The big weekend for 6,000 graduates is finally here

Here is an abbreviated schedule of this weekend's 128th commencement events. On Sunday, President Hunter Rawlings will confer degrees on approximately 6,000 eligible candidates.

For more information about this weekend's schedule and activities, contact the Information and Referral Center in Day Hall at 254-4636.

Saturday, May 25:

• President's Breakfast Reception: On
  the Arts Quad from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

• Senior Convocation: In Barton Hall, beginning at noon. Convocation address by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

• D.V.M. Hooding Ceremony: In Alice Statler Auditorium, beginning at 4:30 p.m.

• Ph.D. Recognition Ceremony: In Barton Hall, beginning at 5 p.m.

• ROTC Commissioning: In the David L. Call Alumni Auditorium of Kennedy Hall, beginning at 4 p.m.

Sunday, May 26:

• Baccalaureate Service: In Bailey Hall at 8:30 a.m. Susannah Heschel of Case Western Reserve University will speak at the service.

• Commencement Procession: Beginning at 9:30 a.m., proceeds from Arts Quad to Schoellkopf Field.

• Commencement Ceremony: In Schoellkopf Field from 11 a.m. to noon. President Rawlings will give his first Cornell commencement address.