Undergraduate Students in:

• Day Program

Graduate Students in the following programs:

• Physician Assistant Studies

Thursday, April 30
Rehearsal
4:30 - 5:30 p.m.
Si Melby Hall

Saturday, May 2
Baccalaureate Service
9 - 10 a.m.
Hoversten Chapel, Foss Center
Line-up promptly at 8:40 a.m.

Baccalaureate is a celebration service of music and word held for the graduating class. Please inform your guests that seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Assemble at 8:40 a.m. in the corridor leading from the Foss Atrium to the Music Building, wearing your cap and gown. Please be prompt. You will line up in double file and be led into the chapel by the College marshals. As you march in, please follow the directions of the College marshals.

>> Read President Pribbenow's Baccalaureate Service sermon (PDF) <<

Refreshments and Line-up
10 a.m.
Students line up in the Christensen Center lobby
Line up promptly at 10:15 a.m.

Commencement Ceremony
Begins at 11 a.m.

Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient: Kerry Emanuel (Ph.D.), Professor of Meteorology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

>> Read Professor Emanuel's commencement address (PDF) <<

Faculty assemble in the Sateren Auditorium Lobby at 10:15 a.m. wearing cap and gown. Master’s degree candidates will lead the procession followed by candidates for bachelor’s degrees.

(In case of rain, line-up will be in the basement of Si Melby Hall. The decision to implement the rain plan will be made by 8 a.m.)

Following the Commencement address, the Dean of the College will present the candidates. Marshals will signal each row to rise. Receive your folder in your left hand, shake hands, leave the stage via the right ramp, and return to your row and be seated.

After the ceremony graduates should plan to meet their guests at reception locations, below:

Department and Program Receptions
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Fine Arts:  TV/Film Studio
(Art, Music, Theatre)

Humanities 1:  Foss Center Atrium
(American Indian Studies, Communication Studies, English, Women's Studies)

Humanities 2:  Old Main Lobby
(History, Languages and Cross-Cultural Studies, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religion)

Professional Studies:
Business: Lobby/ Adeline Johnson Conference Room, Oren Gateway Center
Education and Health/Physical Education:  West Commons, Christensen Center
Social Work: Marshall Room, Christensen Center

Natural Sciences and Math:  East Commons, Christensen Center
(Biology, Chemistry, Compuer Science, Math, Physics)

Social Sciences:  Cooper's Coffee Shop, Christensen Center
(Economics, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology)

Physician Assistant Studies: Lower Level, Anderson Hall