 Graduation Events
View the following events in the online student services calendar.
2008 Grad Fair
Tuesday, March 25 - Thursday, March 27
10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Columbia University Bookstore, Lerner Hall
The Grad Fair provides the opportunity for all degree candidates to purchase regalia, announcements, rings, and diploma frames - all of the items you need for Commencement. Representatives from each company will be on hand to answer all of your questions.
Senior Survey
Thursday, April 24 - Monday, April 28
Take the Senior Survey online
In preparation for General Studies Class Day and University Commencement, you are required to complete the Senior Survey, also known as the Blue Card survey. The survey is an opportunity for you to give us important information such as the correct pronunciation of your name for the ceremony and the address to which we should send your copy of the The Owl, the GS alumni magazine.
The survey takes about 5 minutes to complete.
Commencement tickets and grad packets cannot be released until the Senior Survey has been completed.
Please complete the survey by 12 noon, Monday, April 28, in order to receive your graduation packet, including Commencement tickets, at the Graduation Kick-off event (below).
Graduation Kick-Off Event
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
12:30-2:00 p.m.
GS Lounge, Lewisohn Hall
Open only to those who have applied for May and October graduation and February grads.
Come join fellow seniors and start the countdown to graduation. Pick up tickets for Commencement, partake of a champagne toast to 2008 graduates, make a donation to the Senior Class Fund, buy tickets for the Senior Class Dinner Cruise, purchase GS jewelry and clothing, and enter a drawing for an exquisite piece of GS jewelry exclusively designed by GS Grad Philip Ehrlich (designer of the Columbia 250th Anniversary pins and the GS Owl that stands proudly in the GS Lounge).
Senior Class Brunch
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Intercultural Resource Center, 552 West 114th Street
The last brunch of the year will be held on the first day of reading
week. Come out before you're bogged down with finals and celebrate
the end of the academic year and the end of your undergraduate career.
Commencement Carnival
Thursday, May 15 - Wednesday, May 21
Event information on the CU Arts website
Celebrate your graduation with family and friends by taking advantage of New York City like never before. Commencement Carnival 2008 brings you a weeklong festival of the city's best culinary arts and culture on the cheap—7 days, 14 featured events, 21 restaurants.
Sign up to get your FREE Columbia Alumni Arts League membership (normally $25)... because your discounts don't have to end after Commencement.
Lavender Graduation Cermony and Reception (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans, Queer & Allied)
Saturday, May 17, 2008
1-2:30 p.m. (Ceremony from 1-2; reception at 2:30)
Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway
Registration is required.
Lavender Graduation is a cultural ceremony that celebrates our graduating LGBTQ and allied students. For further information regarding this event, please contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs by sending email to multicultural@columbia.edu or by calling 212-854-0720.
Latino Graduation Cermony and Reception
Saturday, May 17, 2008
3:30-5:00 p.m.
Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall, 2920 Broadway
Registration is required.
Latino(a) Graduation has a long standing history within the university and is a celebration of the accomplishments of Columbia and Barnard Latino graduates. For further information regarding this event, please contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs by sending email to multicultural@columbia.edu or by calling 212-854-0720.
Black Graduation Cermony and Reception
Sunday, May 18, 2008
1:00-3:00 p.m.
Low Library Rotunda
Registration is required.
This ceremony serves as an intimate gathering for family, friends, alumni and members of the black Columbia community to celebrate the culture and accomplishments of the graduating class. For further information regarding this event, please contact the Office of Multicultural Affairs by sending email to multicultural@columbia.edu or by calling 212-854-0720.
Baccalaureate Service
Sunday, May 18, 2008
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
St. Paul's Chapel
Grads: Academic regalia required.
Guests: Families and friends of degree candidates are welcome. No tickets required.
The Baccalaureate Service is believed to have originated at Oxford University in 1432 when each bachelor was required to deliver a sermon in Latin as part of his academic exercise. Since the earliest universities in this country were founded primarily to educate ministers, the British practice of the Baccalaureate Service was continued. The tradition of the Baccalaureate Service at Columbia University began after the move to Morningside Heights in 1897. The Baccalaureate Service is now an interfaith, intercultural service celebrating the completion of each undergraduate's academic career, and is the opening event of Commencement week. The service is prepared and coordinated by the Office of the University Chaplain; the chaplain, president, and deans preside, students from each of the undergraduate schools participate.
Phi Beta Kappa Society Induction – GS Chapter
Sunday, May 18, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Room 555, Lerner Hall
Senior inductees and their guests, by invitation only. Details about the ceremony will be sent to students invited for induction into Phi Beta Kappa.
Inductees: Academic regalia required.
Guests: No tickets, but inductees must RSVP with the number of guests.
Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest and most respected undergraduate academic honor society. The Society has pursued its mission of fostering and recognizing excellence in the liberal arts and sciences since 1776. A small percentage of GS’s top students are inducted into PBK each year through a confidential selection process conducted by the GS PBK chapter.
GS Class Day
Monday, May 19, 2008
5-6:30 p.m.
Morningside Campus, South Field Lawn
Grads: Academic regalia required, grads must report by 4:00 p.m. to to Roone Arledge Auditorium, Lerner Hall. Enter on Broadway side.
Alumni: Academic regalia required.
Guests: Tickets are not required.
Presentation of degree candidates to the President and assembled faculty and guests. Reception following ceremony until 8:00 p.m. on Furnald Lawn.
All alumni are invited to attend the Class Day ceremony. This year, alumni from classes ending in '3 or '8 are invited to participate in the Class Day ceremony. To learn more about this special opportunity, email Erich Erving, Alumni Affairs Officer and GS '06 (ehe2001@columbia.edu). To RSVP, email Meredith Loffredo, Associate Director, GS Volunteers and Donor Recognition, (mal82@columbia.edu).
GS Senior Dinner
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
5:30-9:00 p.m.
Pier 60, Chelsea Piers
Grads and guests (subject to availability): Ticket purchase required.
The GS Senior Dinner will be aboard the beautiful Majestic Star yacht. View the glorious New York skyline while dining privately with your graduating class on this New York treasure. Enjoy the view, the food, the spirits, the dancing, and the company! Alumni, friends, and family in town for commencement are welcome.
Tickets for seniors are $70 per person or $60, with a minimum $5 donation to the Senior Gift. Tickets for guests are $80 (due to limited space, we cannot guarantee we will have enough guest tickets... be sure to get your tickets early!). The ticket price includes a three-course buffet dinner, open bar, music, and Exit Interview: The After Party (TBA). Tickets may be purchased online. For more information, view the Facebook event.
Columbia 254th Commencement
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
10:30 a.m.-12 p.m.
Low Plaza
Grads: Academic regalia required; assemble in front of the Mathematics Building (117th St. & Broadway entrance) by 9:15 a.m. Candidate procession begins at 9:30 a.m. and academic procession at 10:30 a.m.
Guests: Tickets required. Gates to campus open at 9:00 a.m. to ticket holders.
It is during the Commencement ceremony that your degree is officially conferred. All of Columbia’s 17 schools participate in this event. The Commencement speaker is traditionally the president of the Columbia. The ceremony includes awards to honorary degree recipients and outstanding Columbia teachers. If it rains, Commencement still takes place outside.
GS Post-Commencement Reception
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
12-1:30 p.m.
GS Lounge, Lewisohn Hall
Grads and Guests: Open to all GS grads and their guests. No tickets required.
Here you may meet your advisors and deans, get your official Columbia alumni card, and arrange to meet your family after the Commencement ceremony. May grads may pick up diplomas at this event until 1:30 p.m.; diplomas not picked up at this event may be picked up in 210 Kent beginning May 22; if diplomas are not picked up within two weeks, they are mailed to graduates.
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