baccalaureate service

Mark Metzler Sawin, EMU professor of history Mark Metzler Sawin, EMU professor of history, will speak on “Wisdom & Vanity: A Teacher’s Parting Words” for the 2012 undergrad baccalaureate address on April 28.

Other Info for 2012

Undergraduate baccalaureate

Mark Sawin, professor of history, will give the undergraduate baccalaureate address on “Wisdom & Vanity: A Teacher’s Parting Words” at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 28, 2012 in Lehman Auditorium.

Concert and reception information

EMU music students will give a short concert in Martin Chapel immediately following the baccalaureate service. President and Mrs. Swartzendruber will host a reception for the graduates and their families in the University Commons, second floor corridor, immediately following that program.

In case of rain…

In case of rain, commencement will be held in the Yoder Arena of University Commons, which accommodates up to 3,600 people. An announcement will be made by 10 a.m. on April 29 on the EMU website and area radio stations like WMRA/WEMC 90.7.

Departmental activities

  • Dinner for Harrisonburg masters in education students
  • Brunch for seminary graduates
  • Brunch for Bible and religion graduates
  • Nurses’ pinning/commissioning
  • Counseling graduates’ commissioning (by invitation)
  • Reception for peacebuilding, sociology & social work graduates
  • Breakfast for business & economics graduates and parents
  • Brunch for Lancaster masters in education students
  • Reception for conflict transformation graduates
  • Celebration for Lancaster RN-BSN graduates

Sunday meals in the dining hall

  • Continental breakfast: 8:15 – 9 a.m. $5
  • Lunch: 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. $6.50
  • Dinner: 5 – 6 p.m. Served in the Royals Den. Prices according to menu.

University Bookstore hours

  • Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.
  • Saturday, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
  • 10% discount offered all commencement weekend.

Travel info

Updated Jan. 13, 2012