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Convocation Spring 2008 Calendar of Events

Date Event
April 1 Deadline for Personal Information Form
   
April 1 DEADLINE for registration for graduation events!
   
April 24 Caps, Gowns, etc
  You must wear formal academic attire to both the Divisional Academic Ceremony and the Convocation Ceremony. Order your University of Chicago cap and gown and schedule your fitting through the University Bookstore at 773-702-7558. Please plan ahead!
   
June 12 Dinner at the Drake RSVP
  6:00 pm, Drake Hotel, 140 East Walton Place This formal dinner at the Drake Hotel is sponsored by the Medical and Biological Sciences Alumni Association to welcome members of the graduating class of 2008 to the ranks of University of Chicago alumni. You can invite one guest to attend the dinner for free and additional guests can be invited for an additional fee. Click here for registration.
   
June 13 Annual Divisional Academic Ceremony and Luncheon
 
10:00 am Tent on 59th Street between Ellis and Maryland Avenues On this formal academic occasion, the Division honors its students and celebrates their academic achievements. Graduates are asked to arrive at 9:00 a.m. at the Goldblatt Pavilion at 860 E. 59th Street in Room H-103 to assemble for the processional march. Each student will receive a gift of an academic hood, appropriate to his/her MD or PhD degree, from the Division .  Only those graduates participating in the DAC Hooding Ceremony will receive a hood.

Hooding will be done by your Academic Advisor.  Please contact them to reserve the date.  The student may alternately choose one of the following: a family member with a professional degree (MD or PhD), a U of C faculty member, or a U of C alumnus for hooding. NOTE: Individuals who plan to hood graduates must wear academic regalia and must sit on stage with U of C faculty.   

Any academic awards earned by the student during his/her tenure in the Division will be noted in the program. After the ceremony, a buffet lunch will be provided for graduates and their families. If you haven't already done so, please register for the luncheon here, and make your hooding ceremony preference selections here.
   
June 13 University Convocation, Session II
  2:30 pm Harper Quadrangle All Spring 2008 graduates will receive their degree during the University's formal convocation ceremony.  Convocation is scheduled for 2:30 pm.  All graduates should arrive by 1:15 pm at the Henry Crown Field House at 5550 S. University Avenue.  It is critical that you be punctual.Students not in line by 1:45 p.m. will not be permitted to march. You will receive further information about the event from the Office of Graduate Affairs.  If you have any questions please contact Shay McAllister in the Office of Graduate Affairs at 773-834-2105 or visit the website http://www.uchicago.edu/convocation/spring_2008