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2022 Commencement Schedule

Photo by Pete Mauney ’93 MFA ‘00
Advance registration is required. Everyone visiting campus needs to be fully vaccinated with one booster, if eligible. Schedule is subject to change.
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Friday, May 27

Registration

2–7 pm

Pick up your tickets for the weekend’s events, get a campus map, and your wristbands. A limited number of on-site barbecue tickets will be available for purchase until Saturday, 3 pm. $28 per person, free for children 9 and under.
New Annandale House

Bard Rugby Fest and Alum Games

2–4 pm

Join the Bard College Rugby Affinity Group for games with fellow alums and students! All are welcome.
2 pm Touch Rugby Tournament
3 pm Rugby Alumnx Game
Lorenzo Ferrari Soccer and Lacrosse Complex, north field

Bard College Awards Ceremony

5–8 pm

Hosted by the Bard College Alumni/ae Association 

Join fellow Bardians for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres on the Sosnoff Theater patio followed by the Bard College Awards ceremony, hosted by Bard President Leon Botstein and KC Serota '04, president of the Bard College Alumni/ae Association Board of Governors. This inspiring annual event celebrates the exceptional achievements of Bard alumni/ae and friends of the College; outstanding faculty and staff who are retiring are also recognized with the Bardian Award. The event is free but advance registration is required. Please be sure to pick up your packets and wristbands from Registration before attending.

View 2022 Bard College Award Recipients

5 pm
Cocktail Reception
Sosnoff patio, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts


6:30 pm
Bard College Awards Ceremony
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts


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Jazzfest

9 pm

Bardians playing jazz together. Everyone is welcome.
Blum Hall, Edith C. Blum Institute, Avery Arts Center

Concert

9:30 pm

Bard College soloists and composers in concert with The Orchestra Now (TŌN), Leon Botstein, conductor. Seating is first come, first served.
Sosnoff Theater, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts

Saturday, May 28

Registration

9 am – 3 pm

Pick up your tickets for the weekend’s events, a campus map, and your wristbands. A limited number of on-site barbecue tickets will be available for purchase until Saturday, 3 pm. $28 per adult, free for children 9 and under.
New Annandale House

Senior Project Panel

10 am

Selected members of the Class of 2022 present their Senior Projects.
László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation

Stevenson Library Open House

10 am – 2 pm

All graduates, alumni/ae, and their families are invited, especially the Class of 2020 whose bound Senior Projects will be on display on the first floor. Also on display will be an exhibition of the work of Mimi Gross, ‘61, and two newly conserved portraits of Samuel and Mary Bard, grandparents of College founder John Bard. Cookies will be served!
Stevenson Library

Ruth and David Schwab ’52 Atrium Dedication

11 am – noon

Join President Leon Botstein, members of the Board of Trustees, alumni/ae, faculty, and staff for the dedication of the Schwab ’52 Atrium in honor of Bard College Board of Trustees Life Trustee David E. Schwab II ’52 and Ruth Schwartz Schwab ’52 on the occasion of their 70th Bard reunion.
Ruth and David Schwab ’52 Atrium, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

Memory and History: The Legacy of Alfred Spitzer and Edith Neumann

11 am – 1 pm

German and Austrian paintings from the turn of the 20th century, a bequest to Bard College from Dr. Edith Neumann.
Levy Economics Institute, Blithewood

Saturday Brunch

11 am – 1:30 pm

For graduating seniors, their families, guests, and alumni/ae.
$15 per adult, free for children 9 and under.
Main Dining Room, Kline Commons

Graduate Programs Luncheon

11:30 am – 1:30 pm

For Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 graduates of the Bard Graduate Center: Decorative Arts, Design History, Material Culture; International Center of Photography–Bard Program in Advanced Photographic Studies; Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts; Bard Center for Environmental Policy; Center for Curatorial Studies and Art in Contemporary Culture; Master of Arts in Teaching Program; Vocal Arts and Graduate Conducting Programs of the Bard College Conservatory of Music; Master of Business Administration in Sustainability; Levy Economics Institute Graduate Programs in Economic Theory and Policy; Master of Music in Curatorial, Critical, and Performance Studies, The Orchestra Now (TŌN); and their guests. Advance registration required. $35 per person, free for graduates, faculty/staff, and children 9 and under.
Blithewood south lawn

Commencement

Commencement Exercises

1 pm

Tent opens for seating
Commencement Tent, Seth Goldfine Memorial Rugby Field

2:30 pm
Academic Procession

Alumni/ae from reunion classes are invited to join the Class of 2022, members of the Classes of 2020 and 2021, trustees, and faculty in the procession to the Commencement tent. (Academic attire is required.) 
Formation at Annandale Road, south of the Chapel of the Holy Innocents

Livestreaming of Commencement
All welcome at Weis Cinema, Bertelsmann Campus Center, and Olin Auditorium, Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building

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3:00 pm
Commencement Ceremony

Celebrate the Classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022 and the awarding of honorary degrees. James C. Chambers ’81, chair of the Board of Trustees of Bard College, presiding, and The Right Reverend Andrew M. L. Dietsche, officiating. A professional photographer will take photos of graduates receiving their degrees. Families of graduates will be contacted by Genesee Photo Systems to purchase images. For safety reasons, standing in the aisle is prohibited during the ceremony.
Commencement Tent, Seth Goldfine Memorial Field

Honorary Degree Recipients
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Commencement Barbecue

5:30–8:30 pm

Gather with family and friends.
$28 per adult, free for children 9 and under. Advance reservations recommended. Cash bar. 
Blithewood north lawn

Dance to Eight to the Bar

8–11 pm

Bard’s favorite graduation dance band gives it up for new graduates, alumni/ae, and families.
Blithewood north lawn

Jazzfest

9 pm

Blum Hall, Edith C. Blum Institute, Avery Arts Center

Fireworks

9:15 pm (approximately)

Stake your spot on the lawn and lie back for the best fireworks show in the Hudson Valley.
Blithewood west lawn

Stereo Moonrise Vinyl Lounge

9:30 pm – midnight

After fireworks, follow the sound of music to the Fisher Studio Arts Building to find party people of all ages dancing and moving, chatting and grooving. Spinning pop, rock, soul, funk, disco, hip hop and more, DJs ARM 18 (Andrew McIntosh ‘97) and Boogie Knight (Pablo Salinas ‘97) get down and boogie while a "magic bus" and bonfire round out the fun. Cash bar.
Anna Jones Memorial Garden

Sunday, May 29

Alumni/ae Memorial Service

9:30–10:30 am

In honor of alumni/ae, faculty, and special friends of the College who died during the past year.
Officiants: Bard College Chaplaincy
Chapel of the Holy Innocents

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Alumni/ae Brunch

10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Join Bard President Leon Botstein and President of the Bard College Alumni/ae Association Board of Governors KC Serota ’04 for a celebration brunch. All are welcome. Remarks at 11:30 am. $25 per adult, free for children 9 and under. Advance registration recommended.
Kline Commons

Meeting of the Bard College Alumni/ae Association Board of Governors

12:30–2:30 pm

New graduates and all alumni/ae interested in volunteering for alumni/ae committees and programs are cordially invited to attend.
László Z. Bitó ’60 Auditorium, Gabrielle H. Reem and Herbert J. Kayden Center for Science and Computation

Land Acknowledgment for Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson

Developed in cooperation with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community

In the spirit of truth and equity, it is with gratitude and humility that we acknowledge that we are gathered on the sacred homelands of the Munsee and Muhheaconneok people, who are the original stewards of the land. Today, due to forced removal, the community resides in Northeast Wisconsin and is known as the Stockbridge-Munsee Community. We honor and pay respect to their ancestors past and present, as well as to future generations, and we recognize their continuing presence in their homelands. We understand that our acknowledgment requires those of us who are settlers to recognize our own place in and responsibilities toward addressing inequity, and that this ongoing and challenging work requires that we commit to real engagement with the Munsee and Mohican communities to build an inclusive and equitable space for all.

This land acknowledgment, adopted in 2020, required establishing and maintaining long-term, and evolving, relationships with the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians. The Mellon Foundation's 2022 Humanities for All Times grant for “Rethinking Place: Bard-on-Mahicantuck” offers three years of support for developing a land acknowledgment–based curriculum, public-facing Native American and Indigenous Studies (NAIS) programming, and efforts to support the work of emerging NAIS scholars and tribally enrolled artists at Bard.

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