HOME: The Johns Hopkins
University



Johns Hopkins Commencement
Thursday, May 26, 2005

University-Wide Commencement Ceremony Instructions

The University-wide Commencement Ceremony will be held on the Homewood Field of the Homewood campus at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, May 26, 2005. Those eligible to participate are degree candidates from all the schools of Johns Hopkins University. Diplomas will be issued to those Doctoral candidates who have been formally approved by the respective Faculty Boards prior to Commencement. Degrees will be conferred for all candidates.

Essential Information about Commencement

Date: Thursday, May 26

Time: Candidates must report to their robing locations by 7:30 a.m. as outlined below. The Processional will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.

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

Cap and 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 the following dates and times:

Note: Individuals must present ID to pick up their rental.

Saturday, May 21, 10:30am - 2:30pm
Monday, May 23, 9:30am - 6:00pm
Tuesday, May 24, 9:30am - 6:00pm
Wednesday, May 25, 9:30am - 6:00pm
Thursday, May 26 - Commencement Day - JHU Book Center on Homewood Campus will open at 7:30 am

Students who have elected to "pick up" at either the SPSBE Columbia Center, the JHU Montgomery County Center or the SPSBE Washington Center must do so on Saturday, May 21 from 10:00am - 2:00pm or on Monday, May 23 from 5:00pm - 7:30pm ONLY. After May 23 the gowns will be available at the Homewood campus - Gilman Hall Room 10 in Baltimore.

Caps and Gowns Return: These items must be returned to the truck located on the circle outside the Athletic Center or to Room 10 in Gilman Hall following the ceremony and before 6:00 p.m.. Medical institutions follow instructions from your Book Store. Peabody Conservatory will be sent instructions from the Peabody Office of Student Affairs. SPSBE and AS Master students may return items to the truck located on the circle outside the Athletic Center after their evening ceremonies. Regalia returned to the Book Center after June 1, 2005 will be subject to a $10.00 late fee. Undergraduates may keep their regalia and all may keep the tassel from the mortarboard.

Robing Location for the Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences

All Bachelors Robe: Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center
Form: Robert Scott Gymnasium, Section 6
All Full-Time
Masters
Robe: Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center
Form: Robert Scott Gymnasium, Section 1
All Part-Time
Masters & Certificates
Robe: Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center
Form: Robert Scott Gymnasium, Section 2
Ph.D. Robe: Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center
Form: Left side of Running Track above Robert Scott Gymnasium
Doctoral candidates must be in alphabetical order

Robing Location for the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering

All Bachelors Robe: Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center (Full & Part-time)
Form: Robert Scott Gymnasium, Section 5
All Full-Time Masters Robe: Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center
Form: Robert Scott Gymnasium, Section 3
All Part-Time Masters & Certificates Robe: Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center
Form: Robert Scott Gymnasium, Section 4
Ph.D. Robe: Ralph S. O'Connor Recreation Center
Form: Right side of Running Track above Robert Scott Gymnasium
Doctoral candidates must be in alphabetical order

Robing Location for the School of Medicine

Ph.D. Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section A
Doctoral Candidates must be in alphabetical order
M.D. Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section B
Doctoral Candidates must be in alphabetical order
M.D. and PhD NOTE: If you are to receive both an M.D. and a PhD degree, please go to the stage for each degree.
All Masters Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section E

Robing Location for the School of Advanced International Studies

Ph.D. Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section B
Doctoral candidates must be in alphabetical order.
All Masters Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section E

Robing Location for the Bloomberg School of Public Health

All Doctorals Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section C
Doctoral candidates must be in alphabetical order by degree
All Masters Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section E

Robing Location for the School of Nursing

All Doctorals Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section D
Doctoral candidates must be in alphabetical order.
All Masters Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section F
All Bachelors Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section F

Robing Location for the Peabody Conservatory

D.M.A. Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center Artist Diploma
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section D
Doctoral candidates must be in alphabetical order.
All Masters, G.P.
Diplomas, Bachelors,
Certificates
Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section F

Robing Location for the School of Professional Studies in Business and Education

Ed.D. Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section D
Doctoral candidates must be in alphabetical order.
All C.A.G.S. Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section G
All Masters Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section G
All Bachelors Robe: Newton H. White Athletic Center
Form: Goldfarb Gymnasium, Section G

Academic Procession

At 8:55 a.m. the groups of candidates will move in sequence from the Athletic Center onto Homewood Field as guided by Marshals and staff from the Homewood Registrar's Office. Candidates will then march down the center aisle, to the appropriate row in the seating area. Candidates will remain standing until after the Invocation. Men will remove their caps before the Invocation and replace them when they rise for conferring of degrees.

Conferring of Degrees

During the ceremony the appropriate officers will present to the President of the University the candidates for degrees. As each group is presented, that group will stand while the President confers the degree. All doctoral candidates will proceed to the stage individually, according to degree, as their names are called, where all except Doctors of Medicine will be given their diplomas. (Doctors of Medicine receive their diplomas at 2:30 p.m. in the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral Street, on Thursday, May 26, 2005).

Diploma Distribution

The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences Master's Candidates Ceremony
(Full-time and Part-time)
Diploma ceremony, Friday, May 27, at 5:30 p.m., Homewood Field. Reception to follow ceremony (Full-time and Part-time) in the Robert Scott Gymnasium, Ralph S. O=Connor Recreation Center
The Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts & Sciences & the G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering Undergraduates
including Part-time Engineering Undergraduates
Diploma ceremony on Thursday, May 26 at 1:45, Homewood Field, University Parkway. Diplomas will be distributed following the ceremony in the Goldfarb Gymnasium in the Newton White Athletic Center.
The G.W.C. Whiting School of Engineering Master's Candidates
(Full-time and Part-time)
Graduate ceremony on Wednesday, May 25, at 7:00 p.m., Homewood Field, University Parkway. Reception to follow ceremony in the Robert Scott Gymnasium, Ralph S. O=Connor Recreation Center.
School of Professional Studies in Business and Education (except Ed.D's) Diploma ceremony Thursday, May 26, 7:30 p.m., Homewood Field, University Parkway. Reception to follow ceremony in the Robert Scott Gymnasium, Ralph S. O=Connor Recreation Center.
The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies Diploma ceremony, Thursday, May 26 at 3:00 p.m., Constitution Hall, 18th and D Sts., NW., Washington, D.C. Reception to follow ceremony at SAIS.
The Bloomberg School of Public Health Convocation ceremony, Wednesday, May 25, at 2:00 p.m., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore.
School of Medicine Diploma ceremony, Thursday, May 26, at 2:30 p.m., Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St., Baltimore.
Peabody Conservatory Diploma ceremony Thursday, May 26, at 8:00 p.m., Friedberg Hall, 1 East Mount Vernon Place.
School of Nursing Diploma ceremony on Thursday, May 26 at 1:45 p.m., Shriver Hall, Homewood Campus, 3400 N. Charles Street.

Severe Weather Plan

Unless there is severe weather (torrential rain, thunder/lightning), the ceremonies 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 morning or afternoon ceremony, announcements will be made no later than 6:30 a.m. for the morning ceremony and no later than noon for the undergraduate ceremony, on the University's website www.jhu.edu and the Weather Emergency Line, (410-516-7781).

If the morning ceremony is canceled, the doctoral candidates who had planned to attend may pick up their diplomas in the Goldfarb Gymnasium in the White Athletic Center between the hours of 9:00am - 11:00am. All other degree recipients will be instructed to attend the diploma ceremonies for their respective schools.

 
Commencent 2005 Homepage



Contact Us | Site Map | About Site | Search


Contact the JHUniverse webmaster.


©2005
The Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore, Maryland.
All rights reserved.
..... ..... ...... .... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... ..... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .... ...... .......... .......... ..... ..... .... ......