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Commencement Weekend Schedule

Commencement Weekend 2012

Thursday, May 17

Noon
Class of 2012 Toast and Senior Class Gift Presentation
Kogan Plaza

1 p.m.
MSSC Multi Cultural Graduation Celebration
Charles E. Smith Center

5 p.m.
Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Charles E. Smith Center

Friday, May 18

8 a.m.
Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps Commissioning Ceremony
Iwo Jima Memorial, Arlington, VA
Rain location:  Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre
For more information, call (202) 994-9108

11:30 a.m.
Elliott School of International Affairs Celebration
Charles E. Smith Center

3 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony
Lisner Auditorium
For more information, visit www.gwu.edu/~pbk.

3:30 p.m.
School of Business Undergraduate/Graduate/Doctoral Celebration
Charles E. Smith Center

7:30 p.m.
School of Engineering and Applied Science Celebration
Charles E. Smith Center

Saturday, May 19

8 a.m.
Graduate School of Education and Human Development
Charles E. Smith Center

9:30 a.m.
University Interfaith Baccalaureate Service
Western Presbyterian Church, 2401 Virginia Avenue, N.W.
For more information, click here.

10:30 a.m.
School of Nursing Celebration
Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre

Noon
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Celebration #1 
The celebrations are split by majors; for more information, click here.
Charles E. Smith Center

Noon
School of Public Health and Health Services Celebration
Lisner Auditorium

3:30 p.m.
Columbian College of Arts and Sciences Celebration #2
The celebrations are split by majors; for more information, click here.
Charles E. Smith Center

4 p.m.
School of Medicine and Health Sciences - Health Sciences Celebration
Lisner Auditorium

7:30 p.m.
College of Professional Studies Celebration
Lisner Auditorium

Sunday, May 20

9:30 a.m.
University Commencement
National Mall

2:30 p.m.
Law School Celebration
Charles E. Smith Center

2:30 p.m.
School of Medicine and Health Sciences - M.D. Celebration
Lisner Auditorium

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About Commencement

 

 

Commencement Contact

Please contact the Office of University Events for information regarding Commencement events.

Phone: 202-994-7129

E-mail: commencement@gwu.edu

The GW Experience

Students

An Incubator for Ideas

GW student entrepreneurs may apply for spots in entrepreneurship incubator.

A Home Away from Home

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Student Co-Produces New Album

George Washington student José Curbelo helped produce an album of northern Uruguayan music for Smithsonian Folkways.

A Call to Service

GW students traveled to Guatemala, Honduras, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Puerto Rico as part of the fourth annual Alternative Winter Break program.

Faculty

Teaching Campaigning in Cairo

GSPM professors teach practical skills to emerging politicians in Egypt.

South African Youth Perform at GW

Latest collaboration between Professor of Theatre Leslie Jacobson and the Bokamoso Youth Centre premieres Friday.

A Life-Changing Course

Today’s reading by Aryeh Lev Stollman, author of “The Far Euphrates,” is the first of six from visiting artists in this spring’s Jewish Literature Live course.

Alumni

Medical Alumni Can ‘Adopt a Doc’

New scholarship program enables graduates to put a face and name to donations.

GW Alumni, Graduate Student Win Fulbrights

Fifteen alumni and one doctoral student will conduct research around the globe with 2011-12 Fulbrights.

Furry Friend Gets Kids Excited About Learning

George Washington alumna helped create a curriculum for elementary school students centered on the dog who used to serve as the postal service’s mascot.