Getting Ready
The 40th annual Commencement exercises of the University of Massachusetts Worcester will be held on Sunday, June 2, 2013 on the Campus Green. Seating under the tent will be available at 11 a.m.; the processional will begin promptly at 11:45 a.m. The main ceremony is expected to last about two hours.
Please check this website often for new information and updates. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us at commencement@umassmed.edu.
UMass Worcester Commencement 2013
Thursday, May 30
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GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
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12:30 p.m. | Rehearsal for student marshal and class speaker | Campus Green Tent |
1 p.m. | Rehearsal for students, hooders and
faculty participants | Campus Green Tent |
3 p.m. | Celebration of Student Academic Achievement | ASC Cube |
Friday, May 31 |
| GRADUATE SCHOOL OF NURSING |
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| 7:45 a.m. | Alumni Breakfast
Class picture immediately following | ASC, 1st Floor Atrium
ASC Terrace |
| 11 a.m. | Continuing Education Program | Hiatt Auditorium |
| Noon | Rehearsal for student marshal and class speaker | Campus Green Tent |
| 12:30 p.m. | Rehearsal for students, hooders and
faculty participants | Campus Green Tent |
| ~~~~ SCHOOL OF MEDICINE |
| 9 a.m. | Alumni Breakfast | Faculty Conference Room |
| 10 a.m. | Rehearsal for student marshals and class speaker | Campus Green Tent |
| 10:30 a.m. | Rehearsal for students, hooders and
faculty participants | Campus Green Tent |
| | Class picture immediately following | ASC Terrace
(rain site: LRB lobby) |
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| 3 p.m. | Commencement Chorus rehearsal | Campus Green Tent |
Saturday, June 1
CAMPUS CELEBRATION
for the entire campus community:
ALL students, faculty, staff and their guests Entertainment: Guilty Pleasure |
| 8 p.m. - midnight | Hors d’oeuvres, drinks, desserts and dancing | ASC, 1st Floor Atrium |
| 11:30 p.m. | Last call | |
| 11:45 p.m. | Bars close | |
Sunday, June 2BRUNCH
for faculty, graduates and their guests |
| 9:30 - 11 a.m. | Buffet | ASC Café
Faculty Conference Room |
| | Seating | ASC, 1st Floor Atrium
school lobbies
outdoor terraces |
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CEREMONY |
| 10 a.m. | Ushers arrive | Campus Green Tent |
| 11 a.m. | Seating under the tent | |
| 11 a.m. | Graduate robing, formation of the line of march | Lazare Research Building |
| | GSBS class picture immediately following | LRB Quadrangle |
| 11:15 a.m. | Faculty robing, formation of the line of march | ASC Auditorium |
| 11:45 a.m. | Processional | |
| Noon | Ceremony begins | |