The commencement ceremony for the Colleges of Arts & Sciences and Visual & Performing Arts will occur at 10:00 am on Sunday, May 10.Īdam Farence is a fourth-year student majoring in history and French.Campus Activity & Engagement: Sports section editor, Dickinsonian student advisor, chemistry department student assistant, sports medicine tutor and teaching assistant, chemistry junior class senator Alpha Lambda Delta Internship Experiences: Laboratory intern, AAIPharma Services Corp., Wilmington, N.C.: performed routine testing in support of pharmaceutical development and manufacturing summer research student assistant, Dickinson: conducted research project on selective deprotection of aryl silyl ethers in the lab of Prof. The commencement ceremony for the Colleges of Business & Public Affairs, Education and Health Sciences will take place at 10:00 am on Saturday, May 9. Strong winds also blew over a speaker, injuring one student.

Inclement weather cut the spring 2014 commencement short, resulting in an abridged commencement held in Hollinger field house several days later. The university originally considered the move to an indoor commencement because of potential weather problems. 72 percent preferred option 2, the previous outdoor model. The plan limited the number of guests each student could bring to commencement to three or four in most cases.Ī survey conducted by the university found that out of 1,112 graduating seniors, 28 percent preferred option 1, the indoor, individual college commencement model. The proposed plan called for commencement ceremonies divided by college, taking place in either Hollinger Field House or Asplundh Concert Hall. Greg Weisenstein released a statement earlier today announcing the return to the two-commencement system followed in previous years.Ĭiting student preference to have an unlimited number of guests, and the inability for an indoor commencement to meet such a preference, the university has canceled plans for an indoor commencement separated by college.

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