Graduate School Commencement Attendance Response Card
May 23-24, 2010

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First Name*

Middle Name

Last or family Name*

If attending the Diploma Ceremony, please provide a phonetic spelling of your name for pronunciation purposes:

Phone*

Fax

Email*

Current Address

Street Address*

Town/City*

State/Province*

Country

Zip Code/Postal Code*

Mailing Address after June 10th, 2010 (if different)

If mailing is requested, December degree recipients may be mailed their diplomas starting in January 2009. May degree recipients may be mailed their diplomas in mid-June 2009.

Street Address

Town/City

State/Province

Country

Zip Code/Postal Code

Degree(s) Information

Degree(s) Date

December 2009

May 2010

Department/Program

Graduate School Commencement Convocation

Sunday, May 23rd

2:00pm -- Convocation, HGS courtyard Tent, 320 York Street.

This ceremony, presided over by Graduate School Dean Butler, recognizes student prize winners and faculty mentor prize recipients, and features an address by a distinguished faculty member or alumnus. Followed by a reception in the McDougal Center Common Room in HGS, with light refreshments and music. Academic attire NOT required. Family and guests welcome.

I shall attend the Graduate School Convocation Ceremony, Sunday, May 23rd 2010

Yes

GS Diploma Presentation Ceremony

Monday, May 24th

Approximately 12:15pm - Woolsey Hall - Graduate School diploma ceremony -
immediately follows the University Ceremony on Old Campus (@10:00am).

Ph.D., M.Phil. and most MA/MS/M.Eng. diplomas awarded by Dean Butler and faculty representatives from each department or degree program. *Note: MA programs of Macmillan Center for Int & Areas Studies (AS, EAS, ERS, IR) and EGC (IDE) have a separate diploma ceremony at Luce Hall.

Please check one

Woolsey: I shall attend the Diploma Ceremony at Woolsey Hall.

Luce: I shall attend the Diploma Ceremony at Luce Hall (only for MAs in IR, AS, EAS, ERS, and IDE only)

Mail: I shall not attend any diploma ceremony and would like my diploma mailed to the address above.

Pick-up: I shall not attend and will pick up my diploma personally afterwards.

After Commencement, degree recipients who did not march may pick up their diplomas in person from the diploma office in Woodbridge Hall.

See the Secretary's Office for information on diploma services and pickup.

GS Commencement Luncheon

Monday May 24

1:30pm - HGS courtyard, Common Room, and Dining Hall. 320 York Street.

Dean's Lunch, featuring complimentary gourmet sandwich bag lunches for Woolsey Hall degree recipients and their guests, beverages and live music under the tent. Meat and vegetarian lunches available. Limited number of kosher meals available upon advance request **Note that Luce Hall MA degree recipients have a separate reception and lunch following their ceremony.

How many adult sandwich bag lunches for your party (self and guests included). Put zero or leave blank if not attending.

	beef sandwich
	chicken sandwich
	vegetarian/vegan sandwich

How many children's bag lunches for your group (for children ages 1-12)? Each lunch contains a meat and a vegetarian 1/2 sandwich.

children's bag lunch

Any special dietary requirments? We will try to accomodate them.

Academic Attire Reminder

*** To participate in the Commencement Ceremonies, degree candidates should pre-order or purchase their own academic attire (cap, gown and hood)- Submit your attendance card and see the Commencement web page for more information on Retainables/rentals and Purchases.
NOTE: Regular Retainable/Rental attire order deadlines are in late March. If you miss the regular order deadline, you can pick up last-minute attire a few days before Commencement at the Gym- see "missed deadline" information on the Cap & Gown Section of the Commencement Web site..
www.yale.edu/commencement

Thank you for completing the GS Commencement 2010 Response form.

MA	MS	MEng
MPhil	Ph.D.

Graduate School Commencement Attendance Response Card May 23-24, 2010