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Rain, unfortunately, is not an infrequent occurrence in Connecticut in May. Unless weather conditions are dangerous or severe, Commencement and Class Day will take place outside on Old Campus, although processions and programs may be shortened. Cancellation notice, in the event of very severe weather, will be posted by 8:00 am Monday on website www.yale.edu and in a recorded message at 203 432-2317.

Diploma ceremonies in some residential colleges and schools may be moved to the alternative locations listed below; all other diploma ceremonies will take place under courtyard tents or in previously announced interior locations.
 
Residential College or School Rain Location
Berkeley College

Yale Repertory Theatre, 1120 Chapel Street

Calhoun College First & Summerfield Methodist Church, at College & Elm Streets
Morse College Trinity Church on the Green
Saybrook College United Church on the Green
Silliman College Trinity Lutheran Church, corner of Wall & Orange Streets
Ezra Stiles College Christ Church, 84 Broadway
Trumbull College Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm
School of Architecture

McNeil Lecture Hall, Yale Art Gallery,

1111 Chapel Street

School of Art

Graphic Design Atrium, Green Hall,

1156 Chapel Street

Divinity School Marquand Chapel
School of Drama University Theatre, 222 York Street
Graduate School Woolsey Hall, corner of Grove and Prospect Streets, and Luce Hall
Law School Lanman Center, Payne Whitney Gymnasium
School of Management Woolsey Hall, corner of Grove and Prospect Streets, 3:00 pm
School of Medicine

Mary S. Harkness Hall , Sterling Hall of Medicine, 333 Cedar Street

(in extreme weather only). Seating is limited to three tickets, including graduate. Other guests may watch via simulcast in Brady Auditorium, 310 Cedar Street, or Anylan Center, 300 Cedar Street.

School of Music Sprague Memorial Hall, 470 College Street
School of Nursing Shubert Performing Arts Center, 247 College Street
Public Health Battell Chapel, corner of College and Elm, 2:30 pm


 
The Commencement ceremony and Class Day exercises are carried live on Yale cable television, as well as the local Comcast channel. They will also be streamed from the Commencement website.

Many residential colleges and schools have arranged for their guests to watch the Old Campus proceedings in classrooms or common rooms. Guests are advised to check with the master's office in the residential colleges for viewing locations.

For guests of the Graduate and professional schools, simulcasts of the Old Campus ceremony will take place at the following locations:

Art and Architecture: McNeil Lecture Hall at Yale Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street

Divinity: Niebuhr Hall, 409 Prospect Street

Forestry & Environmental Studies: Burke Auditorium,

Kroon Hall, 195 Prospect Street

Law:  Levinson Auditorium

Medicine:  Harkness Auditorium, 333 Cedar Street

Management:  multiple classrooms, 135 Prospect Street

Graduate School:  119 HGS, across from McDougal Center


Battell Chapel is available for simulcast viewing of Class Day and Commencement ceremonies. Guests in wheelchairs and all accompanying family members may view Class Day and Commencement simulcasts in Linsly-Chittenden Hall, 61 High Street. For additional information, contact Lauralee Field, 203 432-2317.

       
       
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