Academic Affairs

Central College Lawn (located in the vicinity of Munroe and Voter Halls)

Please come prepared for all weather conditions (warm coats, rain gear, hats, sunscreen, etc.) and wear shoes appropriate for damp, uneven, grassy terrain.

A tent, to provide sun or rain protection, will be located behind the seating area. A live broadcast of the ceremony will be provided in Wilson Hall in the McCullough Student Center (directly behind the rain tent) and Mead Chapel (up the hill) for those who wish to be inside.

Mead Memorial Chapel
President Patton will address the senior class.

All are welcome to attend. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. A live broadcast will be provided in Wilson Hall, in the McCullough Student Center, and in Dana Auditorium, in Sunderland Language Center. Mead Chapel is not air conditioned. For guests who prefer a more comfortable setting, Wilson Hall and Dana Auditorium offer cushioned seating and air conditioning.

“Unrest and the Final Resting Place: The Struggle to Establish Civil Cemeteries in Israel”

Zohar Gazit, Program in Modern Hebrew, will give a talk as part of the 2019-20 Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series.

Linus Owens, Department of Sociology will give a talk as part of the 2019-20 Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series.

 “What Do You Want to be When You Don’t Grow Up? Halloween and the End of Adulthood”

 Halloween is increasingly an adult holiday, but at the same time traditional meanings of adulthood are disappearing. This talk uses Halloween as a lens to study new forms of emerging adulthood, placing these developments in economic and cultural contexts.

 Refreshments will be served.

Jamie McCallum, Department of Sociology will give a talk as part of the 2019-20 Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series.

 “This is What Democracy Looked Like!  The Long Shadow of Radical Politics Since the Battle of Seattle”

Eilat Glikman, Department of Physics will give a talk as part of the 2019-20 Carol Rifelj Faculty Lecture Series.

 “How to See a Black Hole”

Chris Herdman, Department of Physics, “Black Holes, Superfluids & Quantum Entanglement: How Information Shapes the Physical World”

Associate Professor of Economics, Caitlin Myers will give this lecture.

“Measuring the burden: An empirical approach to understanding how abortion policy shapes women’s lives”

Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Director of the Arts, Pieter Broucke will give this lecture.

“Two Temples and a Portico: the Ptolemaic structures on Yeronisos, Cyprus”

Professor of Anthropology, David Stoll will give this lecture.

“ ‘My daughter is looking for a better future’: How Central American asylum claims could affect the 2020 presidential race”