stone Steps

5:30 p.m.
Honorary Degree Reception
Rector Atrium

6 p.m.   
Catholic Mass
Weiss Center for the Arts, Rubendall Recital Hall

 

Sunday, May 22 

8-10 a.m.
Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibition
Weiss Center for the Arts, The Trout Gallery

9:15 a.m.
Robing for Commencement
Seniors must line up for the 9:45 a.m. processional along the sidewalk adjacent to the south wall of the John Dickinson Campus

10 a.m.
Commencement Ceremony
John Dickinson Campus

Immediately following Commencement
Brunch for seniors, families and guests
Holland Union Building, Dining Hall and Social Hall

7 p.m.
Seniors must be checked out of residence halls