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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.)
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.
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