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Schedule of Events
| Wednesday, May 9 | |
| 2:00 p.m. | Lavender Graduation Celebration for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender graduates Weyerhaeuser Boardroom |
| Thursday, May 10 | |
| 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. | Senior Art Exhibit 1665 Princeton Avenue |
| 10:00 a.m.–12 noon | Class photo (Alumni Gym) and commencement rehearsal (Fieldhouse) Leonard Center |
| 5:00 p.m.–6:30 p.m. | Reception for international graduates and families Hill Ballroom, Kagin |
| 6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. | Senior Athlete Reception (post season participants) Reception will only take place if a Macalester athletic team will miss commencement as a result of post season play. Hall of Fame Room, Leonard Center |
| Friday, May 11 | |
| 8:30 a.m.–8:00 p.m. | Check-in Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center |
| 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. | Senior Art Exhibit 1665 Princeton Avenue, just west of campus |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:00 noon | Phi Beta Kappa Induction Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel |
| 11:30 a.m.–1:15 p.m. | All College Picnic Bateman Plaza/td |
| 2:30 p.m.–4:30 p.m. | Academic Prizes and Awards Ceremony Leonard Center, Alumni Gym |
| 4:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m. | Department Receptions Campus Center, Carnegie, Olin Rice, Old Main, Music and Theater Departments |
| Evening | Dinner on own for graduates |
| 7:30 p.m. | Rites of Passage: Celebration for U.S. Students of Color & Families Weyerhaeuser Chapel |
| 8:00 p.m. | Seniors in Recital Macalester Plymouth Church |
| Saturday, May 12 | |
| 8:30 a.m.–12 noon | Check-in Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center |
| 9:30 a.m.–10:30 a.m. | Baccalaureate Service Weyerhaeuser Memorial Chapel |
| 10:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. | All Campus Brunch Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center |
| 10:30 a.m.–11:30 a.m. | CHIPS Reception (sons/daughters of alumni) Hugh S. Alexander Alumni House, 1644 Summit Avenue |
| 1:30 p.m. | Commencement On Lawn, Fieldhouse (rain site) |
| 3:30 p.m. | All Campus Reception Shaw Field |