Hampshire College

We hope you will be able to join us for Commencement 2008 on May 17. Please explore this page to find information on accommodations, the commencement schedule, and answers to your questions about the ceremony.

Various resources including:

• The commencement weekend schedule (including complete information about division III performances and presentations)
• Campus maps with commencement sites labeled 
• Commencement 2008 posters
• Commencement 2008 invitations

will be available on campus in booklet form in the lobby of Franklin Patterson Hall on Thursday, May 15 and Friday, May 16. Programs detailing the Commencement 2008 ceremony will be available under the tent on the morning of May 17.

The finalized Commencement Schedule is now available for download. This schedule includes information about commencement events, as well as complete information about Division III presentations and performances. You may also want to download a printable campus map with the commencement sites labeled. 

Please note the following changes to the previously posted schedule:
Division III Performance Showcase - Thursday, May 15 Sasha Alexander Goldberg’s performance has been cancelled.
Division III Presentations - Friday, May 16 Tara Frady’s presentation, listed in the 1:00- 1:45 pm time slot, has been moved to the 4:20- 5:00 pm time slot. It will be in room FPH 104.

Students are welcome to invite as many friends and family as they wish to the ceremony; however, there are no tickets and no reserved seating, so please arrive early. Invitations will be sent to families and made available to students in late March.

For special needs requests please contact Joel Dansky, disabilities services coordinator, at 413.559.5423 no later than May 1. 

With very few exceptions, the commencement speakers are nominated and voted on by the 2008 graduating class. We are honored to welcome Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans Organic Coffee as the Commencement 2008 keynote speaker. We also look forward to welcoming Gary Hirshberg 72F, CEO of Stonyfield Farms Yogurt, as our alumni speaker.

A professional photographer, George Chambers, will take pictures at the ceremony. He can be reached through PhotoChambers at 781.834.9954.

• Area Dining
• Driving Directions
• Transportation
• Printable Campus Map
• Accommodations

Additionally, you may want to explore alternative lodging though the Beds for Books program, which benefits the Jones Library in Amherst, or the Home Stay program, which benefits the Unitarian Society of Northampton and Florence.