SENATOR SANDERS TO GIVE 2008 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS
  U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders will give the 2008 Commencement Address, May 17 at 2 p.m. on the Old Chapel Green.
Bernie Sanders was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. He is the longest serving independent member of Congress in American history. Born in Brooklyn, Bernie was the younger of two sons in a modest-income family. After graduation from the University of Chicago in 1964, he moved to Vermont. Early in his career, Sanders was director of the American People’s Historical Society. Elected Mayor of Burlington by 10 votes in 1981, he served four terms. Before his 1990 election as Vermont’s at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York. He serves on five Senate committees: Budget; Veterans; Energy; Environment; and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.
WHEN IS COMMENCEMENT?
Day and Date: Saturday, May 17, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Old Chapel Green
WHEN DO I HAVE TO BE THERE?
You will be expected to line up at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 17 at the following locations:
Associate Degree candidates on Leavenworth patio;
Bachelor of Arts candidates on Library sidewalk;
Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Social Work candidates on Woodruff patio;
Masters candidates on ground floor of Woodruff near the Financial Aid office.
WHO GETS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE CEREMONY?
You must be matriculated,
AND
You must have applied for a degree and received an audit report from the Registrar's Office,
AND
You must have a 2.0 G.P.A. (may be higher for some majors), and a minimum of 122 credits (BA and BS candidates), 64 credits (AA and AS candidates), or 69 credits (Nursing candidates) and must meet all degree requirements in your catalog (some older catalogs require more credits). MA candidates require a minimum of 36 credits,
AND
You must be wearing black academic regalia in order to join the procession,
AND
You must behave in a manner appropriate to the dignity of the occasion.
Remember, alcohol is not allowed.
Please note: If your attendance plans have changed since you applied for a degree, please notify the Registrar's Office immediately at (802) 468-1274.
HOW LONG DOES THE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY LAST?
It depends on how many students are graduating; however, the ceremony usually is over by 4:00 p.m.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Friday, May 16
4:30 p.m. Nurses Pinning Rehearsal Fine Arts Center
6:00 p.m. Commencement Picnic Huden Lawn
(Tickets Required) (Limited seating! Plenty of lawn!)
6 p.m.— 8:30 p.m. College Store Open Campus Center
7:00 p.m. Rehearsal for all graduates Old Chapel Green; rain or shine
8:30 p.m. Candlelighting Ceremony Steps of Woodruff Hall
Saturday, May 17
8:30 a.m. Flower Sale Wright House & Fine Arts Center
8:30 a.m.—2 p.m. Free Coffee available Coffee Cottage, Moriarty House
9:00 a.m. Nurses Pinning Ceremony Fine Arts Center
Reception immediately following Huden Dining Hall
10 a.m.— 1:30 p.m. College Store Open Campus Center
10:15 a.m. Phi Alpha Induction Old Chapel Seminar Room
(Social Work Honor Society)
11:00 a.m. Honors Ceremony Old Chapel Green
12:30 p.m. Department Receptions (Locations subject to change.)
Art, Communication, Music, Theatre Arts Fine Arts Center Gallery
Business Administration Campus Center
English, Modern Foreign Language, History,
Geography, Economics, Politics Leavenworth, 201-202
Sociology, Social Work, Criminal Justice Leavenworth, 204-205
Education Great Hall, Old Chapel
Natural Science, Psychology, Math Florence Black Commons,
Jeffords Center
Physical Education Glenbrook Gymnasium
12:45 p.m. Commencement Tent available for seating
1:30 p.m. Assembly of Graduates
- AA & AS Degree Candidates Leavenworth Patio
- BS & BSW Degree Candidates Woodruff Back Patio
- BA Degree Candidates Library Walk
- MA & Post Baccalaureate Candidates Woodruff Ground Floor
2:00 p.m. Commencement Old Chapel Green
(Tickets required for seating.)
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