Schedule of events for press

Harvard News Office credentials are required for press coverage of all Commencement events in Harvard Yard. Photo identification is required to pick up credentials.

Credentialing for Class Day and Commencement will open shortly. For full press information, see the rules section or contact the News Office at 617-495-1585.

(Information subject to change)

Time Place Event
Tuesday, June 2nd
11:00 AM Sanders Theatre Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises
Orator: Prof. James Engell
Poet: Albert Goodbarth
Wednesday, June 3rd: Class Day
2:00 PM Tercentenary Theatre Speaker: Matt Lauer, co-anchor of ‘Today’ on NBC News
Student speakers: TBA
Thursday, June 4th: Commencement Day
8:45 - 9:05 AM Massachusetts Hall Honorary Degree recipients may be photographed from a roped-off photo press area in front of Massachusetts Hall.
8:35 - 9:25 AM Harvard Yard Procession may be photographed from a roped-off photo area in front of the John Harvard statue.
9:45 - 11:30 AM
(approx.)
Tercentenary Theatre Commencement ceremony
Undergraduate English oration: Lois Beckett ’09
Undergraduate Latin oration: Paul Mumma ’09
Graduate English oration: Joseph Claghorn, Graduate School of Design
Conferring of degrees and honorary degrees
1:30 - 2:15 PM Tercentenary Theatre Alumni/ae Parade, led by oldest marchers, begins at the John Harvard statue and into Tercentenary Theatre.
2:15 - 4:00 PM Tercentenary Theatre Annual Meeting of the Harvard Alumni Association. Addresses by Harvard President Drew Faust and Steven Chu.