Updated as of 4/8/09

Thursday, May 14, 2009

• 2:00 p.m.  Senior Convocation, McDonough Arena
• 3:00 p.m.  Reception, Leo J. O’Donovan Hall
• 5:00 p.m.  Phi Beta Kappa Annual Initiation, Gaston Hall
• 6:00 p.m.  Phi Beta Kappa Reception, ICC Galleria

Friday, May 15, 2009

• 7:30 a.m.  Army ROTC Commissioning Ceremony, Gaston Hall. Featuring Gen. George Casey Jr. (SFS’70), chief of staff of the U.S. Army.
• 9:00 a.m. Army ROTC Pinning Ceremony, Copley Formal Lounge
• 10:00 a.m. Georgetown Public Policy Institute Tropaia,  Leavey Center Ballroom
• 10:00 a.m.  Army ROTC Reception, Copley Formal Lounge
• 10:00 a.m.  Walsh School of Foreign Service Tropaia, Gaston Hall
• 10:00 a.m. Georgetown College Faculty of Languages & Linguistics Awards Ceremony, ICC Auditorium
• 11:00 a.m. Walsh School of Foreign Service Dean’s Reception, ICC Galleria
• 11:00 a.m. McDonough School of Business MBA Commencement Ceremony, Healy Lawn (Rainsite: McDonough Arena). Featuring Ana Palacio, former foreign minister of Spain.
• 11:30 a.m. Georgetown Public Policy Institute Reception, Leavey Center Esplanade
• 12:00 p.m.  School of Nursing and Health Studies Sigma Theta Tau Induction, ICC Auditorium
• 12:30 p.m. Georgetown College Tropaia, Gaston Hall
• 12:15 p.m. McDonough School of Business MBA Commencement Reception, Leo J. O’Donovan Hall
• 1:45 p.m.  Georgetown College Dean’s Reception,  ICC Galleria
• 2:00 p.m. School of Nursing & Health Studies Pinning Ceremony (Nursing Majors only), ICC Auditorium
• 2:30 p.m.  Graduate School Commencement Ceremony, Healy Lawn (Rainsite: McDonough Arena). Featuring Daniel Kahneman, 2002 Nobel Laureate in economics and professor emeritus of psychology and public affairs at Princeton University.
• 3:00 p.m.  McDonough School of Business Tropaia, Gaston Hall
• 3:30 p.m.  Social Justice Send-Off Ceremony, Gonda Theatre, Davis Performing Arts Center
• 4:00 p.m.  McDonough School of Business Tropaia Reception, Copley Formal Lounge
• 4:30 p.m.  Graduate School Dean’s Reception, Leo J. O’Donovan Hall
• 5:30 p.m.  Medical School Warwick Evans Awards Ceremony, Gaston Hall
• 6:45 p.m.  Medical School Dean’s Reception,  2nd Floor Healy
• 7:30 p.m.  MSFS Awards Ceremony, Gaston Hall
• 8:30 p.m.  MSFS Reception, ICC Galleria
• 9:00 p.m.  Senior Ball, Union Station

Saturday, May 16, 2009

• 9:00 a.m.   Walsh School of Foreign Service Commencement Ceremony, Healy Lawn (Rain site: McDonough Arena). Featuring former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.)
• 9:30 a.m. Medical School Graduation Mass, Holy Trinity Church
• 10:45 a.m. School for Continuing Studies Commencement Ceremony, Gaston Hall. Featuring Freeman Hrabowski III, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
• 12:15 p.m. School for Continuing Studies Dean’s Reception, Leo J. O’Donovan Hall
• 12:00 p.m. McDonough School of Business Commencement Ceremony, Healy Lawn (Rain site: McDonough Arena). Featuring Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank.
• 1:30 p.m.  McDonough School of Business Dean’s Reception, Dahlgren Quadrangle (Rain site: O’Donovan Hall-Lower Level)
• 3:00 p.m.  Georgetown College Commencement Ceremony, Healy Lawn (Rain site: McDonough Arena). Featuring Gwen Ifill, PBS managing editor of “Washington Week” and senior correspondent for “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”
  If the ceremony is moved to McDonough Arena, the ceremony will be split into two ceremonies:
  • 3:00 p.m. for last names beginning with A-Z
  • 5:30 p.m. for last names beginning with L-Z)
  • Diploma Distribution immediately following the ceremony Copley Lawn (Rain site: White Gravenor)
• 6:00 p.m.  School of Nursing & Health Studies Commencement Ceremony, Healy Lawn
  (Rain site: Gaston Hall)
• 7:30 p.m.  School of Nursing & Health Studies Reception & Diploma Distribution, Copley Lawn (Rain site: Leavey Center Ballroom). Featuring Laurie Garrett, bestselling Pulitzer-Prize-winning medical and science author.
• 8:30 p.m.  Georgetown University Law Center 2009 Graduation Gala, National Building Museum

Sunday, May 17, 2009

• 9:00 a.m. Baccalaureate Eucharistic Celebration, Healy Lawn (Rain site: McDonough Arena)
• 10:45 a.m. Commencement Brunch, Leavey Center Ballroom
• 11:15 a.m. Medical School Commencement Ceremony, Constitution Hall. Featuring Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.)
• 1:00 p.m.  Medical School Reception, The Med-Dent Podium
• 2:00 p.m. Law Center Commencement, Healy Lawn (Rain site: McDonough Arena). Featuring David Vladeck, co-director of the Institute for Public Representation and director of the Center on Health Regulation and Governance
• 3:00 p.m. Law Center Commencement Diploma Distributions:
  • Section 1 and Joint Degrees:  Red Square (Rain site:
    ICC Galleria)
  • Section 2: Leavey Center Ballroom
  • Section 3:  Leo J. O’Donovan Hall
  • Section 4:  Harbin Terrace Pavilion
  • Section 5:  Leavey Esplanade Pavilion
  • Section 7:  Gaston Hall
  • LL.M.: Healy Lawn (Rain site:  McDonough Arena)
• 4:00 p.m.  Law Center Commencement Receptions:
  • Section 1:  Red Square
  • Section 2:  Leavey Center South Gallery
  • Sections 3 & 4:  McDonough Tent
  • Section 5:  Leavey Center Esplanade (rain site: Leavey Center Center Grille)
  • Section 7:  Dahlgren Quad
  • LL.M.:  Copley Lawn (rain site:  McDonough Tent)