NOTE: This web page is archived for the Class of 2003. To see the Commencement site for this year's class, click here.

Other Commencement Celebrations

Below is a listing of Commencement-related celebrations. Contact each department for more information. To list an event here, please contact Sarah Melady Aldrich by e-mail or by phone at 577-1101.

Chancellor's Reception

Graduates and guests are invited to the Chancellor's Reception on Sunday, May 25th at 12:00, immediately following the Commencement Ceremony. This reception is open to all graduates and their guests, and faculty members from each School and College. It will be held under the large white tent in the southeast corner of the stadium near the entry gates. Punch and cookies will be served. This will be an opportunity to meet, greet, and take a family photograph with the Chancellor and faculty.

Before Commencement Day...

Sunday, May 4

Psychology Senior Brunch
11 a.m., Memorial Hall, (413) 545-2384

Saturday, May 10

Commonwealth College
Celebration of Excellence
2 p.m., Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, (413) 545-2483

Thursday, May 15

French and Italian Studies
Department Luncheon
12:30 p.m., Location TBA, (413) 545-2314

Friday, May 23

Commencement Ball
7 p.m., Student Union Ballroom, (413) 545-2317

Saturday, May 24

Graduate School Commencement
10:30 a.m., Mullins Center, (413) 545-0025

School of Nursing Commencement
Pinning and Hooding Celebration
2 p.m., Fine Arts Center, (413) 545-1329

Stockbridge School Commencement
and Reception
2 p.m., Bowker Auditorium, (413) 545-2222

Phi Beta Kappa Reception
2:30 p.m., Campus Center Auditorium, (413) 545-2329.

A Special Mass for Graduates and their Families
4:30 p.m., Catholic Newman Center

Army/Air Force ROTC Joint
Commissioning Ceremony
5 p.m., Bowker Auditorium, (413) 545-2321

School of Management
Commencement Celebration
5 p.m., Mullins Center, (413) 577-2212

College of Engineering
Commencement Celebration
7 p.m., Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, (413) 545-6390

On Commencement Day...

7:30 a.m.

History Department
Commencement Breakfast
Memorial Hall, (413) 545-6757

7:45 a.m.

Classics Department Breakfast Reception
Herter Hall, 5th fl. Lobby, (413) 545-5780

8 a.m.

Nutrition Pre-Graduation Senior Breakfast
101 Campus Center, (413) 545-0740

Journalism Pre-Graduation Senior Breakfast
108 Bartlett Hall, (413) 545-5931

8:15 a.m.

English Department Brunch
Bartlett Hall Lobby, (413) 545-0388

Events following Commencement...

Astronomy Graduation Luncheon
Campus Center, Room 163C, (413) 545-2545

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Senior Reception
1033 Lederle Graduate Research Tower, (413) 545-4023

Chancellor's Reception
Tent at southeast corner of stadium.
All are invited.

Computer Science Graduation Reception
Computer Science Building (by invitation only)

Mathematics and Statistics Reception
1634 Lederle Graduate Research Tower, (413) 545-6026

Natural Resources Conservation
Graduation Celebration
202 Holdsworth, (413) 545-2666

Physics Graduation Luncheon
Campus Center, Room 163C, (413) 545-2545

Plant and Soil Sciences Graduation Reception
French Hall, (413) 545-2242

STPEC Reception
E-27A Machmer Hall, (413) 545-0043

1 p.m.

School of Education Undergraduate
Commencement Ceremony
Student Union Ballroom, (413) 545-0233

2 p.m.

Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning Graduation Event
Durfee Garden (Rain Location: 105 Hills), (413) 545-6632