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 is open. 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 3rd
11:00 AM Sanders Theatre Phi Beta Kappa Literary Exercises
Orator: Steven Weinberg
Poet: Carl Phillips
Wednesday, June 4th: Class Day
2:00 PM Tercentenary Theatre Speaker: Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve
Student speaker: TBA
Thursday, June 5th: 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: TBA
Undergraduate Latin oration: TBA
Graduate English oration: TBA
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 J.K. Rowling, author of the world-renowned “Harry Potter” novels.