Class of 2015 Senior Breakfast Is This Morning

Grads celebrated, Commencement speakers, honorees to be announced

BU seniors and top BU administrators including President Robert Brown and Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore attend the Senior Breakfast at the GSU

This year’s Senior Breakfast is expected to draw a capacity crowd of 2,500 students. Photo by Vernon Doucette

May 1, 2015
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This morning, approximately 2,500 members of the Class of 2015 will be served coffee, pastries, and some big news—the identity of this year’s Commencement speaker.

The annual Senior Breakfast—the official kickoff of Commencement festivities, culminating in the 142nd All-University Commencement on Sunday, May 17, at Nickerson Field—begins at 10 a.m. in the George Sherman Union. Prior to digging into a meal of fresh fruit, blueberry and cranberry scones, Vermont cheddar and caramelized onion quiche, and Applewood-smoked bacon, Rev. Robert Allan Hill, dean of Marsh Chapel, will lead the room in prayer. A slideshow featuring pictures from the Class of 2015 Freshman Orientation will follow.

Dean of Students Kenneth Elmore will emcee the event, and welcome students to the stage to talk about various Senior Week activities and provide an update on the Class Gift Campaign.

Lindsay Roth, Development and Alumni Relations associate director of annual giving, says close to 2,015 seniors have already donated to the Class Gift. Those who contributed were able to vote on one of three possible Class of 2015 slogans selected by the Student Activities Office. The winner—Make H15story—will be flown over campus immediately following the breakfast.

Those students still looking to donate to the Class Gift can choose to earmark their donation to a specific program, club, or school. Anyone giving at least $20.15 can request that the contribution honor a specific professor, mentor, or classmate. Honorees will receive a handwritten note and a small gift in June. Seniors who have donated by Monday, May 4, will be entered in a drawing for the chance to conduct the world-famous Boston Pops at BU Night at the Pops on Saturday, May 16. The winner will be announced on the Senior Class Gift Facebook page.

Elmore (SED’87) will also present several student awards—among them this year’s Scarlet Key Society inductees.

At the end of the breakfast, President Robert A. Brown will announce the 2015 Commencement speaker, honorary degree recipients, Baccalaureate and student speakers, and winners of the University’s highest teaching honor, the Metcalf Cup and Prize and the Metcalf Awards for Excellence in Teaching. 

Senior Breakfast is at 10 a.m. today, May 1, in the George Sherman Union Metcalf Ballroom, with overflow seating available throughout the facility. 

Check back on BU Today this afternoon for an updated article on Senior Breakfast, with the names of the Commencement speaker, honorary degree recipients, Baccalaureate and student speakers, and Metcalf Cup and Prize and Metcalf Award winners.

Seniors can donate to the Class Gift here with cash, a credit card, or a text to pledge.

More information about Commencement can be found on the Commencement website.

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  1. “Prior to digging into a meal of fresh fruit, blueberry and cranberry scones, Vermont cheddar and caramelized onion quiche, and Applewood-smoked bacon, Rev. Robert Allan Hill, dean of Marsh Chapel, will lead the room in prayer.”

    I’m sorry, but I thought we were a secular university?

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    1. There is a difference between being secular and being open to all (or none) religious convictions. The latter has been BU’s stance from its founding as a Methodist college (with a School of Theology still church-related). The Chapel sits at the center of the Plaza as a symbol of that purpose with a University Chaplain and staff, plus other Associates from various traditions. My wife and I served as Associate Chaplains from 1959 to 1963. Small additional note: there is a long tradition of Senior Breakfasts. In my time as undergraduate (1955), the Breakfast was held outdoors on the Plaza.

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      1. What about the fact that in the US the title ‘Reverend’ almost exclusively refers to those of Christian clergy? Surely any prayer that includes a reference to or a mention of a god/God goes against BU being secular.

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