Commencement 2013 by the numbers
By Blaine Friedlander
Undergraduate students graduating: 3,600
Graduate School graduates: 1,700
Law graduates: 276
Johnson graduates: 513
Veterinary medicine graduates: 89
Fully inflated examination gloves the new DVMs will wave at Commencement: 89
Weill Cornell Medical College graduates in New York City, M.D.s: 94
Weill Cornell Medical College graduates in New York City, Ph.D./M.A.s: 143
Weill Cornell Medical College graduates in Qatar, M.D.s: 35
Schoellkopf Stadium capacity in the Crescent and the west stands: 29,432
Commencement field seating for graduates, faculty, music groups, mobility impaired and official dignitaries: 8,000
Length of time to set and space the chairs on the field: 12 hours
Minutes for the procession to fully enter Schoellkopf Stadium and to seat 5,600 students, faculty and trustees on the field: 55
Number of directional and informational signs around campus and Ithaca: 570
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Number of sign setup crews: 9
Printed programs distributed at Commencement: 24,560
Volunteer ushers: 300
Spaces at major campus parking lots available at Commencement: 2,250
Parking spaces available for mobility impaired: 775
TCAT buses deployed at Commencement: 20
Average TCAT bus capacity: 68
Riders using TCAT’s Commencement shuttle buses (2012): 16,524
In accordance with university tradition and to guard against the possibility of weekend rain, the number of Cornell Commencement Committee leaders who will wash their car this week: zero
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