Saturday, May 17

6:00 PM - 6:45 PM Reception For DC Fellows

• with Distinguished Speaker Dr. Leon Lederman
• Luther W. Brady Art Gallery - 2nd Floor Lobby - MPA Building
  (805 – 21st Street NW)
• This event is open only to DC Fellows Graduates.

7:00 PM Line Up for Procession

• Lisner Auditorium
  (730 – 21st Street, NW – 21st St. & H Street)
• TICKETS REQUIRED FOR GUESTS. This is the CPS School Event.
• Each graduate will be lined up according to degree and program area.
• Each area will have a sign and a representative to assist you.
• Wear your cap and gown.

7:30 PM CPS Celebration

• Lisner Auditorium
  (730 – 21st Street, NW – 21st St. & H Street)
• CPS Distinguished Speaker:
  Leon M. Lederman
• Leon M. Lederman, internationally renowned high-energy physicist, is Director Emeritus of Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois and holds an appointment as Pritzker Professor of Science at the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. He is Resident Scholar and a founder of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, Illinois. He has served as President and Chairman of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, is a member of the National Academy of Science, and has received numerous awards, including the National Medal of Science (1965), the Elliot Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute (1976), the Wolf Prize in Physics (1982), the Nobel Prize in Physics (1988), the Enrico Fermi Prize given by President Clinton in 1993, the Abelson Prize of the AAAS (2000), and the AIP Compton Medal for leadership in physics (2005).
  
  Lederman has also worked tirelessly to improve science education. He is a founder and the inaugural Resident Scholar at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, a 3-year residential public high school for the gifted. He recently served as co-chair of the NSB Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM).

CPS Student Reception immediately following the School Celebration

• Grand Ballroom, 3^rd Floor, Marvin Center
  (800 21st Street NW)
• All students, faculty and family members are encouraged to attend and celebrate this occasion.
• Light food and drink will be provided.

Sunday, May 18

9:00 AM Line Up for Procession

• The National Mall
  (between 4th and 7th Street, NW)
• Each graduate will be lined up according to your school — each area will have a sign and a representative to assist you.
• Wear your cap and gown.

9:30 AM Procession for University Commencement

• The National Mall
  (between 4th and 7th Street, NW)

10:00 AM University Commencement

• The National Mall
  (between 4th and 7th Street, NW)
• TICKETS REQUIRED FOR GUESTS.
• This is a university-wide event for all graduating students.
• Wear your cap and gown.

TICKET INFORMATION

CPS TICKETS – Be sure to bring your I.D.

ALL GRADUATING STUDENTS will receive:

1. A Guide to Commencement
2. Monumental Celebration Information
3. GW Alumni Information
4. Ten Standard Graduation Announcements
5. Tickets to University Commencement
   • Six School Celebration Tickets
   • Four Yellow Tickets - Sunday, May 18
   • Two Grey Tickets - Sunday, May 18
   • One Red - University Parking Pass - Saturday May 17
   • One Yellow - University Parking Pass - Sunday 18

Graduation packets will be available for distribution starting March 24 and will be available until April 4. Any packets that are not picked up by April 4 will be mailed to your home.

To pick up tickets you will need to present a picture ID. You are also required to complete the Graduation Survey. Please take a few minutes to complete the online survey at https://www.gwu.edu/oapa/graduation which will be available online on March 24. Failure to fill out the survey will result in an administrative hold being placed on your account.

Please note that these packets are ONLY for students who indicated on their graduation application that they would be participating in the May Commencement ceremonies.

Publishing and Landscape Design Program Students can pick up packets at:

• 1775-B Duke Street - Alexandria, VA - Front Desk - from 9:30 am – 9:00pm

DC Fellows Middle Grade Math Students – March 31 and April 2 before class

• AAAS Building
  1200 New York Ave, NW 6th Floor
  Washington DC

Middle Grade Science - April 3 before class

• Bell Hall
  2029 G St. Room 206
  Washington DC

Paralegal Studies Students - March 24 before class

• 2020 K Street NW, Suite B100

Police Science – Will be mailed on March 24

If you have any extra tickets please leave them with the receptionist or contact Jack Chatman at 202-496-6293 or jchatman@gwu.edu.

STUDENT SPEAKER COMPETITION

SPEAK UP! We’re interested in what you have to say!

The University is holding a competition to select the student speaker for the main GW Commencement Ceremony, to be held on the National Mall on Sunday, May 18.

This will be a two-step process. The first step will be for each school to select one student to participate in the University-wide competition.

To be considered as the College of Professional Studies’ representative:

1. You must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
2. You must be a Fall 2007 or Spring 2008 graduate.
3. You must submit a letter of recommendation from either your program director or another of your professors to Jack Chatman by April 1.

You will be asked to present your 2-minute speech (which should be the actual speech you intend to give at Commencement) to a panel of CPS judges on April 8 at 5:00 p.m.

If selected as the CPS representative, you will then present the same speech to a University-wide committee on April 11 at 2:00 p.m. This committee will select the student speaker from among the school’s representatives.

If the CPS representative is selected for the main University Commencement, the runner-up will be the speaker at the CPS school celebration ceremony on May 17 at 7:30 p.m.

If you are interested in being considered as the CPS representative, please let Jack Chatman know by no later than April 1.

Additional info on the University-wide competition can be found at: http://commencement.gwu.edu/ssc/