Senior Week/Commencement Weekend Schedule
Tuesday, May 18
5:00 p.m.
“FOUND YOUR PATH” Progressive Dinner
Admissions Patio, 50 Mooreland, Stern Great Room
Wednesday, May 19
12:15 p.m.
COMMON HOUR – Senior Research Presentations
Rubendall Recital Hall
5:00 p.m.
Depart for SENIOR SURPRISE – HUB Parking Lot
Thursday, May 20
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Caps & Gowns available for pick-up/Senior Surveys Due
Bookstore
11:00 a.m.
Faculty Meeting – Rubendall Recital Hall
12:30 p.m.
Faculty Brunch – Alumni Commons
(Rain Location: Social Hall)
5:00 p.m.
Departure for Senior Formal – HUB Parking Lot
6:00 p.m.
Senior Formal Reception – Harrisburg Hilton
7:00 p.m.
Senior Dinner – Harrisburg Hilton
8:30 p.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Senior Formal – Harrisburg Hilton
Friday, May 21
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Caps & Gowns available for pick-up/Senior Surveys Due
Bookstore
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Senior Slide Show – ATS Auditorium
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
QUAD ROCKS – Upper Quads
Rain Location: Social Hall
Saturday, May 22
9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Caps & Gowns available for pick-up/Senior Surveys Due
Bookstore
9:00 a.m.
Teacher Certification Ceremony - Rubendall Recital Hall
Followed by reception in the lobby
11:00 a.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Ceremony - Rubendall Recital Hall
Preceded by reception in the lobby
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch is available in the Holland Union Building Dining Hall for seniors and their families and guests
(Meal tickets will be sold at the HUB Info Desk)
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Sr. Athlete Reception – The Depot
12:30 p.m.
Sound Check for Baccalaureate musicians and other participants – John Dickinson
Campus
(Rain Location: Kline Center)
1:00 p.m.
Sound/Light Check for ROTC Ceremony – Rubendall Recital Hall
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2004 Commencement Colloquia - Waidner-Spahr Library
(Discussion of the work by Honorary Degree Recipients)
Honoree: Lawrence Small, Secretary, Smithsonian Institution
- Colloquium hosted by: Phillip Earenfight, Director of the Trout Gallery
- Honoree: LeGree S. Daniels, a Governor of the U.S. Postal Service and former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, U. S. Department of Education
- Colloquium hosted by: Lonna M. Malmsheimer, Professor of American Studies and Director of Community
Studies
- Honoree: Dr. Chad Mirkin ’86, Professor of Chemistry and Director of the Institute for Nanotechnology and Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly, Northwestern University
- Colloquium hosted by: R. David Crouch Jr., Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Honoree: Harold H. Saunders, Director of International Affairs, Charles F. Kettering Foundation, and President and Chairman of the Board of the International Institute of Sustained Dialogue
- Colloquium hosted by: Douglas T. Stuart, J. William Stuart and Helen D. Stuart Chair in International
Studies, Business and Management; Professor of Political Science and International
- Studies Special Note: Honoree: The Honorable Francois Bujon de L’Estang, former French Ambassador to the United States, is unable to attend Commencement Weekend events due to a scheduling conflict.
2:00 p.m.
Post-Colloquia Reception – Waidner-Spahr Library
2:30 p.m.
Baccalaureate Ceremony Processional Line Up – Waidner-Spahr Library
Platform Party: Lobby
of Waidner-Spahr Library
Faculty/Academic Professionals/Administrators: Britton
Plaza
Seniors: Sidewalk in front of Waidner-Spahr Library
(For rain location plans, see attached letter
from Prof. Fitts)
2:45 p.m.
Baccalaureate Procession Begins
3:00 p.m.
Baccalaureate Ceremony – John Dickinson Campus
(Rain location: Kline Center)
(For rain location plans, see attached letter from Prof. Fitts)
4:30 p.m.
Reserve Officer Training Corps Commissioning Ceremony and Reception Speaker: MG
David Petraeus, Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division, Rubendall Recital Hall, Emil R. Weiss
Center for the Arts
Rubendall Recital Hall
5:30 p.m.
Raven’s Claw Tappings
Old Stone Steps, Old West
5:45 p.m.
Catholic Mass
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium
9:00 p.m.
Graduates’ Party with Champagne Toast – Britton Plaza
(Toast to the Class of 2004
by the President @ 10:00 p.m.)
(Rain location: Social Hall)
Sunday, May 23
9:15 a.m.
Commencement Exercises Processional Line Up
Platform Party: Memorial Hall
Faculty/Academic Professionals/Administrators: West End of
Old West
Seniors: Along High Street next to the John Dickinson Campus
9:45 a.m.
Processional Begins
10:00 a.m.
Commencement Exercises - John Dickinson Campus
Speaker: Lawrence Small, Secretary, Smithsonian
Institution
Following Commencement, luncheon will be available for members of the Class of 2004 and their families and friends in the Holland Union Building Dining Hall.
Each graduate may pick up four complimentary tickets (1 for the graduate and 3 guests) in advance in the Conference Office beginning Monday, May 17 thru Friday, May 21 (between the hours of 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.). Additional tickets may be purchased (@ $6.50 each) in advance in the Conference Office or from Dining Services. Tickets will also be available for sale on Sunday at the HUB Information Desk.
5:00 p.m.
Residence Halls Close
General Information
Exhibits Senior Studio Art Majors Exhibits
Trout Gallery, Emil R. Weiss Center for the Arts
Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 23, 8:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Information College
Switchboard/Information Desk hours
Main Lobby, Holland Union Building 8:00 a.m. – Midnight: 717-243-5121
College Book Store College Book Store & Devil’s Den
Devil’s Den Lower Level,
Holland Union Building
Saturday, May 22, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 23, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Quarry
Quarry
Sat., May 22, 8:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m.
Sun., May 23, 7:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Underground Underground
Lower Level, Holland Union Building
Saturday, May 22, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 23, 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Union Station Union Station
Main Level, Holland Union Building
Sunday, May 23, 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Available for overflow seating during Brunch
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