Commencement

Schedule

Friday, June 7, 2013

Senior Art Exhibition - Open to all

Wriston Art Center Galleries
10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Commencement Rehearsal - Participating Students Required!

Memorial Chapel
1:00 p.m. (prompt) followed by Class Photograph

Commencement Concert - featuring members of the Class of 2013

Memorial Chapel
8:00 p.m.

Informal Party for Seniors - All are welcome

Viking Room, Memorial Hall
10:00 p.m.
 

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Phi Beta Kappa Breakfast - Members only

Esch Hurvis Room, Warch Campus Center
8:30 a.m.
 

Baccalaureate Ceremony - All are welcome

Memorial Chapel
11:00 a.m.
Senior picnic

Senior Picnic - Seniors and parents

Main Hall Green
(Rain site is the Warch Campus Center)
Noon - 1:30 p.m.

President’s reception - Seniors and parents

Pusey Room
2 - 3:30 p.m.

Party for seniors, parents and faculty

Second floor, Warch Campus Center
8 - 11:00 p.m.

Viking Room open

Memorial Hall
11:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m.

Sunday, June 9, 2013

Complimentary Continental Breakfast - Seniors and families

Andrew Commons, Warch Campus Center
8:00 - 10:00 a.m.

Academic procession - Participating students, faculty, honored guests

East of Memorial Chapel
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.

Rain site - Seeley G. Mudd Library
9:45 - 10:30 a.m (please be prompt)

Commencement - All are welcome, no tickets, seating is first come-first served

Main Hall Green
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Post-Commencement refreshments - All are welcome, no tickets

Main Hall Green
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.

Rain site - Warch Campus Center

General Information

Commencement information center

The Hochkammer Information Desk at the Warch Campus Center will be open throughout Commencement weekend. Staff will be available to answer questions and provide service to students and their families. You may contact the information desk in person or by calling 920-832-7000.

Academic caps and gowns, class rings, cards and invitations

Orders for caps, gowns, rings, graduation cards and invitations can be placed at the Graduate Fair, held in the Warch Campus Center on April 17 and 18 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Orders may also be placed online now (collegegrad.herffjones.com) or by phone (800-837-4235).

Commencement video/photographs

As a service to graduating seniors and their families, the ceremony will be webcast live beginning at 10:15 a.m. (Central Standard Time). In addition, a video of the ceremony will be posted on the Lawrence YouTube channel on Monday, June 10.

During the ceremony a professional photographer will photograph each student as she or he receives a diploma. The photographer will contact you regarding the availability of duplicate prints.

Buchanan Kiewit Wellness Center hours

Friday, June 7: 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Graduating seniors and their families will be asked to sign in.

Parking

From College Avenue, turn south on Oneida Street. A public parking ramp is on the left. The ramp costs $2 per visit and is free on Sundays. The Commencement site is three blocks east of the ramp.

Note: Handicapped parking is located adjacent to Memorial Chapel. Shuttle service for individuals needing special assistance will be provided to the Warch Campus Center and Main Hall Green from 8 to 10:15 a.m. and again at the conclusion of Commencement until 1:30 p.m. Post-Commencement pick-up will be at the College Avenue crosswalk adjacent to the library.

Pets

For the safety of those attending Commencement exercises we ask that pets, other than those needed for assistance, be kept away from the campus green area.

Questions?

Questions concerning Commencement Weekend should be directed to the President’s Office at 920-832-6525 or e-mail petrickl@lawrence.edu.

2013 Commencement Exercises

The 2013 Commencement exercises will be held under a tent on the Main Hall Green from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Sunday, June 9, 2013.

Any Lawrence student who does not wish to participate in the formal ceremony on June 9 may be excused by informing Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Truesdell or Provost and Dean of the Faculty Burrows in writing by Thursday, June 6, 2013. We assume all eligible graduates will be in attendance unless we are informed to the contrary.

All obligations to the university, financial as well as academic, must be met before Commencement day, June 9, 2013.

  • No tickets will be distributed
  • Seating is first come, first served beginning at 9am
  • Please consider the weather when preparing for the day
  • Please speak to an usher regarding seating for the elderly or special needs on the day of the ceremony
  • Dress comfortably and enjoy the day!