FRIDAY, MAY 15
8:00 p.m. - Boston College Family Night at the Pops
Symphony Hall (Tickets for families and friends become available starting February 1, 2009. Please call 617-552-3469, visit http://www.bc.edu/alumni/familynightatpops.html or e-mail familypops@bc.edu if you have any questions.)
9:00 p.m. - Commencement Ball
The Sheraton Boston (Students may purchase tickets in March. Please call the Senior Week Hotline at 617-552-3492, email seniorweek@bc.edu or visit www.bc.edu/seniorweek for further information.)
SUNDAY, MAY 17
9:30 a.m. - ROTC Commissioning
Bapst Lawn
10:00 a.m. - Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Ceremony
Robsham Theater
10:00 a.m. - Senior Legacy Breakfast Reception
Flynn Recreational Complex, East Wing (Alumni parents of the Class of 2009 and their families are invited to a continental breakfast reception prior to Baccalaureate Mass. Invitations will be sent to Legacy families in late April, 2009. Please call the Alumni Association at 617-552-4700 for additional information.)
12:00 p.m. - Baccalaureate Mass
Conte Forum (All should be seated by 11:45 a.m. Graduates should be attired in gown but without cap & hood. They may sit with family and friends during the Mass. No tickets necessary.)
1:30 p.m.-Reception for Parents, Graduates & Guests
O'Neill Plaza (Canceled if raining. No tickets necessary.)
2:00 p.m. - Carroll School of Management Awards Ceremony
Fulton Hall 511
3:00 p.m. - Connell School of Nursing Senior Convocation
Bapst Lawn (Undergraduates and their guests are invited to the Connell School of Nursing Pinning Ceremony and reception which follows. For further information please call 617-552-4925.)
3:00 p.m. - College of Arts & Sciences Awards Ceremony
Robsham Theater
3:00 p.m. - Lynch School of Education Awards Ceremony
Bapst Lawn
5:00 p.m. - Graduate Nurses' Association Commencement Dinner & Awards Ceremony
Corcoran Commons, The Heights Room (This is a celebration dinner for all Connell School of Nursing M.S. and Ph.D. graduates and their guests. Please contact 617-552-4928 for further information.)
MONDAY, MAY 18- COMMENCEMENT DAY
9:30 a.m. - University Commencement (main ceremony)
Alumni Stadium (There is open seating, no limit to the number of guests and no tickets necessary if held outdoors in Alumni Stadium.) Rain site: Conte Forum (Rain tickets (2 RTs) may be picked up at cap and gown distribution. Additional guests may view the main ceremony on closed circuit TV at alternate rain sites.)
12:00 p.m.- Individual School/College Diploma Ceremonies
(Individual School/College Diploma Ceremonies are held at separate sites for each School. Rain tickets are necessary for A&S (5 RTs), LSOE (4 RTs), LGSOE (4 RTs) and CSOM (4 RTs). Information will be sent to students in April in the Student Guide. Rain tickets for the A&S and CSOM Diploma Ceremonies will be distributed at the cap and gown distribution site. Rain tickets for the LSOE/LGSOE Diploma Ceremony will be distributed by the Dean.)
Commencement Exercises are a two-part ceremony. The University Commencement will start with the procession at 9:30 a.m. followed by the ceremony at 10:00 a.m. and takes approximately two hours; it is followed immediately after by Individual School/College Diploma Ceremonies around noon which are completed by 2:00 p.m. The University Commencement is attended by all graduates. The President addresses the graduates, confers honorary degrees, and, through student representatives, confers the appropriate degrees on all graduates. The Commencement Speaker delivers the Commencement address. Diplomas are distributed to graduates at the diploma ceremonies.
*(RTs) identify the number of rain tickets distributed per student.