{"id":8086,"date":"2017-04-25T13:56:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-25T17:56:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/?p=8086"},"modified":"2017-04-26T14:19:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T18:19:12","slug":"information-may-2017-graduation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/2017\/04\/25\/information-may-2017-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2017 Commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/artsadmin\/files\/2017\/04\/13-6496-COMMENCE-0286-1-e1493142870104.jpg\" alt=\"13-6496-COMMENCE-0286\" width=\"1998\" height=\"1200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8088\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2017\/04\/13-6496-COMMENCE-0286-1-e1493142870104.jpg 1998w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2017\/04\/13-6496-COMMENCE-0286-1-e1493142870104-636x382.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2017\/04\/13-6496-COMMENCE-0286-1-e1493142870104-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/files\/2017\/04\/13-6496-COMMENCE-0286-1-e1493142870104-1024x615.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1998px) 100vw, 1998px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Attention students graduating in May 2017! This is important information about the commencement ceremonies. Please update your diploma and graduation information on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.us10.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=589c0f9344b74f196cb6c6c96&amp;id=0099136f53&amp;e=57945497b7\" target=\"_blank\">Student Link<\/a>\u00a0ASAP if you haven\u2019t done so yet. Be sure to\u00a0update this information even if you do not plan to attend<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Commencement ceremonies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re participating in ceremonies during Commencement Weekend, you\u2019ll need the University-approved regalia. For more information click\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=589c0f9344b74f196cb6c6c96&amp;id=ae5832d881&amp;e=57945497b7\" target=\"_blank\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>MET Commencement Ceremony &#8211; Saturday, May 20, 2017; 4pm to approximately 6:30pm<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1:00pm: Pre-Convocation Reception at <a href=\"http:\/\/bu.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=589c0f9344b74f196cb6c6c96&amp;id=9e0c037dfe&amp;e=57945497b7\" target=\"_blank\">West Campus Dining Hall<\/a>, 273-275 Babcock St.<\/li>\n<li>2:45pm: Graduates report to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=589c0f9344b74f196cb6c6c96&amp;id=00765d2c53&amp;e=57945497b7\" target=\"_blank\">Agganis Arena<\/a>, 925 Commonwealth Avenue,\u00a0for check in.<\/li>\n<li>4:00pm: Ceremony begins.<\/li>\n<li>6:30pm (approx.): Graduates will formally process to a reception in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.us10.list-manage2.com\/track\/click?u=589c0f9344b74f196cb6c6c96&amp;id=aa72d43108&amp;e=57945497b7\" target=\"_blank\">Fit-Rec Center<\/a>, Four Court Gym on the second floor, where guests will meet you. May graduates will pick up their diplomas at the reception.\u00a0A picture ID is required before a diploma is released.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tickets are NOT required.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=589c0f9344b74f196cb6c6c96&amp;id=dcc36da559&amp;e=57945497b7\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for further information. International students requesting an invitation letter for relatives should\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=589c0f9344b74f196cb6c6c96&amp;id=3440a28a66&amp;e=57945497b7\" target=\"_blank\">submit an application<\/a>\u00a0for Letter of Invitation to ISSO.<\/p>\n<p>January 2017, May 2017 and September 2017 graduates\u00a0can attend the ceremony.\u00a0RSVP is not required.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>All University Commencement Ceremony &#8211; Sunday, May 21, 2017; 1pm<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students from all Schools and Colleges at Boston University participate in this ceremony held at Nickerson Field, 285 Babcock Street. This is a symbolic conferment ceremony; students do not receive their actual diplomas at this ceremony. Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bu.us10.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=589c0f9344b74f196cb6c6c96&amp;id=94e78a269d&amp;e=57945497b7\" target=\"_blank\">BU Commencement website<\/a>\u00a0for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attention students graduating in May 2017! This is important information about the commencement ceremonies. Please update your diploma and graduation information on the\u00a0Student Link\u00a0ASAP if you haven\u2019t done so yet. Be sure to\u00a0update this information even if you do not plan to attend\u00a0Commencement ceremonies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12476,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12,6],"tags":[577,68,576,575,578,74],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8086"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12476"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8086"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8099,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8086\/revisions\/8099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/artsadmin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}