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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 |
Levinson Auditorium, Yale Law School |
| Calhoun
College |
Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel Street |
| Morse
College |
Trinity
Church on the Green |
| Saybrook College |
United Church on the Green |
| Ezra Stiles College |
Christ Church, 84 Broadway |
| Trumbull
College |
Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm |
| School
of Architecture |
McNeil Lecture Hall, Yale Art Gallery,
1111 Chapel Street |
| School
of Art |
Graphic Design Atrium, Green 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 |
TBA |
| School
of Medicine |
Mary S. Harkness Hall , Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street
(in extreme weather only). Seating is limited to three tickets, including graduate. Other guests may watch via simulcast in the Anylan Center (TAC) auditorium, 300 Cedar Street; the Brady Auditorium, 310 Cedar Street; or the Fitkin Amphitheater, 330 Cedar Street. |
| School
of Music |
Sprague
Memorial Hall, 470 College Street |
| School
of Nursing |
Shubert
Performing Arts Center, 247 College Street |
| Public Health |
Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm, 2:30 pm |
The Commencement ceremony and Class Day exercises are carried live on Yale cable television, as well as the local Comcast channel. They will also be streamed from the Commencement website.
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 for viewing locations.
For guests of the Graduate and professional schools, simulcasts of the Old Campus ceremony will take place at the following locations:
Art and Architecture: McNeil Lecture Hall at Yale Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street
Divinity: Niebuhr Hall and Great Hall, 409 Prospect Street
Drama, University Theatre, 222 York Street
Forestry & Environmental Studies: Burke Auditorium,
Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect Street
Law: Levinson Auditorium
Management: multiple classrooms, 135 Prospect Street
Medicine: Anylan Center (TAC) auditorium, 310 Cedar Street
Music: Sprague Hall, 470 College Street
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, 63 High Street.
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