Commencement Schedule

Please note that this schedule provides an overview of general Commencement Weekend activities. A much more comprehensive schedule will be available when online registration opens in March 2025.

Thursday, May 15

10 a.m. Commencement and Senior Sing rehearsal for seniors. Caps and gowns will be distributed at this time on the Toan Track in the Lowry Center.
3 - 10 p.m. Registration and information center open.
5 - 7 p.m. Dinner in Peirce Hall servery.

Friday, May 16

7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in Peirce Hall servery.
8 a.m. - 10 p.m. Registration and information center open.
9 a.m. Baccalaureate rehearsal (student speakers and platform party only).
11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch in the Peirce Hall servery.
Noon. The emergency siren is tested at noon every Friday. Do not be alarmed.
1:30 p.m. Baccalaureate service.
2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Reception for seniors, parents and guests.
4:30 - 6 p.m. Departmental receptions in various locations.
6 and 7:30 p.m. Local foods dinner with ticket-specific seatings in Peirce Hall.

Saturday, May 17

7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in Peirce Hall servery.
8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Registration and information center open.
8:30 a.m. Commencement rehearsal (platform party only).
9:45 a.m. Seniors, faculty and staff line up for the ceremony procession.
10 a.m. All guests must check out of their residences and turn in room keys at the registration and information center.
10:30 a.m. 197th Commencement ceremony. Immediately following the ceremony, graduates will process to the steps of Rosse Hall for the Senior Sing followed by a boxed lunch picnic. Boxed lunch tickets will be available while supplies last at the registration and information center.
7 p.m. College residences close. All students must be finished packing and out of their residences. Room keys must be turned in at the express check-out table in the Kenyon College Bookstore or at the Office of Residential Life in Gund Commons.