COMMENCEMENT INFORMATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE COLLEGE
President's Reception
The President's Reception in honor of the Senior Class will be held on Friday, May 23 at the Kevin P. Mahaney '84 Center for the Arts from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. The rain site is Pepin Gymasium. All seniors and their guests are invited to attend. Faculty are invited to attend as well.
Commencement Exercises
Commencement exercises will take place, rain or shine, on Sunday, May 25, at 10:00 a.m. on the Central College Lawn, in the vicinity of Munroe and Voter Halls (please come prepared for any kind of weather and please bring shoes appropriate for damp, grassy terrain). Faculty members are requested to march in the Commencement procession in academic regalia. The College will pay the regalia rental fees for all untenured members of the faculty. The enclosed regalia order form should be returned to Sue Hebert in the College Store by Friday, April 25.
While the College pays the cost of renting academic gowns for all untenured faculty who do not have their own regalia, tenured faculty are expected to assume rental costs themselves or purchase academic robes.
In the hope of making it easier for faculty to buy their own gowns, we are happy to offer a loan program for the purchase of academic regalia. If you purchase your gown through the College Store, we will pay the initial cost and deduct the purchase price at a rate of $10 per paycheck until the gown is paid for. This program is open to all faculty, tenured or untentured, and does not change our policy regarding the rental of academic gowns. Please contact Sue Hebert in the College Store for further instructions.
Faculty may robe/store belongings in Old Chapel 206. The faculty procession will form promptly at 9:30 a.m., on the east side of Old Chapel, on the diagonal sidewalk between Warner and the Library. The faculty procession will face Old Chapel. Faculty Marshals for this year's Commencement are: James Davis, Anne Knowles, Jason Mittell, and Frank Swenton.
Two Faculty Marshals and the department chairpersons (or their designates) will lead the faculty procession. Emeriti faculty will follow, and then the remaining members of the teaching faculty. Seats for faculty will be provided on the flanks of the stage facing the platform, and a copy of the Commencement program will be placed on each seat. Members of the faculty will be seated by the Faculty Marshals.
After the Commencement exercises there will be a luncheon at Mead Chapel Lawn for graduates and their guests. All faculty and their spouses and partners are invited. In the event of inclement weather, the luncheon will be in the three dining halls (Proctor, Ross, and Atwater).
John D. Emerson
Secretary of the College
and Dean of Planning
Enclosure: College Store "Academic Regalia for Commencement" form