Getting Ready
The 38th annual Commencement exercises of the University of Massachusetts Worcester will be held on Sunday, June 5, 2011 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.
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UMass Worcester Commencement 2011
Weekend Schedule
Friday, June 3 |
Alumni Breakfasts |
8 a.m.
| Graduate School of Nursing
(Class photograph immediately following) | Blais Pavilion
Lazare Research Building
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9 a.m.
| School of Medicine
(Class photograph immediately following)
| Faculty Conference Room
Lazare Research Building
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Rehearsals |
noon
| Training for student marshals
Class speaker mic rehearsal
| Campus Green tent
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12:30 p.m.
| Training for class speakers
| Campus Green tent
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1 p.m.
| Rehearsal for all graduates
| Assemble in the tent on the LRB quadrangle
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Reception |
3 p.m.
| Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Celebration of Student Achievement
| Faculty Conference Room
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Saturday, June 4 |
Campus Celebration for faculty, graduates and their guests
Tent on LRB Quadrangle
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| 8 p.m. to midnight | Dancing, drinks, hors d’oeuvres
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11:30 p.m.
| Last call
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11:45 p.m.
| Bars close
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Sunday, June 5 |
Brunch for faculty, graduates and their guests Faculty Conference Room, tent on the LRB Quadrangle |
| 9:30 - 11a.m. | Seating in the School lobbies, on the terrace and under the tent on the LRB Quadrangle
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Ceremony
Campus Green |
10 a.m.
| Ushers arrive at tent
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11 a.m.
| Seating under the tent
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11:15 a.m.
| Robing, formation of the line of march (LRB)
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| 11:45 a.m. | Processional
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| Noon | Ceremony begins
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