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We welcome our neighbors and visitors from afar to stop by the Harvard University Events & Information Center, located in the Holyoke Center Arcade at 1350 Massachusetts Avenue in the heart of Harvard Square in Cambridge.

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Schedule of Events for Press

Harvard Public Affairs & Communications credentials are required for press coverage of all Commencement events in Harvard Yard. Photo identification is required to pick up credentials.

Credentialing for Class Day and Commencement is now open. For full press information, see the rules section or contact Public Affairs & Communications at 617-495-1585.

(Information subject to change)

Time Place Event
Tuesday, May 22nd
11:00 AM Sanders Theatre Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises

Orator: Derek Bok, former President of Harvard University and the 300th Anniversary University Research Professor.
Poet: Kay Ryan, former United States Poet Laureate and the winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.
Wednesday, May 23rd: Class Day
2:00 PM Tercentenary Theatre Speakers: Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank and “Saturday Night Live” cast member Andy Samberg.

Student speakers: TBA
Thursday, May 24th: Commencement Day
8:45 – 9:05 AM Massachusetts Hall Honorary Degree recipients may be photographed from a roped-off photo press area in front of Massachusetts Hall.
8:35 – 9:25 AM Harvard Yard Procession may be photographed from a roped-off photo area in front of the John Harvard statue.
9:45 – 11:30 AM
(approx.)		 Tercentenary Theatre Commencement ceremony

Undergraduate English Oration: TBD

Undergraduate Latin Oration: TBD

Graduate English Oration: TBD

Conferring of degrees and honorary degrees
1:30 – 2:15 PM Tercentenary Theatre Alumni/ae Parade, led by oldest marchers, begins at the John Harvard statue and into Tercentenary Theatre.
2:15 – 4:00 PM Tercentenary Theatre Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Addresses by Harvard President Drew Faust and Fareed Zakaria.