May Commencement
College of Arts & Sciences
Arts and Sciences - Undergraduate
Education - Undergraduate
Award Ceremony and Commencement Rehearsal
3:30 - 5:00 PM
Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center
McCready Hall
Participants in the Commencement Ceremony are required to attend the rehearsal, and all undergraduate students from the College of Arts & Sciences and the College Of Education are encouraged to attend.
Each graduate's name will be read to ensure that it will be pronounced correctly, and instructions about the processional and seating arrangements will be given. In addition, awards are given for outstanding students in departments, divisions, and programs from the College of Arts & Sciences.
5:00 PM
University Center - Multipurpose Room
Welcome to the Alumni Association! Enjoy a party in your honor complete with food, frothy beverages, music, and good friends. Pick up your free Pacific University alumni pint glass and the predictions you may have made at Orientation your Freshman year. Reflect back on your Pacific experience as it comes to an end. This will be one of the last times you will be in a room with the entire class of 2013 so make it count!
3:30 - 4:30 PM
Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center
McCready Hall
Baccalaureate is a pre-commencement ceremony for all graduates to celebrate themselves and this rite of passage. Baccalaureate typically combines dance, choral and instumental music, poetry, and readings from a wide variety of traditions -- all presented by the graduates themselves. It is a time of reflection and a time to look toward the future. All graduates, family members and friends are invited: students do not wear regalia.
If you would like to serve on the planning committee or perform in the program, please contact Angie Surratt in the PIC at 503-352-3168 or by email at asurratt@pacificu.edu.
A reception for all students and guests will immediately follow. Students are encouraged to participate in Sign, Shake & Ring after Baccalaureate Ceremonies.
Sign, Shake & Ring and Faculty-Hosted Reception
4:30 PM
Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center Patio
Graduates are invited to join the University President, Lesley Hallick, at Old College Hall to signify leaving the University by ringing the bell and signing the Book of Remembrance, just as was done upon entering Pacific.
The Faculty of the College of Arts & Sciences invites all seniors and guests to attend a reception following Baccalaureate on the Patio outside the Taylor-Meade building.
Graduates Assemble
8:45 AM
Graduates should arrive already in cap and gown to assemble for the processional.
Commencement Ceremony
College of Arts & Sciences
9:30 AM
New Alumni Reception
11:30 AM
The Quad between McCormick and Walter Residence Halls
Directly after the ceremony, a reception for graduates and their guests will be held in The Quad.