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2009 Commencement
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Commencement Weekend 2009
Note: This schedule of events preceding
Commencement is subject to change.
Details will be added as they become available.
Friday, May 22 |
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| 4-6pm | Registration
and Welcome This is your Commencement headquarters: a place to meet graduates, family, and friends throughout the weekend — and get your Commencement packet. And the MBC Bookstore is just upstairs! Ham and Jam Pub in William G. Pannill Student Center |
Saturday, May 23 |
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| 9am–2pm | Registration and Welcome This is your Commencement headquarters: a place to meet graduates, family, and friends throughout the weekend — and get your Commencement packet. And the MBC Bookstore is just upstairs! Ham and Jam Pub in William G. Pannill Student Center |
| 10:30am | Alpha Sigma Lambda Honor Society Induction Salute high-achieving Adult Degree Program students. Francis Auditorium in Pearce Science Center |
| 11am | Commissioning Ceremony Witness graduating seniors receiving their commissions in the U.S. Armed Forces. Barbara Kares Page Terrace Rain location: Physical Activities Center |
| 11am–1pm | Champagne Brunch for Graduates and Families Enjoy great food and offer best wishes to the seniors (soon-to-be alumnae/i). Class of 2009 picture will be taken at noon. Lyda B. Hunt Dining Hall |
| 12:30–2pm | Ajani Ceremony A moving rite of passage celebrating the achievement of inductees who have supported a multicultural campus community. Rose Terrace Lawn Rain location: Dance Studio, Physical Activities Center |
| 2pm | Change of Command Review Salute the achievements of Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership graduates as they pass the torch to next year’s seniors. Parade Ground at the Physical Activities Center Rain location: Physical Activities Center |
| 3:30–5:30pm | Reception to Honor PEG Graduates Honor the soon-to-be-alumnae of the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted, our youngest graduates Lyda B. Hunt Dining Hall, West |
| 4–5pm | 4-5pm VWIL Reception Graduates and their families gather to celebrate this milestone. Student Activities Center, Clubroom |
| 5pm | Phi Beta Kappa Initiation and Reception MBC is one of only a small percentage of colleges selected to have a chapter on campus — help us honor those tapped for membership in this most prestigious of academic honor societies. Francis Auditorium in Pearce Science Center |
| 5:30–7pm | Reception with Live Music at The President’s
House Perfect time to catch up and chat with classmates and family in a casual setting. On the lawn near The President’s House Rain location: Student Activities Center |
| 7:30pm | Contra Dance Dance workshop at 7:30pm, followed by the dance at 8pm. All MBC students may attend free; others may purchase tickets at the door, $6 for adults, $3 for guests ages 12-18, free for Class of 2009 with college ID. Dance Studio, Physical Activities Center |
| 9pm–midnight | Commencement Ball The Senior Class has been planning and looking forward to this. Student Activities Center, Pub, and Tyson Terrace |
Sunday, May 24 |
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| 7:30–8:30am | Commencement Breakfast Hunt Dining Hall, East |
| 8–9am | Coffee Honoring MLitt/MFA Graduates Rose Terrace Conference Room |
| 10am | 167th
Commencement Page Terrace in front of Grafton Library Rain Plan: 10:30am, Expoland, Fishersville, VA |
| Immediately Following Commencement | |
| MAT Graduate Luncheon (By Invitation Only) First Presbyterian Church, Frazier Building 100 E. Frederick Street |
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| Reception for MLitt/MFA Graduates Rose Terrace |
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