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2009 Commencement
Sunday, June 14, 2009

  • Participants assemble by 8:45am
  • University Ceremony in Stanford Stadium: 9:30-11:30 AM
  • Diplomas in  Hewlett Teaching Center, ~12:30-1:30 PM
  • Luncheon Reception in Physics Courtyard: 1:30-3:00 PM
All degree candidates who wish to participate in the Commencement ceremony must arrive by 8:45 a.m. in cap and gown at their respective assembly areas (baccalaureates at Gate 1, advanced degrees at Masters Grove) . Please visit the ceremony instruction link on the Student Information page for more details.

University ceremony is at Stanford Stadium, 9:30–11:30 am (No tickets are required. Gates open at 8:00 am.)
Please refer to the ceremony instruction links for students and for faculty.

The Commencement procession will begin at 9:30 a.m., and the official ceremony will begin at 10:00 a.m. This year’s Commencement speaker will be Anthony M. Kennedy, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, a Stanford alumnus, and a long-time legal educator. President Hennessy will also address the assemblage, and the Cuthbertson, Gores, and Dinkelspiel awards will be presented. Degrees will be conferred, however, no diplomas will be awarded at this ceremony. Please see the Individual Diploma Award Ceremonies page for diploma distribution information and a map (Physics ceremonies at 56 and 57).

Following the University ceremony, diplomas will be distributed in the Applied Physics/Physics Department ceremony Hewlett Teaching Center, 370 Serra Mall. 
Please walk from the stadium to the teaching center for light refreshments and then find a seat in Room 200.  Our departmental diploma award ceremony will begin at approximately 12:30 p.m.
Physics and Applied Physics faculty will present diplomas for Applied Physics and Physics graduates, and special student awards will be announced.

Following this ceremony, at approximately 1:30 PM, a lunch reception till be held in the courtyard between Varian Physics and the Physics and Astrophysics building.
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