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Yale Commencement 2009
       
         
Rain, unfortunately, is not an infrequent occurrence in Connecticut in May. Unless weather conditions are dangerous or severe, Commencement and Class Day will take place outside on Old Campus, although processions and programs may be shortened. Cancellation notice, in the event of very severe weather, will be posted by 8:00 am Monday on website www.yale.edu and in a recorded message at 203 432-2317.

Diploma ceremonies in some residential colleges and schools may be moved to the alternative locations listed below; all other diploma ceremonies will take place under courtyard tents or in previously announced interior locations.
 
Residential College or School Rain Location
Berkeley College Yale Repertory Theatre
Calhoun College First & Summerfield Methodist Church, at College & Elm Streets
Morse College Trinity Church on the Green
Saybrook College United Church on the Green
Silliman College Trinity Lutheran Church, corner of Wall & Orange Streets
Ezra Stiles College Christ Church, 84 Broadway
Trumbull College Battell Chapel
School of Architecture McNeil Lecture Hall, Yale Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street
School of Art Holcombe T. Green Jr. Hall, 1156 Chapel Street
Divinity School Marquand Chapel
School of Drama University Theatre, 222 York Street
Graduate School Woolsey Hall, corner of Grove and Prospect Streets, and Luce Hall
Law School Lanman Center, Payne Whitney Gymnasium
School of Management Woolsey Hall, 3:00 pm
School of Medicine Outside at Amistad Park, rain or shine. Ponchos will be distributed.
School of Music Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College Street
School of Nursing Shubert Performing Arts Center, 247 College Street
Public Health Battell Chapel, 2:30 pm

 
The Commencement ceremony and Class Day exercises are carried live on Yale cable television, as well as the local Comcast channel. Many residential colleges and schools have arranged for their guests to watch the Old Campus proceedings in classrooms or common rooms. Guests are advised to check with the master's office in the residential colleges or dean's office in the professional schools for viewing locations.

Battell Chapel is available for simulcast viewing of Class Day and Commencement ceremonies. Guests in wheelchairs and all accompanying family members may view Class Day and Commencement simulcasts in Linsly Chittenden Hall, 61 High Street. For additional information, contact Lauralee Field, 203 432-2317.
       
       
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