Thursday, May 16

  • 10 a.m. Commencement and Senior Sing rehearsal for seniors. Caps and gowns will be distributed at this time on the Toan Track in the Lowry Center.
  • 3 p.m. Registration and information center opens.
  • 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Dinner in Peirce Hall servery.
  • 10 p.m. Registration and information center closes.

Friday, May 17

  • Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) trails and garden open to the public from dawn until dusk.
  • 7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in Peirce Hall servery.
  • 8 a.m. Registration and information center opens.
  • 9 a.m. Historical tour of south campus starting from the north door of the Church of the Holy Spirit.
  • 9 a.m. Baccalaureate rehearsal (student speakers and platform party only) on Samuel Mather Lawn (rain site: Toan Track, Lowry Center).
  • 10:30 a.m. Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony in Rosse Hall.
  • 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch in Peirce Hall servery.
  • 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch for KEEP/STEM seniors in the Alumni Dining Room in Peirce Hall.
  • Noon. The emergency siren is tested at noon every Friday. Do not be alarmed.
  • 1:30 p.m. Baccalaureate service on Samuel Mather Lawn (rain site: Toan Track, Lowry Center) followed immediately by Senior Sing and the class photo at Rosse Hall.
  • 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Reception for the Class of 2024, parents and guests hosted by President Julie Kornfeld on Cromwell Cottage lawn (rain site: Multi-activity Court (MAC), Lowry Center).
  • 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Join coeditors David Lynn '76 and Daniel Laskin for a guided tour of “Place and Purpose: Kenyon at 200,” the magnificent book that Kenyon published to mark its bicentennial — and maybe win a free copy — in the Community Foundation Theater in the Gund Gallery.
  • 4:30 - 6 p.m. Departmental receptions in various locations.
  • 5 - 6:15 p.m. Reception for senior admissions fellows, senior tour guides and their families in Lowell House.
  • 6 and 7:30 p.m. Local foods dinner with two ticket-specific seatings in Peirce Hall.
  • 10 p.m. Registration and information center closes.

Saturday, May 18

  • 7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in Peirce Hall servery.
  • 8 a.m. Registration and information center opens.
  • 8:30 a.m. Breakfast for international student seniors, Gund Commons Ballroom.
  • 8:30 a.m. Commencement rehearsal (platform party only) on Samuel Mather Lawn (rain site: Toan Track, Lowry Center).
  • 10 a.m. All guests must check out of their residences. Room keys must be turned in at the registration and information center.
  • 10 a.m. Commencement academic procession lines up (faculty and students) on Middle Path (rain site: Lowry Center).
  • 10:30 a.m. 196th Commencement ceremony (doors open at 9:30 a.m.) followed immediately by a boxed lunch on Samuel Mather Lawn (rain site: Toan Track, Lowry Center). Boxed lunch tickets will be available while supplies last at the Registration and information center.
  • 3 p.m. Registration and information center closes.
  • 7 p.m. College residences close. All students must be finished packing and out of their residence halls and apartments. Room keys must be turned in at the express check-out table in the Kenyon College Bookstore or at Residential Life in Gund Commons.

All events subject to change.

Please email commencement@kenyon.edu for information regarding late check-ins.