Today: Class Day and Hooding ceremonies

The Class Day ceremony for seniors will start at 10:30 a.m. Monday, June 1. Because of severe weather, seniors will assemble in the University Chapel rather than Cannon Green. Guests may view the ceremony from simulcast locations. The speaker will be film director, screenwriter and producer Christopher Nolan. An interactive campus map is available.

At Class Day, seniors celebrate the achievements of their peers and members of the University community in a light-hearted manner. The event is organized and presented by members of the graduating class. In addition to the keynote address, the ceremony will include remarks by Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber and class members, the induction of honorary class members, and the recognition of class members with awards for community service, athletics and leadership. For Class Day, seniors wear distinctive jackets, which they later don as alumni when marching with their class at the P-rade at Reunions.

The Class Day simulcast locations are: Betts Auditorium in the School of Architecture; Dillon Gymnasium; McCormick Hall, Room 101; McCosh Hall, Room 10; and Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall.

Also because of expected storms, the Graduate School's Hooding ceremony for advanced degree candidates will begin at 4:30 p.m. in Richardon Auditorium in Alexander Hall, rather than on Cannon Green. The hoods presented to the degree recipients distinguish the wearer by both rank and academic discipline. The lining of each hood bears the degree-granting university's own colors — at Princeton, orange with a black chevron.

The simulcast locations for the Hooding ceremony are Dillon Gymnasium; McCosh Hall, Rooms 10 and 50; and Dodds Auditorium in Robertson Hall.

The events also are scheduled to be webcast live and archived online for later viewing on the University's Media Central site.