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Commencement Weekend Activities Schedule

Commencement

Thursday, May 17, 2012

9:00 a.m. - Gyms open for workout until 9:00 p.m. Summer hours begin Monday, May 21. (BFFC and Sherwood Center)

9:00 a.m. - Whitman College Bookstore open 9:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Stock up on Whitman College memorabilia from t-shirts and hoodies to mugs and magnets. (Whitman College Bookstore - Basement of Reid Campus Center)

12:00 p.m. - Sheehan Gallery exhibit featuring thesis projects of graduating studio art majors. Open until 5:00 p.m. (Sheehan Gallery, Olin Hall)

8:00 p.m. - Harper Joy Theatre Production: Trelawny. Adapted from Sir Arthur Pinero's Trelawny, by Aubrey Woods, George Rowell, and Julian Slade. May 17-19. Tickets go on sale April 23. Call the Box Office for more info: 509-527-5180. (Alexander Stage, Harper Joy Theatre)

Friday, May 18, 2012

9:00 a.m. - Gyms open for workout until 7:00 p.m. Summer hours begin Monday, May 21. (BFFC and Sherwood Center)

10:00 a.m. - Cap & Gown pick-up for graduating seniors. Open from 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (Whitman College Bookstore - Basement of Reid Campus Center)

12:00 p.m. - Sheehan Gallery exhibit featuring thesis projects of graduating studio art majors. Open until 5:00 p.m. (Sheehan Gallery, Olin Hall)

4:00 p.m. - Join the staff of the Student Engagement Center for an open house celebrating the end of the year and the launch of our senior class. Students and parents are invited. (219 Reid Campus Center)

5:00 p.m. - Hillel-Shalom will host a Mazel Tov Fridays at 5. (The spirituality room in the basement of Prentiss)

Saturday, May 19, 2012

9:00 a.m. - Phi Beta Kappa No-Host Brunch & Annual Meeting. Phi Beta Kappa members and their guests are invited. (Reid Campus Center)

9:00 a.m. - Whitman College Bookstore open 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Stock up on Whitman College memorabilia from t-shirts and hoodies to mugs and magnets. (Whitman College Bookstore - Basement of Reid Campus Center)

10:00 a.m. - Gyms open for workout until 8:00 p.m. Gym will be closed Sunday, May 20 for Commencement. Summer hours begin Monday, May 21. (BFFC and Sherwood Center)

11:00 a.m. - Sociology Department Senior Reception and Champagne Toast. Sociology and Sociology-Environmental Studies majors and their families are welcome. No RSVP necessary. (Professor Keith Farrington’s house, 709 University Street)

11:00 a.m. - Psychology Department Champagn Toast. Graduating Psychology majors and their families are welcome. No RSVP necessary. (Maxey Auditorium)

12:00 p.m. - Sheehan Gallery exhibit featuring thesis projects of graduating studio art majors. Open until 4:00 p.m. (Sheehan Gallery, Olin Hall)

12:00 p.m. - The Whitman College Tea Room will be open, featuring a small exhibit of Whitman College's Davis Collection. Open until 3:00 p.m. (Whitman College Tea Room in Olin)

1:00 p.m. - Schwa Family Concert. An a cappella showcase for parents, families and friends. (Olin 130)

1:00 p.m. - Intercultural Center Open House. (Glover Alston Center)

1:30 p.m. - 2001 and 2010: Whitman students climb Africa's highest volcanoes. Bob Carson (Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies) will give an illustrated lecture on the 2001 and 2010 expeditions to East Africa with Whitman students. The emphasis will be on volcanoes in Tanzania and Kenya. The participants climbed the active volcano Oldoinyo Lengai, ascended to the polar glaciers atop Mount Kilimanjaro, hiked up the dormant volcano Mt Longonot, and investigated the shrinking Lewis Glacier beneath Mt. Kenya’s Point Lenana. (Hall of Science 151)

2:15 p.m. - Pat Spencer (Professor of Geology and Chair of the Department of Geology) will thank Emery Bayley and Geoff Clark (both Whitman '62) for their gifts of Pacific Northwest mineral specimens in honor of Dick Clem, Professor of Geology, 1951-1974. (Hall of Science 151)

2:20 p.m. - Geology Open House. Meet the geology professors, and marvel at fossils, minerals, rocks, geologic maps, posters of student research, and other displays. Children may play in the stream table. (First floor, Hall of Science)

3:30 p.m. - Baccalaureate. All graduating seniors and their families are encouraged to attend. (Cordiner Hall)

4:30 p.m. - Book Discussion, Q&A, and Book Signing by 2012 Commencement Speaker Eric Schlosser. Books will be available for purchase on site. All graduating seniors and their families are welcome to attend. (Young Ballroom, Reid Campus Center)

4:30 p.m . - English Department Celebratory Reception. Graduating English majors and their familes are welcome to attend. Please RSVP to Teresa Pasquale (dipasqtm@whitman.edu) in advance. (Olin Faculty Lounge)

Sunday, May 20, 2012

8:00 a.m. - Reid Espresso open from 8:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Coffee and snacks available for purchase. (Reid Campus Center)

9:00 a.m. - Cafe 41 open from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Coffee and snacks available for purchase. (Basement of Penrose Library)

9:00 a.m. - Whitman College Bookstore open 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m (except 11:00am-1:00pm during Commencement ceremony). Stock up on Whitman College memorabilia from t-shirts and hoodies to mugs and magnets. (Whitman College Bookstore - Basement of Reid Campus Center)

9:50 a.m. - Senior class photograph in caps & gowns. (Meet near Science Building on Ankeny Field by 9:45 a.m.)

10:15 a.m. - Senior class lines up for Commencement. (Sidewalk between Maxey Auditorium & Lakum Duckum)

10:20 a.m. - Faculty photograph. (Meet on north steps of Memorial)

11:00 a.m. - Commencement Ceremony. (Memorial Building south lawn) **Please note the Commencement Ceremony will also be broadcast indoors by webcast at Kimball Auditorium and the Young Ballroom in Reid Campus Center.

1:00 p.m. - Post-Commencement Luncheon (Memorial Building north lawn)

1:00 p.m. - Chemistry Graduates Reception. A reception for Chemistry graduates and their families will be held immediately following Commencement. (Hall of Science)

5:00 p.m. - Astronomy Department Solar Eclipse Viewing Party. Join professors from the Astronomy department to view the solar eclipse after Commencement. Telescopes with protective filters and eclipse viewing glasses wlil be available. Event runs until 7:00 p.m., but will be cancelled in case of clouds or poor weather. (Roof of the Science Building)