Note: This schedule of events preceding
Commencement is subject to change.
Details will be added as they become available.
Friday, May 20 |
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| 3-5:30 p.m. | Registration and Welcome This is your Commencement headquarters: a place to meet graduates, family, and friends, throughout the weekend and pick up your Commencement information and senior gift. The MBC Bookstore is just upstairs! Ham and Jam Pub in William G. Pannill Student Center |
| 6 p.m. | Class of 2011 Class Dinner with your Advisor Seniors make plans now to join your advisor for a wonderful evening of celebrating you and all of your accomplishments. Lyda B. Hunt Dining Hall |
Saturday, May 21 |
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| 9 a.m. - 2p.m. | Registration and Welcome This is your Commencement headquarters: a place to meet graduates, family, and friends, throughout the weekend and pick up your Commencement information and senior gift. The MBC Bookstore is just upstairs! Ham and Jam Pub in William G. Pannill Student Center |
| 10 a.m. | Beta Beta Beta Honor Society Reception Honoring graduating senior members of this biological honor society for their excellence and achievements. Spencer Center for Civic and Global Engagement |
| 11 a.m. | Commissioning Ceremony Witness graduating seniors receiving their commissions in the U.S. Armed Forces. Honored speaker First Lieutenant Melisa Koch Fusick '08 Barbara Kares Page Terrace Rain location: Francis Auditorium |
| 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. | Champagne Brunch for Graduates and Families Enjoy great food and offer best wishes to the seniors (soon-to-be alumnae/i). Lyda B. Hunt Dining Hall |
| 11:30 a.m. | Class of 2011 Photo Graduates should gather on the terrace between Hunt and Wenger. Rain location: Martha S. Grafton Library, Room 501 Photo may be ordered from Danielle McMillion at www.danielleimages.com |
| 12:30–2 p.m. | Ajani Ceremony A moving rite of passage celebrating the achievements of graduates who have supported a multicultural campus community. Rose Terrace Lawn Rain location: Dance Studio, Physical Activities Center Group Picture will be taken at noon |
| 2 p.m. | Change of Command Review Salute the achievements of Virginia Women’s Institute for Leadership graduates as they pass their sabres to next year’s seniors. Parade Ground at the Physical Activities Center Rain location: Physical Activities Center |
| 3:30–5:30 p.m. | Reception to Honor PEG Graduates Honor the soon-to-be-alumnae of the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted. Lyda B. Hunt Gallery |
| 4–5 p.m. | VWIL Reception Graduates and their families gather to celebrate this milestone. Student Activities Center, Clubroom |
| 5 p.m. | 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 |
| 5:30–7 p.m. | Reception with Live Music at
The President’s House A perfect time to catch up and chat with classmates and family in a casual setting while listening to the band Back to Zero. On the lawn near The President’s House Rain location: Student Activities Center |
| 7:30 p.m. | Contra Dance Music by Rhythm Road with our own Jim Harrington Beginners workshop at 7:30 p.m., and dance from 8-11 p.m. Dance Studio, Physical Activities Center Adults - $8; Other college students and young adults (12-18) - $4; children under 12 - $3; MBC students (Bring ID) - Free |
| 9 p.m.–midnight | Commencement Ball The Senior Class has been planning and looking forward to this. Student Activities Center, Pub, and Tyson Terrace |
Sunday, May 22 |
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| 7:30–8:30 a.m. | Commencement Breakfast Hunt Dining Hall, East |
| 8–9 a.m. | Coffee Honoring MLitt/MFA Graduates Rose Terrace Conference Room |
| 10 a.m. | 169th
Commencement Please note that the ceremony lasts slightly more than two hours. Please be seated by 9:45 a.m. Page Terrace in front of Grafton Library Rain Plan: 10:30 a.m., Expoland, Fishersville, VA |
| Immediately Following Commencement | |
| Class of 2011 Alumnae/i Reception Before you head off campus, gather friends and family who proudly watched you graduate for one last good-bye to your alma mater. Local alumnae/i and friends of MBC will welcome the Class of 2011 as the college's newest alumnae/i and help send you off in style. Cynthia H. Tyson Terrace |
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| Graduate Teacher Education Luncheon (By invitation only) First Presbyterian Church, Frazier Building 100 E. Frederick Street |
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| MLitt/MFA Luncheon (By invitation only) Rose Terrace Rain location: Masonic Building, 5th Floor, Blue Room 13 W. Beverley Street. |
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