Graduation Fair, Koury Center Concourse, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Graduates will be measured for caps and gowns, order personalized announcements, have graduation portraits made, purchase diploma frames, and class rings, contribute to the class gift and meet with representatives of Career Services and the Alumni Association.Career and Graduate School Fair, Alumni Gym, 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Representatives from more than 80 companies and graduate/professional programs will be on campus to discuss employment, internship and graduate school opportunities. (Check the schedule on the Career Center Web site, www.elon.edu/careers, for times and locations of other Job Fairs and interview opportunities.)Graduating seniors and honors students may pick up their robes from the Campus Shop. Graduating seniors may purchase honors cords.Last day for dropping course with "W"
Senior Picnic with President Lambert before baseball game, Elon v. Georgia Southern, Lake Mary Nell, 6:15 p.m.
Last day to remove "I" or "NR" grades
City Fair, Young Commons, 2 p.m.
Meet presidents of various Elon alumni chapters so that you will be acquainted with alumni in the area where you will be living next year.
Reading Day (Evening Exams Begin)
Examinations
Senior Class Picnic with Faculty and Staff, The Green, Noon – 2:00 p.m. (Rain Location: Moseley Center)
The Office of Alumni Relations is hosting a farewell picnic for all graduating members of the senior class and Elon faculty and staff.
Senior Gala, Moseley Center, 9:00 p.m. – midnight.
Graduating members of the Class of 2008 are invited to enjoy an evening of music, dance and celebration as you look back through your years at Elon. Event tickets will be available for pick-up at Johnston Hall Alumni Center in early May. Admission for graduating seniors is free. Guest tickets are $10. Semi-formal attire requested.
Reception for African-American Graduates and their Families, Johnston Hall Alumni Center, 6:30 p.m.
Invitations will be mailed to graduates and alumni by the Office of Alumni Relations. Graduates will be welcomed into the African-American Alumni Group by president Priscilla Awkard '95. Parking is available at Johnston Hall. (Questions? Call toll-free, 1-877-784-3566.)
ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, Holt Chapel, South
Campus, 11:00 a.m.
Receptions for Graduates and their Families hosted by faculty in Elon College and the schools of Business, Communications and Education, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
- Elon College, The College of Arts and Sciences: Scott Plaza/Fonville Fountain (rain location: Moseley Center, Hearth Lounge)
- Love School of Business: Chandler Fountain and Plaza (rain location: Koury Business Center, first floor)
- School of Communications: Manfuso Plaza (rain location: McEwen Communications Building, Studio B)
- School of Education: Pardue Court/Love Terrace (rain location: Center for the Arts, Isabella Cannon Room and Ward Gallery)
Baccalaureate, Alumni Gym, Koury Center,
3:00 p.m.
Graduates are invited to sit with their families for
Baccalaureate. The Right Rev. Michael B. Curry, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina will deliver the Baccalaureate sermon.
Leaders for the Twenty-First Century: A Celebration
of Accomplishments
McCrary Theatre, Center for the Arts, 5:00 p.m.
Graduating Honors Fellows, North Carolina Teaching Fellows,
Isabella Cannon Leadership Fellows, Business Fellows, Science
Fellows, Social Science Scholars, Arts and Humanities
Scholars, and Journalism and Communications Fellows will be
recognized at a pre-Commencement ceremony that showcases
their talents and accomplishments. A reception will follow.
Legacy Reception for Graduates and their Alumni Parents, Johnston Hall Alumni Center, 5:30-7:00 p.m.
If a parent, grandparent, or sibling of a graduate is an alumnus, an invitation will be mailed by the Office of Alumni Relations. Parking is available at Johnston Hall. (Questions? Call toll free 1-877-784-3566)
MBA Graduation, Whitley Auditorium, 7:00 p.m.
Continental Breakfast, Scott Plaza, 7:30
a.m.
The University faculty host graduating students and their
families at a continental breakfast around Fonville Fountain.
Graduates assemble in Jordan Gym, 8:15
a.m.
Graduating students must be in Jordan Gym promptly at 8:15
a.m. in caps and gowns. Your presence is required. If
you are late or improperly attired, you will not be permitted
to participate in the Commencement Exercises.
Faculty and staff will organize the line of march. Dean
George Troxler will send you detailed instructions regarding
your part in the commencement program.
Commencement Under the Oaks, 9:30 a.m.
Douglas Finberg, senior vice president of international marketing for Paramount Pictures and a 1994 Elon alumnus, will deliver the commencement address.
After graduation, there will be a reception hosted by
academic departments on Scott Plaza. Reception locations will
be posted in the pocket guide that is sent in late April to
graduates and their parents.
Rain location for Commencement is Alumni Gym in Koury
Center.
Tickets are not required for Commencement Under the Oaks.
You are welcome to bring as many people as you wish. However,
families may not reserve their seats until 7:00 a.m. on
Saturday. This gives our staff time to reserve seats for
graduates and faculty members, as well as time to clean and
dry off the chairs for your convenience.
