Johns Hopkins University
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Synopsis of University-Wide Commencement and Divisional Ceremonies

University-Wide Commencement
Event Day, Time, Place Notes
University-wide Commencement

Speaker: Dr. William R. Brody,
President, The Johns Hopkins University

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

No tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 17

9:15 a.m.

Homewood Field
Homewood Campus
Rain or Shine

Inclement Weather: 410-516-7781.

President of the University confers all degrees in all divisions.

Doctoral recipients from all divisions receive their diplomas on stage.

M.D.s are called to the stage individually, but diplomas will be presented at the School of Medicine's Diploma Award Ceremony.

For more information, call the Commencement office at 410-516-8069 or the Registrar's Office at 410-516-8079.

 

Divisional Ceremonies
[in chronological order]
Event Day, Time, Place Notes
The G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering
Graduate Ceremony

Speaker: Frannie A. Leautier, Managing Partner, The Fezembat Group, Castelnau de Montmiral, France

Caps and gowns are mandatory for all graduates.

No tickets are required for guests.

Wednesday, May 16

7 p.m.

Homewood Field
Homewood Campus
Rain or Shine

Inclement Weather: 410-516-7781.

Reception immediately following the ceremony.

Master's degree recipients from the School of Engineering full-time and part-time programs will receive their diplomas on stage. Students receiving certificates and Post Masters certificates will also walk on stage.

Doctoral recipients receive their official Johns Hopkins University hoods.

For more information, call Engineering Programs for Professionals, 410-540-2960.

The Bloomberg School of Public Health
Convocation Ceremony

Speaker: John M. Barry, Author and Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the Center for Bioenvironmental Research of Tulane and Xavier Universities

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

Tickets are required for guests.

Wednesday, May 16

2 p.m.

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Cathedral and Preston Streets
Baltimore, MD

For more information, contact the Bloomberg School of Public Health's Registrar's Office, 410-955-3552, [email protected].
The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and The G.W.C Whiting School of Engineering
Undergraduate Diploma Award Ceremony

Speaker: Brian Billick, Head Coach of the Baltimore Ravens

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

No tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 17

1:45 p.m.

Homewood Field
Homewood Campus
Rain or Shine

Inclement Weather: 410-516-7781.

Bachelor degree recipients from the Schools of Arts and Sciences and Engineering full- and part-time programs will be called to the stage.

For more information, call the Commencement office at 410-516-8069 or the Registrar's Office at 410-516-8079

The School of Nursing
Diploma Award Ceremony

Speaker: Rear Admiral Carol A. Romano,
Chief Nurse Officer of the U.S. Public Health Service

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

Tickets are required for guests.

Wednesday, May 16

9:00 a.m.

The Francis Merrick Performing Arts Center (Hippodrome)
12 N. Eutaw Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

The School of Nursing diploma award ceremony is followed at 11:30 am by the Sigma Theta Tau honor society ceremony.

Both ceremonies will follow with light receptions.

For more information, call School of Nursing Student Services Office 410-955-7548 or stop by this page.
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Diploma Award Ceremony

Speaker: Sir David Manning, British Ambassador to the United States and 1972 SAIS Bologna Center graduate

Caps and Gowns are mandatory.

Tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 17

3 p.m.

Constitution Hall
18th and D Streets, NW
Washington, D.C.

Reception following ceremony at SAIS

For more information, call SAIS Office of Student Affairs, 202-663-5705.
The School of Medicine
Diploma Award Ceremony

Speaker: Atul Gawande, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health

Caps and Gowns are mandatory.

No tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 17

2:30 pm

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Cathedral and Preston Streets
Baltimore, MD

For more information, call the School of Medicine Registrar's Office, 410-955-3080 or email [email protected].
The Carey Business School and the School of Education
Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma Award Ceremony

(except Ed.D.s)

Speaker: Stanley C. Gabor, Dean Emeritus of the School of Professional Studies in Business and Education
[NOTE: This will be the last graduation ceremony shared between the two schools]

Caps and gowns are required.

No tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 17

7:30 p.m.

Homewood Field
Homewood Campus
Rain or Shine

Reception immediately following the ceremony.

For this ceremony, the Carey Business School and the School of Education will graduate jointly.

All Carey Business School and School of Education degree recipients (except Ed.D.s) will be called to the stage.

For more information, stop by this page or call 410-516-9816 or 1-800-gotojhu.

The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Diploma Award Ceremony

Speaker: Quincy Jones

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

Tickets for guests are required.

Thursday, May 17

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Place: Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall

For more information, call Peabody Conservatory Director's Office, 410-659-8100, ext. 3060.
The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Master's Degree Ceremony

Speaker: Dr. Claire M. Fraser-Liggett, president, director and co-founder of The Institute for Genomic Research, Rockville, MD

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

No tickets are required for guests.

Friday, May 18
10 a.m

Homewood Field for Full-time and Part-time Master's candidates.

Reception to follow ceremony in the Robert Scott Gymnasium, Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center.

Rain or Shine

Inclement Weather: 410-516-7781

Master's degree recipients from the School of Arts and Sciences full- and part-time programs will be recognized on stage.

For more information, please visit advanced.jhu.edu/registration/
degree-ceremony/
.

Notes:
Non-Homewood Doctoral Diplomas not presented at the University-wide ceremony will be forwarded to the divisional Registrars' Offices for disposition.

 
[Updated 14May07]

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