Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Yale Commencement Attendance Response Card
May 20-21, 2012

For questions about GS Commencement attendance, email gscommencement@yale.edu

This Form is DUE for completion on May 1, 2012. You must complete it WHETHER OR NOT you plan to attend, so that we may know where to deliver your diploma- in person or via mail/pickup.

* notes required field

First Name*

Middle Name

Last or family Name*

If attending the Diploma Ceremony (at Woolsey or at Luce hall), please provide a phonetic spelling of your name for pronunciation purposes:

Phone*

Fax

Yale (or other institution) Email*

Alternate Email*

Current Address

Street Address*

Town/City*

State/Province*

Country

Zip Code/Postal Code*

Address after June 10th (if different)

A mailing adddress and alternate email is helpful for future communications. If mailing is requested, December degree recipients may be mailed their diplomas starting in January 2012. May degree recipients may be mailed their diplomas in mid-June 2012.

Street Address

Town/City

State/Province

Country

Zip Code/Postal Code

Non-Yale Email Address (if available):

Degree(s) Information

Degree(s) Date

December 2011

May 2012

NOTE: BA/MA and BS/MS degree candidates usually receive their GSAS diploma at the ceremony at their undergraduate residential college. All other GSAS degrees are awarded at the Graduate School ceremonies at Woolsey and Luce hall on Monday.

Department/Program

Graduate School Commencement Convocation

Sunday, May 2Oth

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

This ceremony, presided over by Graduate School Dean Pollard, 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. Academic attire NOT required. Family and guests welcome.

I shall attend the Graduate School Convocation Ceremony, Sunday, May 2oth

Yes

GS Diploma Presentation Ceremony

Monday, May 21st

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. diplomas awarded by Dean Pollard and faculty representatives from each department or degree program. *Note: MA programs of Macmillan Center for Int & Areas Studies & Jackson Institute (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 Lunch for Woolsey Hall Ceremony Degree Recipients

For graduates & guests of the Woolsey hall ceremony only. Graduates receiving their deiplomas at the Luce Hall ceremony attend a separate reception there, and should NOT fill out this section. Please contact Luce Hall commencement program coordinators for more information on the reception there.

Monday May 21st, GS Dean's Picnic Lunch for Woolsey Hall graduates

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

Immediately following the conclusion of the GS Diploma ceremony @ Woolsey, come back to HGS for the Dean's Lunch, featuring complimentary sandwich bag lunches for Woolsey Hall degree recipients and their guests, beverages and music under the tent. Meat and vegetarian lunches available. Limited number of sandwiches made with kosher ingredients & salad-only meals made in the Yale dining hall available upon advance request **Note that Luce Hall MA degree recipients have a separate reception and lunch following their ceremony, so they should not complete this section.

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

	beef sandwich
	turkey sandwich
	vegetarian/vegan sandwich (Kosher ingredients)

For Woolsey Hall ceremony graduates- 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 requirements other than above? 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: The rental ("keepsake") attire order deadline is late March, with an extension to early April with a late fee. 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 GSAS Commencement Response form.

MA	MS	MEng
MPhil	Ph.D.

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Yale Commencement Attendance Response Card May 20-21, 2012