TENTATIVE COMMENCEMENT WEEK SCHEDULE
FRIDAY • MAY 15
- UNIVERSITY MINISTRIES RECOGNITION & COMMISSIONING
5:30 p.m.
University Chapel
Followed by reception at 6:15 p.m.
Recognizes students with significant service in mission and ministries.
Attendance by invitation only
- 24th ANNUAL CANDLELIGHT INDUCTION CEREMONY
8:45 p.m.
Steps of Plassmann Hall (Rain site: University Chapel; call made at 4 p.m.)
Graduates, family members and friends are welcome to attend this event that inducts new graduates into the SBU alumni family.
STUDENTS: "Sunday best" dress; report to Reilly Center by 8:30 p.m. to line up for the procession.
- FAMILY SOCIAL
9-10:30 p.m.
Hickey Dining Hall
SATURDAY • MAY 16
- COMMISSIONING CEREMONY FOR ROTC CADETS
10-11 a.m.
Rigas Family Theater, Quick Center for the Arts
Reception follows in Quick Center Atrium
- HONORS & AWARDS CEREMONY AND RECEPTION
11:30 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Reilly Center Arena
Reception immediately following in Hickey Dining Hall
Attendance by invitation only
- MULTICULTURAL STOLE CEREMONY
1 p.m.
Rigas Family Theater, Quick Center for the Arts
Light refreshments in Quick Center Atrium immediately following
This event celebrates the academic achievements of graduating students of color and historically disenfranchised individuals, while paying tribute to family, friends and others who have helped the graduates achieve this accomplishment.
Attendance by invitation only
- BACCALAUREATE MASS
4:30 p.m.
Reilly Center Arena
Graduates of all faiths and their families welcome
- 4 p.m.: Graduates assemble in the RC
- 4:20 p.m.: Procession begins
- 4:30 p.m.: Mass begins
SUNDAY • MAY 17
- COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES
3:30 p.m. sharp
Reilly Center Arena
- 1:30 p.m.: Arena opens to family members and guests
- 2:30 p.m.: Graduates assemble at designated spots (maps posted)
- 3:30 p.m.: Commencement exercises begin (all guests at their seats)
PLEASE NOTE: Promptness is critical to the success of Commencement Weekend events. Participants and guests are asked to please be courteous to others by showing up for events and activities on time.
* The 3:30 p.m. Commencement start time is a change from the traditional morning start time for our annual Commencement Exercises. This is being done so that University President Dr. Dennis R. DePerro may attend his son's graduation from Providence College, also on Sunday, May 17, then return to SBU for our Commencement. This accommodation, embraced by student and faculty leaders, allows Dr. DePerro to fulfill obligations to the two most important things in his life: his family and St. Bonaventure University.