Graduation Week Activities

THIS INFORMATION REFLECTS THE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR THE 2009 COMMENCEMENT. TIMES AND EVENTS FOR THE 2010 COMMENCEMENT WILL NOT BE CONFIRMED UNTIL MARCH 2010.

Saturday, May 9

Senior Week Kick-off Carnival
2 p.m -6 p.m.
Wilson Quad

Kick-off Senior Night (buses provided)*
10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.

Sunday, May 10

Darien Lake Trip ( tickets cost $15; roundtrip bus tickets can be purchased for $5, park remains open until 8 p.m. for those driving separately)*
11 a.m.-6 p.m.

Senior Night (buses provided)*
10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.

Monday, May 11

Finger Lakes Wine Tour (tickets cost $28 and includes bus, lunch, and tastings; don't forget your UR ID and Driver's License)*
10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Chinese Take-Out & Karaoke Night
7 p.m -10 p.m.

Tuesday, May 12

Senior Service Day
all day, various locations

Red Wings Baseball Game (tickets cost $6, buses begin looping at 6 p.m.)*
7 p.m.

Senior Night (buses provided)*
10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.

Wednesday, May 13

Canoe Trip & Bike Trip
TBA

President's Picnic, hosted by President Seligman (ticket required)*
noon-2 p.m.

Rush Rhees Tower Tours (meet at the Friedlander Lobby)
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Theatre Night at Geva: Evie's Waltz (tickets cost $15 and buses will be provided)*
7 p.m.
Geva Theatre

Thursday, May 14

Golf Tournament (tickets cost $15 and includes 9 holes of golf, lunch and prizes. Club rental is available for additional charge. Transportation is not provided.)*
Tee time 8:30 a.m.
Riverton Golf Club

No Regrets Tour (buses provided to local attractions, including Memorial Art Gallery, George Eastman House, Strong National Museum of Play, and Susan B. Anthony House)*
noon-5 p.m.

Rush Rhees Tower Tours (meet at the Friedlander Lobby)
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Senior Ball ( ticket includes: open bar, hors d'oeuvres, dj, and live band; buses provided)*
9 p.m.-2 a.m.
Clarion Riverside Hotel

Friday, May 15

Commencement Rehearsal, Class Slide Show, and Senior Toast
noon
Strong Auditorium

Class of 2009 Alumni Welcome Party
Immediately following rehearsal
Wilson Quad

Rush Rhees Tower Tours (meet at the Friedlander Lobby)
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

School of Medicine and Dentistry Commencement Dinner for School of Medicine and Dentistry Ph.D. recipients, their guests, and faculty mentors (reservations required)
6-9 p.m.
Flaum Atrium, Arthur Kornberg Medical Research Building

Bowling Night & Nick Tahou's Run (buses provided)*
TBA

Shabbat Service
7:00 p.m.
Shabbat House

Saturday, May 16

Lilac Festival (buses provided)*
noon-4 p.m.

Order of the Engineering Ceremony for students of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and their families
11 a.m.
Munnerlyn Atrium, Robert B. Goergen Hall for Biomedical Engineering and optics

Doctoral Degree Reception for doctoral degree candidates from all schools
11 a.m.
Cominsky Promenade, Eastman School of Music

Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Ceremony (reception follows in Hutchison Hall Lounge)
noon
Hubbell Auditorium, Hutchison Hall

Awards Ceremony (reception to follow in Hoyt Plaza)
A variety of student life and academic awards will be given during this ceremony. In addition, the Singer Prize for Excellence in Secondary School Teaching will be given to the high school teachers of four of our graduating seniors.
4 p.m.
Hoyt Auditorium

Naval ROTC Commissioning
4-6 p.m.
George Eastman House

Catholic Mass (open to all graduating students and families)
4:00 p.m.
Sanctuary, Interfaith Chapel

Office of Minority Student Affairs Dinner for graduating students and families (reservations required)
5:30 p.m.
Douglass Dining Center

Concert featuring Eastman School of Music Kneisel Award Winners
8 p.m.
Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music

Senior Farewell Concert for graduating seniors with University performance groups*
8-10 p.m.
Strong Auditorium

Family Night Dessert Reception for the Class of 2009
10-11:30 p.m. following the Senior Farewell Concert
Hirst Lounge, Wilson Common

Sunday, May 17

College Commencement Brunch (ticket required)
10:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Danforth Dining Center

* For more information regarding these events, check out the Senior Class Council online, or contact Laura Ballou in Wilson Commons Student Activities at (585) 275-9390 or Laura.Ballou@rochester.edu.