Commencement 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 1:00 p.m.
The 2008 Commencement ceremony will take place on the main Bay Path College campus at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 18 in front of Deepwood Hall. (If the weather is inclement, the ceremony will take place under a large event tent adjacent to Carr Hall.) Graduates are to report in their academic regalia to Mills Theatre, Carr Hall by 12:00 p.m. to assemble for the processional. The processional will begin at 1:00 p.m.
Only graduates who check-in prior to the processional will have their names read and receive their diplomas during the ceremony.
Commencement Speaker
This year's Commencement Speaker is Billy Starr, founder and executive director of the Pan-Massachusetts Challenge. Billy Starr founded the Pan-Mass Challenge in 1980 with a goal of raising money to combat cancer, a disease that had claimed his mother at a young age, his uncle and a cousin. Since then, the Pan-Mass Challenge has raised over $204 million for life-saving cancer research and treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute through its bicycle ride from Sturbridge to Provincetown, Massachusetts. In 2007, the Pan-Mass Challenge contributed $33 million to the Jimmy Fund, representing over 50 percent of the charity's annual donations. Participants in the Pan-Mass Challenge come from 30 states and six countries to be part of something greater than themselves. "The Pan-Mass Challenge has made what we do at Dana-Farber possible", said Dana-Farber President Edward J. Benz, Jr., M.D. "When they write the history of how cancer was conquered, the Pan-Mass Challenge will be in chapter one." A graduate of the University of Denver, Mr. Starr earned a master's degree in education from Northeastern University in 1978.
Important Dates to Remember
March 2 - Deadline to complete Graduation Application via the WildCAT Line
March 31 - May 3 - Pick up souvenir invitations and tent tickets at the Longmeadow Campus Bookstore or CMC
April 17 - 5:30 p.m. Reception for One-Day-A-Week Saturday College graduates at Empsall Hall sponsored by the One-Day Alumni Committee
May 4 - CMC Graduate reception
May 16 - 3:00 p.m. Commencement Rehearsal and Alumni Induction Ceremonies
- Graduate students report to Empsall Hall
- Undergraduates report to Mills Theatre, Carr Hall
May 18 - 1:00 p.m. Commencement Ceremony on the lawn in front of Deepwood Hall on the Longmeadow Campus or in tent in front of Carr Hall if the weather in inclement
May 18 - 3:00 p.m. Commencement Reception in the Blake Dining Hall, Blake Student Commons for graduates, family and friends
