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Synopsis of University-Wide Commencement and Divisional Ceremonies

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

Speaker: Ronald Daniels,
President, The Johns Hopkins University

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

No tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 21

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.

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

PhDs will be called to the stage individually and will receive their diplomas immediately following the ceremony.

The procession begins 20 minutes prior to the ceremony. Please be seated no later than 8:55 am.

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: TBA

Caps and gowns are mandatory for all graduates.

No tickets are required for guests.

Wednesday, May 20

6:30 p.m.

Homewood Field
Homewood Campus
Rain or Shine

Inclement Weather: 410-516-7781.

Reception immediately following the ceremony.

All Whiting School of Engineering degree and certificate recipients will be called to the stage.

Doctoral recipients receive their official Johns Hopkins University hoods.

For more information, please visit engineering.jhu.edu/news-publications/commencement-09.html or www.epp.jhu.edu/graduation. In addition, you can call Engineering Programs for Professionals at 410-540-2960.

The Bloomberg School of Public Health
Convocation Ceremony

Speaker: TBA

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

Tickets are required for guests.

Wednesday, May 20

3:30 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]. Visit the SPH Graduation 2009 Information webpage.
The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and The G.W.C Whiting School of Engineering
Undergraduate Diploma Award Ceremony

Speaker: Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

No tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 21

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 will be called to the stage.

The procession begins 20 minutes prior to the ceremony. Please be seated no later than 1:25 pm.

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: Ms. Mary Woolley, president of Research!America

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

Tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 21

2 p.m.

Lyric Opera House
140 West Mount Royal Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201

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

Speaker: Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations

Tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 21

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. Visit the SAIS 2009 Graduation website.
The School of Medicine
Diploma Award Ceremony

Speaker: Denton A. Cooley, M.D., Surgeon-in-Chief and President Emeritus of the Texas Heart Institute and 1944 graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Caps and Gowns are mandatory.

No tickets are required for guests.

Friday, May 22

10:30 am

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].

Visit the School of Medicine Commencement and Convocation website.

The Carey Business School
Diploma Award Ceremony

Speaker: TBA

Caps and gowns are required.

Tuesday, May 19

6:00 p.m.

Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Cathedral and Preston Streets
Baltimore, MD

Light reception immediately following ceremony

For more information, please visit onestop.jhu.edu/carey/registration/graduation/ or call 410-516-9816 or 1-800-gotojhu.
School of Education
Undergraduate and Graduate Diploma Award Ceremony

(except Ed.D.s)

Speaker: TBA

No tickets are required for guests.

Thursday, May 21

7:30 p.m.

Homewood Field
Homewood Campus
Rain or Shine

Reception immediately following the ceremony.

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

For more information, please visit onestop.jhu.edu/education/registration/graduation/ or call 410-516-9816 or 1-800-gotojhu.

The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University
Diploma Award Ceremony

Speaker: Michael M. Kaiser, President of The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

Tickets for guests are required.

Thursday, May 21

Time: 7:30 p.m.

Place: Miriam A. Friedberg Concert Hall

For more information, please visit www.peabody.jhu.edu/graduation or call Peabody Conservatory Director's Office, 410-659-8100, ext. 3060.
The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Master's Degree Ceremony

Speaker: TBA

Caps and gowns are mandatory.

No tickets are required for guests.

Friday, May 22
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 16Feb09]

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