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The Office of International Student Services (OISS) invites all international students and their families to attend the upcoming OISS Family and Friends Coffee Hour!Join the OISS Staff and have one more chat before commencement.We hope to see you there!
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- May 181:30 PMCommencement Seminar: “Sound Futures: How Music and Technology Will Shape AI, Health, and Community”Today's Events | Little Hall, 105, Golden Auditorium
Attend a commencement seminar, featuring composer/inventor Tod Machover, distinguished 2024 honorary degree recipient. - May 182:00 PMFilm Screening: "Colgate Together"Today's Events | Hamilton Movie Theater
This new 30-minute documentary film tells the story of Colgate’s pandemic response and the unusual first semester of the Class of 2024.Produced by Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated producer Jeff Sharp ’89, Colgate Together explores how the University navigated difficult decisions and constant uncertainty during the early days of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The film features the voices of several students in the Class of 2024, along with administrators and faculty members involved in the painstaking process of reopening campus in 2020.Free and open to everyone. Attendees will also be treated to a free medium popcorn and soda, courtesy of the Office of the President. - May 183:30 PMBaccalaureate ServiceToday's Events | Colgate Memorial Chapel
This traditional event offers both reflection for, and a farewell to, the graduating class. The service includes comments from the class's 1819 Award recipient and the recipient of the Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement. Graduating seniors offer readings from diverse religious and humanist traditions and present musical and dance selections.The graduates will line up for the procession at 3 p.m. and will be seated in the chapel.This event draws many more people than the chapel can hold. Guest seating is limited; doors open at 2:30. Guests may also watch at colgate.edu/commencement or at one of these viewing locations:Lawrence Hall, 105 Ho Lecture Room Olin Hall, Love AuditoriumLearn more at colgate.edu/commencement.Watch the livestream - May 185:00 PMFilm Screening: "Colgate Together"Today's Events | Hamilton Movie Theater
This new 30-minute documentary film tells the story of Colgate’s pandemic response and the unusual first semester of the Class of 2024.Produced by Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated producer Jeff Sharp ’89, Colgate Together explores how the University navigated difficult decisions and constant uncertainty during the early days of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The film features the voices of several students in the Class of 2024, along with administrators and faculty members involved in the painstaking process of reopening campus in 2020.Free and open to everyone. Attendees will also be treated to a free medium popcorn and soda, courtesy of the Office of the President. - May 188:30 PMSenior Torchlight ProcessionToday's Events | Academic Quad
Seniors will line up on the Academic Quad at 7:45 p.m.First enacted in 1930, under the guidance of the Alumni Association of the University, the Senior Torchlight Procession celebrates the culmination of the graduates’ four years and signifies their transition to life outside of the University.The graduating class members process down the hill carrying torches as a symbol of the “light of knowledge” they have gained through their Colgate education as represented by the torch on the University seal.Families will be able to watch the procession from a designated viewing area. We ask spectators not to interrupt the procession and to refrain from tossing objects to the graduates as they process.Immediately following the Torchlight Procession, the graduates and their families are invited to gather under the Oak Drive tent to enjoy music, dancing, and refreshments.Learn more at colgate.edu/commencement. - May 189:00 PMPresident's ReceptionToday's Events | Oak Drive Reception Area
Immediately following the Torchlight Procession, graduates and their families are invited to gather under a large tent on Oak Drive near the lower campus to enjoy music, dancing, and refreshments.Learn more at colgate.edu/commencement.