Commencement Registration

Commencement and Alumni/ae Weekend

Online Registration begins February 1, 2010.
Please register by Friday, May 7, 2010.
No refunds will be given after Thursday, May 13, 2010.

If you are a GRADUATING STUDENT or PARENT,
please log into ANNANDALE ONLINE prior to registering for Commencement events.
[Click on the WELCOME button located at the top left corner of this page.]
If you need help to log on, please contact the Office of Alumni/ae Affairs at 800-BARDCOL or commencement@bard.edu.

FRIDAY, MAY 21

11:00 a.m.
Foreign Service Career Round Table
Two distinguished diplomats, The Honorable Brandon Grove '50 and The Honorable Nancy Ely-Raphel, will share their experiences and career advice with our 2010 graduates in an informal conversation. If you have considered a career in the foreign service or the state department, please join us. Seating is limited so please RSVP to alumni@bard.edu.

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

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

3:00 p.m.
Alumnae-Student Women's Rugby Game

4:00 p.m.
Alumni-Student Men's Rugby Game

5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
President's Awards Ceremony and Dinner
Join in the opening celebration of the College's 150th anniversary, as we honor the exceptional achievements
of Bard alumni/ae and friends and salute reunion classes.
Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts
($40 per person. Advance registration required.)

5:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
Fisher Center Lobby

6:30 p.m.
Awards Ceremony
Sosnoff Theater

Recipients of 2010 Awards
Bard Medal
Emily H. Fisher

John and Samuel Bard Award in Medicine and Science
A. James Hudspeth

Charles Flint Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters
Billy Steinberg '72

John Dewey Award for Distinguished Public Service
Raymond Peterson

Mary McCarthy Award
Margaret Atwood

Bardian Award
Aileen Passloff

7:30 p.m.
Dinner
Theater Two, Thorne and Resnick Studios

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

9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.
Annandale Roadhouse
Something for everyone! Lounge areas, open terrace, movies for kids, Diversity Committee/HEOP social, and cash bar and café
Bertelsmann Campus Center

9:30 p.m.
Concert
Bard student soloists and composers in concert with
the American Symphony Orchestra, Leon Botstein, conductor.
Seating is first come, first served. Registration and tickets are not required.
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

SATURDAY, MAY 22

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 to 10:00 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 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Blithewood main lawn

10:00 a.m.
Senior Project Panel
Members of the Class of 2010 present their Senior Projects.
Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium,
Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation

11:00 a.m.
Tours
Tour guides will be available at the Registration Desk.

11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Brunch
For alumni/ae, seniors, families, and guests
Main Dining Room, Kline Commons
($15 per person; free to children 6 and under)

11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Graduate Program Luncheon
For Class of 2010 graduates of the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture; Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts; 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; Conductors Institute and Vocal Arts Program of The Bard College Conservatory of Music.
Blithewood main lawn
(Registration is handled through the Dean of Graduate Studies office.
For more information about this event, please contact Doug O'Connor at dgs@bard.edu.)

Commencement
Academic Procession
The Class of 2010, trustees, faculty, and alumni/ae from reunion classes are invited to march in the Academic Procession.
Academic attire is required and can be ordered through the College in advance. Attire ordered after April 23 will require an additional shipping and handling charge. Alumni/ae wishing to order attire should call 845-758-7867.

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
Celebrate the graduation of the Class of 2010
and the awarding of honorary degrees.
Commencement Tent, Seth Goldfine Memorial Field

Honorary Degrees
Alan S. Blinder
Doctor of Humane Letters

Norman C. Francis
Doctor of Humane Letters

Lisa Randall
Doctor of Science

Conferring of Graduate Degrees
Doctor of Philosophy, Master of Philosophy, and Master of Arts
in Decorative Arts, Design History, and MaterialCulture

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

Special Alumni/ae Events
Reunion classes and friends will gather at special receptions and dinners around campus.
Advanced reservations required.

Commencement-Reunion Barbeque, Dance, and Fireworks
6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Barbeque
Blithewood main lawn
($20 per adult and $10 for children 12 to 7, in advance. No fee for children 6 and under.
$25 per adult and $12 per child onsite, space permitting.)
7:30-11:30 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

SUNDAY, MAY 23

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 Michèle D. Dominy,
and Board of Governors President Walter Swett '96
for a discussion on the state of the College
Main Dining Room, Kline Commons
($16 per person in advance, $20 on the weekend, space permitting)

WEEKEND HOURS