Thursday, May 18

  • 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 the Peirce Hall servery
  • 10 p.m. Registration and information center closes

Friday, May 19

  • 7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in the 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)
  • 9 - 11 a.m. BFEC says Farewell to 2023: Hang-out, hike or hammock + music at the Brown Family Environmental Center
  • 10:30 a.m. Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony in Rosse Hall
  • 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch in the Peirce Hall servery
  • 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch for KEEP/STEM seniors the Alumni Dining Room in Peirce Hall
  • 12 p.m. Please note that 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 in Rosse Hall
  • 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Reception for the Class of 2023, parents and guests hosted by Acting President Jeffrey Bowman on Cromwell Lawn
  • 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. All-campus seminars
  • 4:30 - 6 p.m. Departmental receptions in various locations
  • 5 - 6 p.m. Reception for Hillel and Jewish life on campus at the Rothenberg Hillel House; join us for a nosh, candle lighting and coming together as a community to welcome Shabbat
  • 5 - 6:15 p.m. Reception for senior admissions fellows and their families
  • 6 and 7:30 p.m. Local foods dinner with two seatings in Peirce Dining Hall, ticket specific
  • 10 p.m.  Registration and information center closes

Saturday, May 20

  • 7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in the Peirce Hall servery
  • 8 a.m.  Registration and information center opens
  • 8:30 a.m. Breakfast for international student seniors, Hoehn-Saric House
  • 8:30 a.m. Commencement rehearsal (platform party only) on Samuel Mather Lawn
  • 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. 195th Commencement ceremony (doors open at 9:30 a.m.) followed immediately by a picnic lunch on Samuel Mather Lawn (rain site: Toan Track, Lowry Center)
  • 3 p.m. Registration and information center closes
  • 7 p.m. College residences close; all students must be finished packing and out of the residence halls. Room keys must be turned in at the express check-out table in the registration and information center.

All events subject to change.

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