{"id":374,"date":"2010-04-15T15:09:43","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T15:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub-dev.bates.edu\/commencement2008\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2015-03-19T12:11:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-19T16:11:04","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/commencement\/annual\/y2008\/events\/","title":{"rendered":"Events"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, May 22, 2008<\/h3>\n
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4 to 5:30 p.m.
\nBaccalaureate Rehearsal
\nFor performers only.
\nCoram Library Quadrangle
\n<\/em>(In case of rain, Merrill Gymnasium.)<\/p>\n

6:30 to 7:15 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0 *Note change in time and location
\nReception
\nFor all seniors and faculty.
\nAlumni\u00a0 Walk – East End<\/em><\/p>\n

7:15 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *Note change in location
\nSenior-Faculty Dinner
\nNew Commons<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Friday, May 23, 2008<\/h3>\n
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3 p.m.
\nMandatory Commencement Rehearsal
\nFor all seniors.
\nAlumni Walk
\n<\/em>(In case of rain, Merrill Gymnasium.)<\/p>\n

4:30p.m.<\/p>\n

College Key Induction
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

6p.m.<\/p>\n

Phi Beta Kappa Induction
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n

7:30p.m.
\nSigma Xi Induction
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Saturday, May 24, 2008<\/h3>\n
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2 p.m.
\nBaccalaureate Service
\nCoram Library Quadrangle
\n<\/em>(In case of rain, Merrill Gymnasium.)<\/p>\n

3:45 to 5p.m.
\nPresident’s Champagne Reception
\nFor seniors, parents, faculty and guests.
\nLibrary Lawn and Arcade
\n<\/em>(In case of rain, Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building)<\/p>\n

5 to 6p.m.
\nOffice of Multicultural Affairs\/Multicultural Center Reception
\nA celebration of the diversity at Bates College.
\nMulticultural Center Lawn
\n<\/em>(In case of rain, Multicultural Center, first floor.)<\/p>\n

5:30 to 7p.m.
\nBates Scholar-Athlete Society Induction
\nAlumni Gymnasium<\/em><\/p>\n

7:30p.m.
\nPanel Discussion with Honorands
\nFireplace Lounge, New Commons
\n<\/em>Dessert will be served at 7:30p.m.,
\nfollowed by a panel discussion at 8p.m.
\nOpen to the Bates Community.<\/p>\n

8:30p.m.
\nCommencement Concert
\nOlin Arts Center Concert Hall<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sunday, May 25, 2008<\/h3>\n
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10 a.m.
\nCommencement
\nCoram Library Quadrangle<\/em><\/p>\n

Following Commencement, a buffet luncheon for the Bates community will be served at the Library Lawn and Arcade.
\n(In case of rain, the Commencement ceremony will be held in Merrill Gymnasium, and the luncheon will be held in the Clifton Daggett Gray Athletic Building and the Alumni Gymnasium.)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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