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Commencement Schedule

Undergraduate Commencement Schedule

Friday, May 10, 2024


4 p.m.

Will-Call Baccalaureate Tickets
A will-call table will be located outside the Chapel prior to Baccalaureate on Friday, open from 4–5 p.m. Students may leave two tickets for their guests at the will-call table. Students should drop off tickets between 3:45–4:15 p.m.

4:15 p.m.

Robing and Line-up
Lane Student Center 

5 p.m.

Baccalaureate
A. J. Gordon Chapel

Saturday, May 11, 2024


9:15

Robing and Line-up
Lane Student Center

10 a.m.

Class of 2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Commencement

Unlimited seating is available on the quad for families and friends of the graduates.

This service will be held outside on the campus quad, rain or shine. If bad weather is forecast, the College will consider shifting the event start time accordingly. Learn more about rain and extreme weather plans ➔

There is no shade on the quad, so if the weather is hot and sunny, please be prepared with sunscreen and a hat or sunglasses.  

Online streaming of this event will be available through the Gordon College website at www.gordon.edu/commencement/live for those unable to attend in person.

The Commencement service is approximately 2 hours.

For additional questions, please email .
 

Graduate Commencement Schedule

Saturday, May 11, 2024


7:30–9 a.m.

9 a.m.

Graduate Student Breakfast Reception
Graduate students, family, friends and faculty are invited to gather for a seated hot buffet breakfast in Tupper Hall, Lane Student Center before Commencement Exercises begin. Reservations are required. RSVP online by April 15 ➔

Commencement Preparation & Mandatory Rehearsal
Graduate degree candidates gather in Tupper Hall, Lane Student Center to robe, review and rehearse ceremony procedures and form a procession. This rehearsal is for the graduates only and is mandatory for all graduates, even if not attending the breakfast reception.

Guests of the graduates are welcome to proceed directly to the quad across from Frost Hall where they can find outdoor seating for the ceremony, which begins at 10 a.m.

10 a.m.

Graduate and Undergraduate Commencement
On Quad outside Frost Hall

Unlimited seating is available on the quad for families and friends of the graduates.

This service will be held outside on the campus quad, rain or shine. If bad weather is forecast the College will consider shifting the event start time accordingly. Learn more about rain and extreme weather plans ➔

There is no shade on the quad; if the weather is hot and sunny, please be prepared with sunscreen and a hat and/or sunglasses.

Online streaming of this event will be available through the Gordon College website at www.gordon.edu/commencement/live for those unable to attend in person.

For additional questions please email 

Commencement Rain Plan

Commencement will be held outside on the quad, rain or shine. If bad weather is forecast the College will consider shifting the event start time accordingly, as early as 9 a.m. or as late as 1 p.m. In the unlikely case of extreme weather (i.e., hurricane, lightning, tornado, flooding), Commencement will take place inside the Bennett Athletic Center Gymnasium. Any changes to the time or location will be communicated on the Commencement webpage. Each student will receive two (2) tickets to Baccalaureate and four (4) Commencement ceremony tickets in case of moving inside.

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