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.

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).
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.
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. President's reception for seniors, parents and guests.
3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Faculty seminar presentation, Global Learning: Greece and the Galápagos
4:30 - 6 p.m. Departmental receptions in various locations.
6 - 8 p.m. Local foods dinner in Peirce Dining Hall.

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. 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.
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.