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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
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Commencement Celebrations
Class Tree
Planting
Fri., April 25 Commencement
Ball
Fri., May 23
Graduate
School
Commencement
Sat., May 24
Stockbridge School
Commencement
Sat., May 24
Future Commencements
• May 23, 2004
• May 22, 2005
• May 28, 2006
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