SAVE THE DATE!
Reunion and Commencement Weekend 2009

Friday, May 22 through Sunday May 24
(Memorial Day Weekend)

SCHEDULE

(Reservations required for meal events with a fee.)

COMMENCEMENT REGISTRATION:
Click here to register for commencement events.

SHUTTLE SERVICE:
Click here to download the weekend shuttle schedule.

FRIDAY, MAY 22

2:00 to 11:00 p.m.
Registration
Bertelsmann Campus Center

3:00 p.m.
Alumni-Student Men's Rugby Game
Sponsored by the Department of Athletics and Recreation and
Bard St. Stephen's Alumni/ae Association
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer Complex, north field (weather permitting)

LOCATION CHANGE
5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
President's Dinner
Salute reunion classes and honor the exceptional achievement of Bard alumni/ae and friends.
Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
($38 per person, advance registration required)

5:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception

6:30 p.m.
Awards Ceremony

Recipients of 2009 Awards

Robert C. Edmonds ’68
Bard Medal

Stephen A. Wertheimer ’59
John and Samuel Bard Award in Medicine and Science

Miriam Roskin Berger ’56
Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters

Mary D. Janney
John Dewey Award for Distinguished Public Service

Zadie Smith
Mary McCarthy Award

Mark Lambert '62
Bardian Award

7:30 p.m.
Dinner

9:00 p.m.
Jazzfest
Jazz in memory of Larry McLeod '76 and Frank Carter '79
Blum Hall, Edith C. Blum Institute

9:30 p.m.
Concert
Bard student soloists and composers in concert with
the American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

SATURDAY, MAY 23

7:30 a.m.
Walking Tour of Bard Lands with Professor William Maple
A boxed continental breakfast will be available.
Meet on the back lawn of Blithewood.
($5 per person)

8:30 a.m.
President’s Breakfast
Breakfast for seniors, their families, faculty, and trustees
President’s Garden.
(Complimentary)

Registration
9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Bertelsmann Campus Center
5:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Blithewood main lawn

10:00 a.m.
Senior Project Panel
Members of the Class of 2009 present their Senior Projects.
Weis Cinema, Bertelsmann Campus Center

10:30 a.m.
Tour

The Parliament of Reality by Olafur Eliasson

(Check at Registration Desk for details.)

11:00 a.m.
Celebration and Tour

Lynda and Stewart Resnick Science Laboratories, The Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation

11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Brunch
For alumni/ae, seniors, families, and guests
Main Dining Room, Kline Commons
($14 per person; $8 per child, age 6 and under)

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Graduate Luncheon
For Class of 2009 graduates of The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture; Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts; Conductors Institute; International Center of Photography–Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies; Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture; Master of Arts in Teaching Program; and Vocal Arts Program of The Bard College Conservatory of Music; and their guests.
Blithewood main lawn
(Reservations required; invitation to follow)

Commencement

Academic Procession
The Class of 2009, faculty, and trustees are invited
to march in the Academic Procession.
Academic attire is required
and can be ordered through the College in advance.

1:30 p.m.
Robing for the Academic Procession
F. W. Olin Humanities Building

2:00 p.m.
Formation of the Academic Procession
Chapel Walk

2:30 p.m.
Commencement Exercises
Alumni/ae are invited to celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2009
and the awarding of honorary degrees.
Commencement Tent, Seth Goldfine Memorial Field

Honorary Degrees

Geoffrey Canada
Doctor of Humane Letters

Emerson String Quartet
Doctors of Fine Arts

Susan Gottesman
Doctor of Science

Jeffrey D. Sachs
Doctor of Humane Letters

Stef Wertheimer
Doctor of Humane Letters

Garry Wills
Doctor of Humane Letters

Conferring of Graduate Degrees

Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts in the
History of the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture

Master of Fine Arts
Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts
Conductors Institute
International Center of Photography–Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies

Master of Science in Environmental Policy

Master of Arts in Curatorial Studies

Master of Arts in Teaching

Master of Music in Vocal Performance

Conferring of Bachelor of Arts Degrees

Reception
Kline Commons Terrace

Commencement-Reunion Barbecue, Dance, and Fireworks
Blithewood main lawn
5:00 to 6:30 p.m.: Cocktails (cash bar)
6:30 to 8:30 p.m.: Dinner

(Reservations required. $19 per adult; $10 per child (12 and under).

7:30 to 11:30 p.m.: Dance to live music
Approximately 9:00 p.m.: Fireworks

9:00 p.m.
Jazzfest
Jazz in memory of Larry McLeod '76 and Frank Carter '79
Blum Hall, Edith C. Blum Institute

Special Alumni/ae Events
On Saturday, reunion classes and friends will gather at special receptions and dinners around campus. (Reservations required.)

For more information, call 800-BARDCOL
or 845-758-7187

SUNDAY, MAY 24

9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Alumni/ae Memorial Service
In honor of alumni/ae, faculty, and special friends of the College

who died during the past year
Officiants: Bard College Chaplaincy
Chapel of the Holy Innocents

10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Champagne Buffet Brunch
Join President Leon Botstein, Dean of the College Michele D. Dominy,
and Board of Governors President Walter Swett '96
for a discussion on the state of the College
Main Dining Room, Kline Commons
(Reservations required. $16 per person in advance, $19 on the weekend.)

Contact Us

For further information, please contact:
Office of Special Events
at 845-758-7926, e-mail: events@bard.edu
or mail to PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504-5000

Watch your mail and this site for more information.