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| Date | Start | End | Group/Description | Host/Title | Location |
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Friday
5/14/2004 | 10:00 PM | 01:00 AM | Commencement:
Senior Party | Last Chance Harris Dance:
Seniors only until 11:00 p.m. | Harris Center Concert Hall | |
Saturday
5/15/2004 | 11:00 AM | 11:45 AM | Commencement:
Commencement Rehearsal | Mandatory for Graduating Seniors | Darby Gym | |
Saturday
5/15/2004 | 11:30 AM | 12:30 PM | Commencement:
Brunch | $6.75 ($3.75 under 12) | Quad Dining Hall | |
Saturday
5/15/2004 | 03:30 PM | 05:00 PM | Commencement:
President's Social by invitation | Join Russell and Paula Osgood for:
A Reception at the President's Home | President's Home | |
Saturday
5/15/2004 | 05:00 PM | 05:30 PM | Commencement:
Dinner | $8.75 ($5.00 under 12) | Quad Dining Hall | |
Saturday
5/15/2004 | 07:00 PM | 08:00 PM | Commencement:
Grinnell Singers and Vocal Ensembles | | FA Sebring-Lewis Hall | |
Saturday
5/15/2004 | 08:30 PM | 09:00 PM | Commencement:
Senior Social | Dessert Reception after Showcase | Harris Center Courtyard | |
Saturday
5/15/2004 | 09:00 PM | 10:30 PM | Commencement:
Senior Showcase | | Harris Center Concert Hall | |
Sunday
5/16/2004 | 09:30 AM | 11:00 AM | Commencement:
Baccalaureate | | Herrick Chapel | |
Sunday
5/16/2004 | 11:00 AM | 12:30 PM | Commencement:
Honor G Awards Luncheon | by invitation | Darby Gym | |
Sunday
5/16/2004 | 11:00 AM | 12:30 PM | Commencement:
Brunch | $6.75 ($3.75 under 12) | Quad Dining Hall | |
Sunday
5/16/2004 | 02:30 PM | 04:00 PM | Commencement:
Phi Beta Kappa Initiation | by invitation | Herrick Chapel | |
Sunday
5/16/2004 | 03:30 PM | 04:30 PM | Commencement:
Voluntary Service Recognition Reception | Reception Honoring Students Doing:
full-time service work after graduation | Forum South Lounge | |
Sunday
5/16/2004 | 05:00 PM | 05:30 PM | Commencement:
Dinner | $8.75 ($5.00 under 12) | Quad Dining Hall | |
Sunday
5/16/2004 | 08:00 PM | 10:00 PM | Commencement:
The Commencement Concert | | Darby Gym | |
Sunday
5/16/2004 | 09:15 PM | 11:15 PM | Commencement:
Observatory Tour | latcomers are welcome after the concert:
Prof. Cadmus will conduct informal tours | Gale Observatory | |
Monday
5/17/2004 | 10:00 AM | 12:00 PM | Commencement:
**Exercises of Commencement** | | Campus Central | |
Monday
5/17/2004 | 12:00 PM | 02:00 PM | Commencement:
**All-Campus Picnic** | | Campus S. - Cleveland Beac | |
William F. Schulz, executive director of Amnesty International USA, will speak at the 2004 Exercises of Commencement at Grinnell College. According to The New York Review of Books, Dr. Schulz has "done more than anyone in the American human rights movement to make human rights issues known in the United States."