Tuesday, May 13
6:00 p.m.
Senior Send-Off
Britton Plaza
Wednesday, May 14
1:00 p.m..-6:00 p.m.
Senior Day Out
Kline Center, Beach volleyball court and Morgan Field
Thursday, May 15
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)
6:00 p.m.
Departure for Senior Formal
ATS
6:30 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Senior Formal Reception/Dinner & Slide Show
Friday, May 16
8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Caps & Gowns available for pick-up/Senior Surveys Due
Bookstore
11:30-2:00 p.m.
Senior Sit-In & Brunch
Dining Hall
2:00 p.m.
Senior Class Picture
Weiss Lawn
4 – 5:00 p.m.
Graduating Seniors Classical Musical Recital
Rubendall Recital Hall
9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Toast to Class of 2008
(Toast at 10:00 p.m. with the President, Britton Plaza)
(Severe weather location: Social Hall)
Saturday, May 17
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
11:00 a.m. – 1:00 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.
Senior Athlete Reception
Social Hall
Noon-2:00 p.m.
Posse Ceremony
Denny 317
2:15 p.m.
Baccalaureate Ceremony Processional Line Up
Waidner-Spahr Library
2:45 p.m.
Baccalaureate Procession Begins
3:00 p.m.
Baccalaureate Ceremony—John Dickinson Campus
(Severe weather location: Kline Center)
4:30 p.m.
Reserve Officer Training Corps Commissioning Ceremony Speaker: (To be announced)
Anita Tuvin Schlechter Auditorium
Reception (Lobby)
5:00-6:15 p.m.
Reception for Honorary Degree Candidates
All members of the Class of 2008, their families, and other members of the Dickinson Community are invited to meet the 2008 Honorary Degree Candidates.
Atrium, Rector Science Complex
5:45 p.m.
Catholic Mass
Weiss Center, Rubendall Recital Hall
8:00 p.m.– 10:00 p.m.
Celebration & Conversation, HUB Underground
Sunday, May 20
9:15 a.m.
Commencement Exercises Processional Line Up
9:45 a.m.
Processional Begins
10:00 a.m.
Commencement Exercises
John Dickinson Campus
Speaker: K. Anthony Appiah, Laurance S. Rockefeller University Professor of Philosophy and the University Center for Human Values, Princeton University
Other Honorary Degree Recipients:
William M. Kelso
Director of Archaeology, Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA), Jamestown Rediscovery Project
Kathleen A. McGinty
Secretary for the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Following Commencement, a luncheon will be available for members of the Class of 2008 and their families and friends in the Holland Union Building Dining Hall.
Each graduate may pick up five complimentary tickets (1 for the graduate and 4 guests) in advance in the Conference Office Monday through Friday beginning Monday, May 5.until Friday, May 16 (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 (cash or check only) on Sunday at the HUB Information Desk.
General Information
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 18, 8:00 a.m. - 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 & Devil’s Den
Lower Level, Holland Union Building
Saturday, May 17, 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Library
Monday, May 12, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 13 thru Friday, May 16, 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, May 17—Book returns only 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, May 18--CLOSED
Quarry
Saturday, May 17, 8:00 a.m.-2:00 a.m.
Sunday, May 18, 7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Underground
Lower Level, Holland Union Building
Saturday, May 17, 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, May 18, 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Union Station
Main Level, Holland Union Building
Sunday, May18, 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Available for overflow seating during Brunch
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