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Schedule of Events

 
 

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

11:30 am-1:30 pm  

Picnic for New Alumni
Peter and Nancy Huff House (rain venue: Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center)
For more information, call 713-348-5305.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

5:30-6:30 pm 

Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies
Master of Arts in Teaching and Teacher Education Reception
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center
For more information, call 713-348-4826.
 

Friday, May 10, 2013

1:00-3:00 pm                          Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business Investiture Ceremony
Tudor Fieldhouse
A reception at Janice and Robert McNair Hall will follow the ceremony.
For more information, call 713-348-3381.
 

 2:30-4:00 pm 

Phi Beta Kappa Initiation and Presentation of Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize
Hamman Hall
For more information, call 713-348-4697.

3:00-5:00 pm  Doctoral Hooding Ceremony
Stude Concert Hall, Alice Pratt Brown Hall
For more information, call 713-348-4002.

 

3:00 - 4:00 pm 

Chao Center for Asian Studies Reception
Rice Art Gallery foyer and plaza, Sewall Hall

Ceremony at 3:30 p.m.
For more information, call 713-348-5843.

  Department of Hispanic Studies Reception
Third-floor lobby, Rayzor Hall
For more information, Call 713-348-5451.

 

4:00-5:30 pm 

Department of Chemistry Reception
Foyer of Dell Butcher Hall
For more information, call 713-348-4082.

  Department of Classical Studies Reception
Lobby of Rayzor Hall
For more information, call 713-348-4151.
 
  Department of Earth Science Reception
Patio of Keith-Wiess, Geological Laboratories
For more information, call 713-348-4880.
 
  Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Reception
Courtyard of M.D. Anderson, Biological Laboratories
For more information, call 713-348-4919.
 
  Department of English Reception
Room 255, Herring Hall
For more information, call 713-348-4840.
 
  Departments of History, Philosophy and Religious Studies, the center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality and Jewish Studies Reception
Courtyard of Humanities Building
For more information, call 713-348-4947.
 
  Department of Kinesiology Reception
Trauber Suite, Tudor Fieldhouse
For more information, call 713-348-8816.

 
  Department of Mathematics Reception
Room 438, Herman Brown Hall
For more information, call 713-348-4829.
 
  School of Architecture Reception
Smith Garden, Anderson Hall
For more information, call 713-348-4864.
 
  School of Engineering Reception
Martel Hall, Anne and Charles Duncan Hall
For more information, call 713-348-3895.
 
 4:30-6:00 pm   Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Reception
Courtyard between George R. Brown Hall and Keck Hall
For more information, call 713-348-4207.
 
  Department of Physics and Astronomy Reception
Room 101, Brockman Hall for Physics
Awards ceremony at 4:30 p.m., a reception will follow the ceremony.
For more information, call 713-348-4938.

 
   School of Social Sciences Reception
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Student Center
For more information, call 713-348-2181.

 
 5:00-7:00 pm   ARUBA New Alumni Welcome Reception
Peter and Nancy Huff House
Visit http://alumni.rice.edu/ to register
For more information, call 713-348-5063.

 
 5:30-6:30 pm   Department of Bioengineering Reception
Farnsworth Pavilion, Ley Student Center
For more information, call 713-348-5063.

 
 7:00 pm   College Master's Toast for the Inaugural Graduating Class of Duncan College
Students and their immediate family members will join the
Duncan College Master, Dr. Luis Duno Gottberg,
in a toast to the esteemed "Class of 2009."

 

8:00-9:30 pm 

Association of Rice Alumni Class of 2013 Convocation
Presidential Concert
Stude Concert Hall, Alice Pratt Brown Hall

9:30-10:00 pm 

Presidential Reception for students, their guests, faculty, staff, administration, and friends
Alice Pratt Brown Hall

10:00 pm 

Fireworks
Stadium Parking Lot

Saturday, May 11, 2013

6:00-8:00 am 

'R' Association Breakfast honoring graduating student athletes and their families
'R' Room at Rice Stadium
For more information, call 713-348-6915.

7:30 am 

Degree candidates line up for Commencement:  All BA, BS, and BMus degree candidates in residential colleges; all other degree candidates in Anne and Charles Duncan Hall

8:30-11:30 am 

Commencement, Academic Quadrangle
Commencement Address by Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Following Commencement 

Reception for undergraduate degree recipients and their guests in residential colleges. For more information, call individual colleges.

Luncheon for doctoral degree recipients and their guests
Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center
For more information, call 713-348-4002.

6:30 pm 

 

Association of Rice Alumni Laureates Dinner for recipients of Distinguished Alumni, Meritorious Service, and Gold Medal Awards
For more information, call 713-348-4694.