THE
YALE DIVINITY SCHOOL NEWSOURCE
The
Commencement Edition,
The Q Source is
published weekly under the auspices of the office of the Dean of Students. Notices of events and concerns of the
community are included. The Q Source is
now available online at http://www.yale.edu/divinity/Stu.QSource.html.
Congratulations to Danielle Tumminio, who
will serve as next year’s Q Source Editor!
Thank
you for a great year!
–Kelly
J. Stone, Editor
Inside this issue of the QSource…
Page 1 - YDS Banner
Bearer, Class Marshals and Class Officers
Page 2 – The “short version” of Commencement Details
Page 3-5 - The “long
version” of Commencement Details
Page 5 – Cap and Gown pick up and return information
Page 6 – Special Accommodations for University Commencement
Page 7-8 – YDS News
Page 8 – Classifieds
Page 8 –
Commencement 2006 Banner Bearer and Class
Marshals
Congratulations and best wishes to the students who will
serve the Class of 2006 as Commencement Banner Bearer and Class Marshals.
We are grateful to these five graduating students for their willingness to lead
the student processions during Commencement exercises, and to represent the
Class of 2006 as Divinity degrees are granted by Yale President Richard Levin
on the Old Campus platform.
Banner Bearer - Alice Kearney
Master of Divinity - Ken Hughes
Master of Divinity - Abbott Bailey
Master of Arts in Religion - Karilyn Crockett
Master of Sacred Theology - Jing Cheng
Senior Class
Officers 2006: It is my joy and honor to
announce to you the Senior Class Officers for the Class of 2006. The
officers are Rob Boulter, Kate Bryant, Martha Korienek, Elizabeth Lerohl, Nancy
McLaren, Elizabeth Marie Melchionna, Jennie Ott,
Commencement Events (The Short Version)
Keep
this page handy for Commencement Weekend!
Time:
Event: Graduation Rehearsal
Location: YDS
Quad
Time:
Event: University
Baccalaureate Service
Location: Woolsey
Hall
Time:
Event:
Preacher: Emilie
Townes
Location: Divinity
Quadrangle
Time:
Event: Graduate
Reception
Location: Front
of Quadrangle (
Time:
Event: Light
Continental Breakfast
Location: Common
Room
Time:
Event: Communion
Service for Candidates and Guests
Preacher: Carolyn
Sharp
Celebrant: Dale
Peterson
Location:
Time:
Event: (Note: Students gather at Cross
Campus at 9:45; all students who are able will meet at 9:15 on Prospect Street
to process down the hill to Cross Campus behind the YDS banner.)
Event: University
Ceremony
Location: Old
Campus
Time:
Event: Divinity Degree Ceremony
Location: Divinity
Quadrangle (Front of Chapel)
Time:
Event: Graduate
Reception
Location: Divinity
Quadrangle (
Commencement
Events (The Long Version)
All
the dates and details you need for Commencement Weekend
Faculty and staff,
degree candidates, spouses and guests are invited to attend all events related
to Commencement at the
University
Baccalaureate Service
Woolsey Hall
No procession for graduates, processional candidates or faculty.
No tickets required.
Divinity Quadrangle
Preacher: Emilie Townes
[Note: Prizes for YDS recipients will be awarded after the sermon and before the recessional. Prizes for ISM and BDS recipients will be announced.]
This event is preceded by a procession, weather permitting. Wearing gowns, caps and hoods, M.Div., M.A.R., and S.T.M. candidates for graduating will assemble on the Quadrangle directly in front of the Chapel. Led by your marshals, you may assemble in any order of your choosing; to sit with friends, march before or after, not side by side. Faculty will assemble in the RSV Conference Room.
Graduate Reception
Front of the Quadrangle (
Light Continental
Breakfast
Common Room
Communion Service for
Candidates and Guests
Preacher: Carolyn Sharp
Celebrant: Dale Peterson
University Commencement
Old Campus
All participants are encouraged to meet in front of the
Guests will be seated until
Divinity Degree Program
Divinity Quadrangle
This will include a brief ceremony with a Charge to the Graduates. Diplomas will be awarded to members of the M.A.R., M.Div., and S.T.M. classes. In caps and gowns, graduating M.Div., M.A.R., and S.T.M. assemble by degree and alphabetically behind the appropriate student marshal. Attendance of each member of the graduating classes is required unless a request to be excused, addressed to the Dean in writing, is granted.
Graduate Reception
Divinity Quadrangle (
For more information
on Commencement
For Divinity events,
Contact the office of the associate deans
Robert
Wilson (432-5308) and/or Dale Peterson (432-5310)
For University events,
Call
432-2310 for a recorded message or
Visit the
University website at www.yale.edu/commencement
A rehearsal for graduation (where and when to stand up, sit down, fight, fight,
fight) will be held on
FRIDAY, MAY 19, at
feel comfortable with the various processionals and recessionals (and who can
pass up a free lunch and a chance to hang out with members of your class prior
to the big day?) This is a rehearsal for
the purposes of learning how we will walk in and out for the academic
processions of Commencement Worship (Sunday, 4pm) and Commencement Exercises
(the diploma ceremony, Monday, 12:30pm), and how you will walk across the stage
to receive diplomas. We will not run through the entire programs of the
Commencement Worship (Sunday,
Graduation Photographs: I'm writing to let
you know that we'll be taking the Class of 2006 Photo at
Class Gift Contributions: This is the last
week you can contribute to the class gift before it is announced at the
commencement worship service on Sunday. We are at 30% participation, and we
would love for everyone to contribute. All donations will benefit student
scholarships. You can donate via cash,
check, or credit card. Donations can be given:
In Person: To Peggy Ojeda on the second floor of Seabury (above the
financial aid office). We will also set up a table during the graduation
rehearsal and lunch on Friday, so please bring your gift then. By mail: Checks payable to "Yale
Divinity School" with the memo line "2006 Class Gift" may be
sent to the Office of Alumni Relations, 409 Prospect St., New Haven, 06511 or
online at http://www.yale.edu/divinity/Give.How.html. Donations must be received by
Caps and Gowns
Distribution
Dates
Attire may be picked up at Payne Whitney Gymnasium pool amphitheater, located
to the left of the main entrance, at the hours listed below. Please bring valid
I.D.
Graduate and professional school distribution will begin on Thursday, May 18.
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If you are unable to pick up your attire at the times above, please make
arrangements for someone else to pick it up for you. The person picking up your
attire must present a Yale I.D., or other valid identification, as well as a
signed note from you authorizing pick-up.
Return Caps and Gowns: On the day
of Commencement, rental regalia ordered by Graduate and professional school
candidates should be returned either to Payne Whitney Gymnasium or to the
housing office of the Yale School of Medicine between the hours of 1 pm and 6
pm. The YSM housing office is located at
Special Accommodations – Old Campus
Graduation
Yale's wheelchair-accessible special service vans
are on call 24 hours Monday through Friday, as well as Saturday and Sunday of
Commencement weekend. To schedule, call 203 432-2788.
Parking:
Please Note: The University
Commencement Exercises (Old Campus ceremony) will be simulcast on the large
screen of Niebuhr Hall in the
Divinity
School Parking Lot 11 (the large gated lot across from the main entrance) will
be open to all cars on both Sunday and Monday of Commencement.
On-street handicapped parking for University
Commencement weekend is available but limited. Spaces exist on the following
streets:
University lots are open to the public all day
Saturday and Sunday, as well as Friday after
Seating for Commencement, Old Campus: Old Campus is a flat grassy area, with accessible
entrances on College and High Streets. On Commencement morning, an additional
entrance is available to wheelchair users and their family members. This
entrance, located on High Street near the Yale Post Office, leads to an area of
reserved seating for wheelchair users and all accompanying family members. A
small simulcast screen is erected in this section to enable better platform
viewing. Directly across the street from the wheelchair entrance is an
accessible portable restroom.
A special
Campus (
Simulcast:
Commencement is broadcast live on Yale cable television and the
local Comcast channel. Both ceremonies are also simulcast to Battell Chapel and
other wheelchair-accessible sites on campus.
YDS News
BTFO Coordinators 2006:
Congratulations
and best wishes to Wendy Liddle (MDiv '07) and Brandon Johnson (MDiv '08) upon
their selection as Coordinators of the Before the Fall Orientation (BTFO) for
2006! Brandon and Wendy will serve as primary designers and organizers of
this orientation program for new students, scheduled this year for August 29 to
September 1. Wendy and Brandon will begin preparations for this annual
event over the next few weeks, as they recruit volunteers from among the returning
students to offer leadership and assistance in BTFO. Please keep Brandon
and Wendy in your good thoughts and supportive prayers as they undertake this
important service on behalf of the
CLC Coordinators 2006-2007:
Congratulations
and best wishes to Carmen Germino (MDiv '07) and Jessica Anschutz (MDiv '07)
upon their selection as Community Life Committee (CLC) Co-Coordinators for the
2006-2007 academic year. We are grateful to Jessica and Carmen for their
willingness to serve the
Coffee Hour 2006-2007
Micah
Luce (MAR '07) will serve as the preparer, coordinator, and general manager of
our community Coffee Hour for academic year 2006-2007. Micah will begin
his Coffee Hour service to the community on the first day of classes in
September. We are grateful to him for taking on this important job! Many thanks to Immaculee Kengbo (MDiv '06)
who has prepared our Coffee Hour for the past two years and who has done an
outstanding job in providing for our community in this significant way.
Thank you, Immaculee... we are grateful to you!
Q Source Editor 2006-2007
The Q
Source Editor for 2006-2007 will be Danielle Tumminio (MDiv '06, STM
'07). Congratulations, Danielle, and many thanks to you for your
willingness to do this important work for the
From Joe R. Jones, Visiting Professor of
Theology: It has been wonderful to
be a member of the YDS community this academic year. Thanks for the generous hospitality that
students, faculty, and staff have extended to me. Sarah and I live in a cabin on
Joe and Sarah Jones
918-478-8986
www.grammaroffaith.com
To: the Divinity School Community:
From: Richard Levin, President of Yale University
I write
with the greatest pleasure to inform you that Harold Attridge has agreed to
serve as Dean of the
Classifieds
Do you have items that you would like to
giveaway?
Well, this is a reminder that we are organizing a BTFO giveaway for the
incoming students this fall. So, if you have items that you think would
be useful for students let us know. The
giveaway room is in the basement of Curtis hall. We are available to let
you in or schedule a time to pick stuff up if necessary. Feel free to contact either Wendy Liddle (wendy.liddle@yale.edu) or Brandon
Johnson (brandon.johnson@yale.edu).
HELP WANTED: HOST / HOSTESS COUPLE: The
Overseas Ministries Study Center in
Visit the
Contact us at ministry.resource.center@yale.edu or 432-5319
Staff is available 10-3 weekdays
Congratulations, Graduates! We
want to be of service to you: Membership
in
http://www.library.yale.edu/div/mrc/membershipMRC.html Ask about details in the
During the summer, if you are a continuing
student, you can check things out from the