The Honorary Doctorate and Graduate Commencement Ceremony begins at 8:00 pm on Friday, June 14, 2013, at the Green Field in the presence of the graduate candidates, class of 2012-13, guests of honorary doctorate recipients, dignitaries and special guests, and faculty members.
Parents of graduating students will be asked to head to the Green Field starting 6:30 pm. Seating will be provided on a first come first served basis. For more information, please contact the Events Unit at the Office of Communications, tel.: 01-350000, ext: 2685 or e-mail: events@aub.edu.lb
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The program for the Honorary Doctorate and Graduate Commencement Ceremony is as follows:
- Procession (3 min)
- National anthem (2 min)
- Welcoming address: President Peter Dorman (3- 5 min)
- President introduces first honorary degree recipient (2 min)
- First honorary degree recipient’s address (3 min)
- President introduces second honorary degree recipient (2 min)
- Second honorary degree recipient’s address (3 min)
- President introduces third honorary degree recipient (2 min)
- Third honorary degree recipient’s address (3 min)
- President introduces Fourth honorary degree recipient (2 min)
- Fourth honorary degree recipient’s address (1-2 min)
- President introduces the student speaker representing the graduate class (2 min)
- Message of the first student speaker (3min)
- President introduces the second student speaker representing the graduate class (2 min)
- Message of the second student speaker (3min)
- President introduces main guest speaker (1 min)
- Commencement address – main guest speaker (10-12 min)
- Musical interlude by the AUB Choir (8 min)
- Presentation of candidates for degrees and distribution of diplomas for all six faculties (75min)
- Faculty of Arts and Sciences
- Suliman S. Olayan School of Business
- Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
- Faculty of Engineering and Architecture
- Faculty of Health Sciences
- Rafic Hariri School of Nursing
- Faculty of Medicine
- “Alma Mater” (2 min)
- Recession (3 min)
- Special performance, musical closing