Commencement Schedule

This schedule provides an overview of general Commencement Weekend activities.

Thursday, May 15

• 10 a.m. Mandatory 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 - 10 p.m. Registration and information center open.
• 5 - 7 p.m. Dinner in Peirce Dining Hall servery.
• 8 - 11 p.m. Toast Your Graduate: An opportunity to socialize with your graduate over cocktails and mocktails, beer on tap, and bar food at Flats, the student-run campus bar. 

Friday, May 16

• 7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in Peirce Dining Hall servery.
• 8 a.m. - 10 p.m. Registration and information center open.
• 9 a.m. South Campus Architectural Tour; meet outside the north door of the Church of the Holy Spirit.
• 9 a.m. Baccalaureate rehearsal (student speakers and platform party only).
• 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony, Rosse Hall Auditorium
• 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch in the Peirce Dining Hall servery.
• 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch for KEEP/STEM/REACH seniors and their families in the Alumni Dining Room on the lower level of Peirce Hall.
• Noon. The emergency siren is tested at noon every Friday. Do not be alarmed.
• 1:30 p.m. Baccalaureate service in the Toan Track at the Lowry Center.

Baccalaureate Livestream

• 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. President's reception for seniors, families and guests in the Multi-Activity Court in the Lowry Center.
• 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Faculty seminar presentation, Global Learning: Greece and the Galápagos, in the Community Foundation Theater at The Gund.
• 4:30 - 6 p.m. Departmental receptions in various locations.
• 6 - 8 p.m. Local foods dinner in Peirce Dining Hall.

Saturday, May 17

• 7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in Peirce Dining Hall servery.
• 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Registration and information center open.
• 8:30 a.m. Commencement rehearsal (platform party only).
• 9:45 a.m. Seniors, faculty and staff line up for the ceremony procession.
• 10 a.m. All guests must check out of their residences and turn in room keys at the registration and information center.
• 10:30 a.m. 197th Commencement ceremony, Toan Track, Lowry Center. Immediately following the ceremony, graduates will process to the steps of Rosse Hall for the Senior Sing followed by a boxed lunch picnic. Boxed lunch tickets will be available while supplies last at the registration and information center.

Commencement Livestream 

• 7 p.m. College residences close. All students must be finished packing and out of their residences. Room keys must be turned in at the express check-out table in the Kenyon College Bookstore or at the Office of Residential Life in Gund Commons.

Please email commencement@kenyon.edu with any questions.