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Commencement Schedule
Friday, May 16
| 10 a.m.–5 p.m | Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery Senior Thesis Exhibit This exhibit showcases outstanding works in all media by senior studio art majors. Opener 13: Joseph Grigely: St. Cecilia February 8–June 8, 2008 Joseph Grigely creates works that explore the failures, idiosyncrasies, and ruptures of language and communication. An artist who has been deaf since childhood, Grigely first became known in the early 1990s for a series of works called Conversations with the Hearing. Displayed as small tabletop tableaux, intimate wall-based works, or room-sized installations, the works in this series are generated from the scraps of paper and handwritten notes that Grigely makes to converse with people when he cannot read their lips. One ongoing theme in Grigely's work is the exploration of sound—from his own memories of sound as a child, to investigations of how sound "looks." This new exhibition will bring together a number of recent works, including a new commission titled St. Cecilia. Named after the patron saint of music, St. Cecilia is a single-channel video installation featuring footage of a choir singing several beloved Christmas carols with new lyrics written by Grigely. The artist's alterations reflect the misunderstandings and confusions of lip-reading, and probe the nuances in the relationship between seeing and hearing. Organized by the Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, in collaboration with the Tang Museum. |
| 11 a.m. | Phi Beta Kappa Initiation Ceremony Gannett Auditorium, Palamountain Hall Induction ceremony for new members. Faculty, staff, students and their families are welcome to attend. Reception follows. |
| 12:30 p.m. | Senior Varsity Athlete Recognition Luncheon Intramural Gym, Sports Center Invitation only. |
| 2 p.m. | Periclean Honor Society Induction Filene Recital Hall, Filene Music Center Presentations by the recipients of the Periclean Scholar Awards and induction ceremony for new senior members. Faculty, staff, students and their families are welcome to attend. Reception follows. |
| 3:30 p.m. | Senior Family Project Brick Ceremony Case Center Plaza A brief ceremony for seniors, families, and friends to dedicate the Class of 2008 brick pathway, given by the families of the Class of 2008 in honor of their graduating seniors. Each brick is engraved with the name of the student whose parents participate in the Senior Family Project. |
| 4:30–6:30 p.m. | President's Reception Scribner House, 791 North Broadway President Philip A. Glotzbach and Marie B. Glotzbach greet seniors, their guests, trustees, faculty, and staff at their home, historic Scribner House. |
| 6–7:30 p.m. | Honors Forum Reception Fowler Atrium, Dana Science Center For graduating Honors Forum seniors and their friends and families. |
| Saturday, May 17 | |
| 8–11 a.m. | Breakfast Murray-Aikins Dining Hall Families, friends, and seniors welcome as guests of the College. |
| 10 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. | Commencement Procession Formation Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga Spa State Park Seniors arrive, pick up diplomas, form processional. Faculty members and platform party members form processional. Audience members are asked to be seated by this time. |
| 11 a.m. | 97th Commencement Exercises Saratoga Performing Arts Center |
