2006 Undergraduate Arts and Sciences & Engineering Ceremony

The Arts and Sciences and Engineering Undergraduate Ceremony will be held on the afternoon of Thursday, May 26. Those eligible to participate are undergraduates in the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences who have completed requirements for a B.A. or B.S., and those undergraduates in the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering who have completed requirements for a B.A. or a B.S. in an Engineering Discipline - including the Bachelors in the Part-time Program. Recipients will be called to the stage in alphabetical order by school.

 
Essential Information about Commencement

Date: Thursday, May 25

Time: Degree recipients must report to robing locations by 12:30 p.m. as outlined below. The Processional will begin at 1:25 and the ceremony will begin at 1:45 p.m.

Place: The ceremony will take place on Homewood Field, University Parkway.

Cap & Gown Pick Up: If you have reserved a cap and gown, please pick them up in room 10 of Gilman Hall (near the Book Center) on one of the following dates and times. Note: Individuals must present ID to pick up their rental.

Saturday, May 20, 10:30-2:30
Monday, May 22, 9:30 - 6:00
Tuesday, May 23, 9:30 - 6:00
Wednesday, May 24, 9:30 - 6:00
Thursday, May 25, Commencement Day, beginning at 7:30 a.m.

Diploma Distribution: Immediately following the ceremony until 5:30 pm in the Goldfarb Gymnasium of the Newton H. White Athletic Center.

Robing and Processional: All candidates will march by School, in alphabetical order, from the Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center to the south entrance to Homewood Field.

 
Robing Locations

 
If you have any questions please direct them as follows...

 
Severe Weather Plan

Unless there are severe weather conditions (torrential rain, and/or lightning) the ceremony will be held outdoors on Homewood Field. In case of severe weather conditions that make it unsafe to hold a ceremony outside, there may be an abbreviated ceremony.

If it becomes necessary to cancel the afternoon ceremony, an announcement will be made no later than 12:00 noon on the University website, and the Weather Emergency Line, (410-516-7781). If this plan is implemented, graduates may pick up their diplomas in the Goldfarb Gymnasium in the Newton White Athletic Center from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. After picking up diplomas, graduates should meet their parents in the lobby of the Ralph S. O Connor Recreation Center, where the president, volunteers and staff will be on hand to greet them.

 
[Updated 21Apr06]