Faculty are invited to the Commencement Breakfast in the Morgan Dining Room from 7 to 10am on Saturday, May 18. Complimentary tickets may be obtained by calling Betty Hale in the Provost's Office (ext. 5222). "More faculty each year are finding that this is a special opportunity to see their students and to wish them well," says Raymond R. Gilbert, director of physical education and athletics, who is coordinating these events.
Commencement follows at 11am on the Quadrangle. Faculty are asked to assemble and line up behind Boynton Hall according to academic rank; graduating seniors and graduate students will line up in front of the building. Faculty should robe in their offices and be in line at 10:30am. The procession will step off at 10:45am. In the even of inclement weather, Commencement will be held in Harrington Auditorium. Faculty will assemble on the first floor of Alumni Gymnasium, while seniors and graduate students will assemble upstairs in the gymnasium.
Tickets will not be required for family members if Commencement is outdoors. If it is indoors, staff and spouses who are not marching will be admitted through the southeast door at the front of Harrington Auditorium. Names will be checked against a gate list. Employees who plan to attend Commencement should give their names and those of their guests to the department head before Wednesday, May 15. Each department head will forward these names to Gilbert before the end of the day.