Special Ceremonies

Friday, May 11

12:00 noon PROGRAM IN THE STUDY OF SEXUALITIES AND CENTER FOR LGBT LIFE Luncheon and Certificate/Awards Distribution. Rooms 201 and 202, Flowers Building.

12:30 p.m. REGINALDO HOWARD SCHOLARSHIP Luncheon. Old Trinity Room, Union Building.West Campus.

2:00 p.m. ARMY ROTC Commissioning Ceremony. Baldwin Auditorium. East Campus.

2:30 p.m. AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES Reception and Awards Ceremony. Upper East Union. East Campus.

3:00 p.m. ARMY ROTC Commissioning Reception. Lilly Library. East Campus.

3:00 p.m. PROGRAM IN EDUCATION Reception. Freeman Center for Jewish Life. 1415 Faber Street

6:00 p.m. SHABBAT SERVICES (Reform, Conservative and Orthodox) Freeman Center for Jewish Life. 1415 Faber Street.

6:30 p.m. B.N. DUKE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM AND TRINITY SCHOLARS Dinner. Searle Center.

6:30 p.m. NAVAL ROTC Commissioning Ceremony. Baldwin Auditorium. East Campus. Followed by Reception. East Union.

6:45 p.m. WOMEN'S STUDIES Reception and Ceremony for Majors and Minors. Durham Arts Council.

7:30 p.m. THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Hippocratic Oath Ceremony. University Chapel.

Saturday, May 12

7:30 a.m. WILLIAM J. GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY SERVICE AWARDS Recognition Breakfast. Von Canon Hall, Bryan University Center.

9:00 a.m. FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Special Ceremony. Edmund M. Cameron Indoor Stadium. Reception to follow. 751 RT Parking Lot.

9:00 a.m. NICHOLAS SCHOOL OF THE ENVIRONMENT Recognition Ceremony. Reception to follow. Courtyard, Leon S. Levine Science Research Center.

9:00 a.m. A.B. DUKE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM AND PRESIDENT'S RESEARCH FELLOWS Breakfast. Oak Room, Union Building. West Campus.

9:00 a.m. JUDAIC STUDIES Continental Breakfast. Room 05 (Student Lounge), New Divinity Building.

10:00 a.m. PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES Hooding Ceremony for Master Degree Candidates. Formal Lawn, Sanford Institute Building.

12:30 p.m. PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES Luncheon and Awards Ceremony. Formal Lawn, Sanford Institute Building.

12:30 p.m. INTERNATIONAL HOUSE Luncheon. 2022 Campus Drive.

1:00 p.m. AIR FORCE ROTC Commissioning Ceremony and Reception. Washington Duke Inn.

1:30 p.m. MARINE LABORATORY Reception honoring graduating undergraduate, graduate and professional school students who have attended the Marine Laboratory. Williams Hall of Science, Leon S. Levine Science Research Center.

4:00 p.m. JEWISH BACCALAUREATE SERVICE (for Undergraduate, Graduate and Professional School Students) Freeman Center for Jewish Life. 1415 Faber Street.

6:00 p.m. THE SCHOOL OF LAW Hooding Ceremony. Edmund M. Cameron Indoor Stadium. Reception to follow. Law School Lawn.

6:00 p.m. THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Maimonides Oath Ceremony. Freeman Center for Jewish Life. 1415 Faber Street.

6:00 p.m. ARTS AWARDS CEREMONY Presenting student awards in the creative, performing, and visual arts and literature, including Benenson Awards and the Sudler Prize in the Arts. Museum of Art. East Campus.

6:00 p.m. CATHOLIC MASS Baldwin Auditorium.

6:00 p.m. BLACK CAMPUS MINISTRIES Graduation Celebration. Page Auditorium. West Campus.

6:30 p.m. THE DIVINITY SCHOOL Service of Worship and Hooding Ceremony. University Chapel. Reception to follow. North Chapel Courtyard. (In the event of rain, Alumni Memorial Common Room.)

7:00 p.m. THE SCHOOL OF NURSING Hooding and Recognition Ceremony. Griffith Film Theater. Bryan University Center. Reception to follow. Von Canon Hall.

9:00 p.m. CLASS OF 2001 GRADUATION PARTY Zone W Parking Lot. West Campus.

Sunday, May 13

8:00 a.m. THE SCHOOL OF LAW Breakfast. Law School Lawn.

12:00 noon THE DIVINITY SCHOOL Reception and Diploma Distribution. Alumni Memorial Common Room, New Divinity School.

12:00 noon THE PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING (Master of Engineering Management) Reception and Diploma Distribution. 125 Hudson Hall.

12:00 noon SCHOOL OF NURSING Reception and Diploma Distribution. School of Nursing. Trent Drive.

12:00 noon FUQUA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS Reception and Diploma Distribution. 751 - RT Parking Lot.

12:00 noon THE GRADUATE SCHOOL (Ph.D.) Doctoral Ceremony. Page Auditorium. Luncheon to follow. Clock Tower Quadrangle. West Campus.

12:00 noon THE SCHOOL OF LAW Reception. Law School Lawn. Diploma Distribution. Room 2028, Law School.

12:00 noon THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Reception. Searle Center.

12:00 noon BIOLOGY Recognition Ceremony and Diploma Distribution. Edmund M. Cameron Indoor Stadium. Reception to follow.

12:00 noon CHEMISTRY Reception and Diploma Distribution. Lobby, Paul M. Gross Chemical Laboratory.

12:00 noon CLASSICAL STUDIES Reception and Diploma Distribution. Room 226, Allen Building.

12:00 noon COMPARATIVE AREA STUDIES Luncheon and Diploma Distribution. West Duke Lawn, West Duke Building. (In the event of rain, Room 105, West Duke Building.)

12:00 noon COMPUTER SCIENCE Luncheon and Diploma Distribution. Great Lawn, Leon S. Levine Science Research Center.

12:00 noon CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY Reception and Diploma Distribution. Room 136, Social Sciences Building.

12:00 noon DRAMA Buffet Luncheon and Diploma Distribution. Sheafer Theatre, Bryan University Center.

12:00 noon EARTH AND OCEAN SCIENCES Reception. Side Lawn, Old Chemistry Building.

12:00 noon ENGLISH Luncheon. Front Lawn, Allen Building. (In the event of rain, Third Floor, Allen Building.)

12:00 noon ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES AND POLICY Reception and Diploma Distribution. Courtyard, Leon S. Levine Science Research Center.

12:00 noon GERMANIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE Reception and Diploma Distribution. Front Porch, Old Chemistry Building. (In the event of rain, Lobby, Old Chemistry Building.)

12:00 noon HEALTH POLICY (jointly with Public Policy Studies) Reception and Diploma/Certificate Distribution. Fleishman Commons, Sanford Institute Building.

12:00 noon HISTORY Diploma Distribution. Baldwin Auditorium. East Campus. Luncheon to follow. Front Lawn, Baldwin Auditorium.

12:00 noon LINGUISTICS (jointly with English) Luncheon. Front Lawn, Allen Building.

12:00 noon LITERATURE Reception and Diploma Distribution. Women's Studies Parlor, East Duke Building.

12:00 noon MARKETS AND MANAGEMENT STUDIES PROGRAM (jointly with Sociology). Reception and Certificate Distribution. Room 331, Sociology/Psychology Building.

12:00 noon MATHEMATICS (jointly with Physics) Buffet Luncheon and Diploma Distribution. Leon S. Levine Science Research Center Patio and Dining Room.

12:00 noon PHILOSOPHY Reception and Diploma Distribution. Teer Engineering Library.

12:00 noon PHYSICS (jointly with Mathematics) Buffet Luncheon and Diploma Distribution. Leon S.Levine Science Research Center Patio and Dining Room.

12:00 noon POLITICAL SCIENCE Buffet Luncheon and Diploma Distribution. Cambridge Inn Quadrangle, Union Building. West Campus.

12:00 noon PROGRAM II Reception and Diploma Distribution. 2022 Campus Drive.

12:00 noon PSYCHOLOGY Reception and Diploma Distribution. Front Lawn, Davison Building.

12:00 noon PUBLIC POLICY STUDIES (jointly with Health Policy) Reception and Diploma Distribution. Fleishman Commons, Sanford Institute Building.

12:00 noon RELIGION Diploma Distribution and Essay Award Announcement. York Chapel. Reception to follow. Room 05 (Student Lounge), New Divinity Building.

12:00 noon ROMANCE STUDIES Reception and Diploma Distribution. Perkins Library Courtyard.

12:00 noon SLAVIC LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE Reception and Diploma Distribution. Room 109, Languages Building.

12:00 noon SOCIOLOGY (jointly with Markets and Management Studies Program) Reception and Diploma Distribution. Third Floor, Sociology/Psychology Building.

12:30 p.m. THE PRATT SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Honors and Diploma Ceremony. University Chapel. Preceded by reception. The Chapel Court.

12:30 p.m. ART AND ART HISTORY Reception and Diploma Distribution. North Gallery, Museum of Art.

12:30 p.m. BIOLOGICAL ANTHROPOLOGY AND ANATOMY Reception and Diploma Distribution. Primate Center.

12:30 p.m. ECONOMICS Reception and Diploma Distribution. Reynolds Theater, Bryan University Center.

12:30 p.m. MUSIC Reception and Diploma Distribution. Mary Duke Biddle Music Building.

2:00 p.m. ASIAN AND AFRICAN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE Reception and Diploma Distribution. 2101 Campus Drive.

2:00 p.m. ENGLISH Awards Ceremony and Diploma Distribution. Page Auditorium.

2:00 p.m. LINGUISTICS (jointly with English) Awards Ceremony and Diploma Distribution. Page Auditorium.

3:00 p.m. PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS Diploma Distribution and Reception. Durham Marriott Hotel.

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