Schedule of Key Events and Receptions

 

Commencement 1999
Schedule of Key Commencement Events

 Wednesday, May 26, 1999
"Senior Class Day"

10:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast
Severance Green Tent

10:30 a.m.

Commencement Rehearsal & Awards Presentation
Following Breakfast - Severance Green Tent
SENIOR ATTENDANCE REQUIRED

12:00 p.m.

Senior Class Luncheon (tickets required)
Sponsored by the Alumnae Association

9:00 p.m.

Senior/Community Bonfire
Shores of Lake Waban, near the College Club

Thursday, May 27, 1999

9:00 a.m.

Astronomy Department Reception
Science Center Lounge

9:00 a.m.

Biological Sciences Department Reception
Science Center Lounge

9:00 a.m.

Chemistry Department Reception
Science Center Lounge

9:00 a.m.

Computer Science Department Reception
Science Center Lounge

9:00 a.m.

English Department Reception
English Common Room, Founders 106

9:00 a.m.

Geology Department Reception
Science Center Lounge

9:00 a.m.

German Department Reception
Founders 405

9:00 a.m.

Mathematics Department Reception
Science Center Lounge

9:00 a.m.

Physics Department Reception
Science Center Lounge

9:00 a.m.

Psychology Department Reception
Science Center Lounge

9:15 a.m.

Russian Department Reception
Founders 416

9:30 a.m.

Education Department Reception
Billings 100

10:00 a.m.

French Department Reception
Green Hall 231-A

10:00 a.m.

Theatre Studies Department Reception
Alumnae Hall Ruth Nagel Jones Theatre

10:00 a.m.

Women's Studies Department Reception
Women's Studies Lounge, Founders 422

10:30 - 11:45 a.m.

Sigma Xi Initiation, Seniors and Guests
Science Center 277

10:45 a.m.

Japanese Studies Department Reception
Slater International Center

11:00 a.m.

Africana Studies Department Reception
Africana Studies Lounge, Ground Floor Founders

11:00 a.m.

Economics Department Reception
Economics Lounge, Pendleton East 3rd Floor

12:00 - 12:30 p.m.

Phi Beta Kappa Initiation, Seniors and Guests
Jewett Auditorium

12:00 - 2:00 p.m.

Picnic Lunch, Seniors and Guests
Tower Court (tickets required)

12:30 p.m.

International Students Reception
Slater International Center

2:00 p.m.

Baccalaureate Celebration
Houghton Memorial Chapel
(One guest ticket per senior)

3:45 - 5:30 p.m.

President's Reception, Seniors and Guests
Following Baccalaureate Celebration
President's House Lawn
Rain Location: Davis Museum

5:45 p.m.

Dinner, Seniors and Guests
Chapel Lawn Tent (tickets required)

8:00 p.m.

Baccalaureate Concert
Houghton Memorial Chapel

Friday, May 28, 1999

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7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

Breakfast for Seniors
Residence Halls

8:30 a.m.

Art and Architecture Departments Reception
Jewett Arts Center Corridor (outside of the Art Library)

8:30 a.m.

Music Department Reception
Jewett Arts Center Foyer

8:30 a.m.

Philosophy Department Reception
Founders 322

8:30 a.m.

Spanish Department Reception
Green Hall 328

8:45 a.m.

Anthropology Department Reception
Pendleton East 206

8:45 a.m.

Italian Department Reception
Founders 224

8:45 a.m.

Physical Education Department Reception
Keohane Sports Center Lounge

8:45 a.m.

Religion Department Reception
Founders 222

8:45 a.m.

Sociology Department Reception
Pendleton East 206

9:00 a.m.

Chinese Department Reception
Chinese Department, Pendleton East Ground Floor

9:00 a.m.

History Department Reception
History Common Room, Founders 203

9:00 a.m.

Jewish Studies Department Reception
History Common Room, Founders 203

9:00 a.m.

Political Science Department Reception
Political Science Lounge, Pendleton East 1st Floor

10:30 a.m.

Commencement Exercises
Severance Green Tent

12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Reception, Seniors and Guests
Following Commencement
Chapel Lawn Tent

 

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