Commencement Schedule

Thursday, May 16

• 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 p.m. Registration and information center opens.
• 5 - 7 p.m. Dinner in Peirce Hall servery.
• 10 p.m. Registration and information center closes.

Friday, May 17

• Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) trails and garden open to the public from dawn until dusk.
• 7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in Peirce Hall servery.
• 8 a.m. Registration and information center opens.
• 9 a.m. Historical tour of south campus starting from the north door of the Church of the Holy Spirit.
• 9 a.m. Baccalaureate rehearsal (student speakers and platform party only) on Samuel Mather Lawn (rain site: Toan Track, Lowry Center).
• 10:30 a.m. Phi Beta Kappa induction ceremony in Rosse Hall.
• 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Lunch in the Peirce Hall servery.
• 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch for KEEP/STEM seniors in the Alumni Dining Room in Peirce Hall.
• Noon. The emergency siren is tested at noon every Friday. Do not be alarmed.
• 1:30 p.m. Baccalaureate service at the rain site, the Toan Track at the Lowry Center. Watch the livestream or download the program.
• 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. Reception for the Class of 2024, parents and guests hosted by President Julie Kornfeld at the rain site, the Multi-activity Court (MAC) at the Lowry Center.
• 3:30 - 4:30 p.m. Join coeditors David Lynn '76 and Daniel Laskin for a guided tour of “Place and Purpose: Kenyon at 200,” the magnificent book that Kenyon published to mark its bicentennial — and maybe win a free copy — in the Community Foundation Theater in the Gund Gallery.
• 4:30 - 6 p.m. Departmental receptions in various locations.
• 5 - 6:15 p.m. Reception for senior admissions fellows, senior tour guides and their families in Lowell House.
• 6 and 7:30 p.m. Local foods dinner with two ticket-specific seatings in Peirce Hall.
• 10 p.m. Registration and information center closes.

Saturday, May 18

• 7:30 - 9 a.m. Breakfast in Peirce Hall servery.
• 8 a.m. Registration and information center opens.
• 8:30 a.m. Breakfast for international student seniors, Gund Commons Ballroom.
• 8:30 a.m. Commencement rehearsal (platform party only) on Samuel Mather Lawn.
• 9:45 a.m. Seniors must report to Middle Path between Wiggin and Brooklyn Streets for processional line up. Faculty and staff will line up on Middle Path south of the gates. 
• 10 a.m. All guests must check out of their residences. Room keys must be turned in at the registration and information center.
• 10:30 a.m. 196th Commencement ceremony on Samuel Mather Hall lawn ("doors" open for guests at 9:30 a.m.). 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.

Watch the livestream   Download the program

• 3 p.m. Registration and information center closes.
• 7 p.m. College residences close. All students must be finished packing and out of their residence halls and apartments. 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.

All events subject to change.

Please email commencement@kenyon.edu for information regarding late check-ins.