Tag: Commencement

  • Campus & Community

    Jason Luke

    You might not know Jason Luke ’94, but you know his work. He’s associate director for custodial and support services at Harvard’s Facilities Maintenance Operations. That makes him the Commencement superintendent who every June transforms the campus into a well-oiled machine for merriment (and solemnity).

  • Campus & Community

    Traditional tintinnabulation

    A peal of bells will ring throughout Cambridge next week, on June 7. For the 19th consecutive year, a number of neighboring churches and institutions will ring their bells in celebration of the city of Cambridge and of Harvard’s 356th Commencement Exercises.

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    Commencement exercises, June 7

    Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning:

  • Campus & Community

    Commencement feasting, customs, color date to medieval Europe

    The sheriffs still ride up to Harvard’s Johnston Gate on horseback. The free beer flows freely. It’s the 400th anniversary of the birth of John Harvard, the first benefactor of the University, and the 356th Commencement at the nation’s oldest institute of higher learning.

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    Commencement exercises June 7

    Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning:

  • Campus & Community

    Commencement Exercises, June 7

    Morning Exercises To accommodate the increasing number of those wishing to attend Harvard’s Commencement Exercises, the following guidelines are proposed to facilitate admission into Tercentenary Theatre on Commencement Morning:

  • Campus & Community

    President Clinton to deliver 2007 Class Day address

    Former President Bill Clinton will deliver the Class Day address to the Harvard Class of 2007, the Senior Class Committee announced today (March 29).

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    Bill Gates to speak at Commencement

    William H. (Bill) Gates, one of the world’s most influential business leaders and foremost philanthropists, will be the principal speaker at the Afternoon Exercises during Harvard’s 356th Commencement on June 7.

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    HAA overseer and elected director candidates

    This spring, alumni can vote for a new group of Harvard Overseers and elected directors for the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) board.

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    Harvard Class of ’51

    Old friends and old soldiers gather for the Harvard Class of 1951 reunion.