Chauncey, McGill will speak at 469th Convocation sessions

The University’s 469th Convocation ceremonies will take place in Harper Quadrangle, rain or shine, Friday, June 7, through Sunday, June 9.

All guests, including children, must have a ticket for Session III, the College ceremony, and Session IV, the Graduate School of Business ceremony. Tickets are not needed for Sessions I and II.

In addition, a real-time broadcast of each ceremony will be shown in Mandel Hall for guests who need or wish to be indoors. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served basis, and tickets will be required for indoor seating at Sessions III and IV only.

Faculty speakers for this year’s Spring Convocation are George Chauncey, Professor in History and the College and Director of the Lesbian and Gay Studies Project of the Center for Gender Studies, and Ann McGill, Deputy Dean of Full-time M.B.A. Programs and the Sears Roebuck Professor of General Management, Marketing and Behavioral Science in the GSB.

Chauncey will deliver a speech titled “Sexuality, Intimacy and History” during the ceremonies for the first three sessions.

McGill will present a speech titled “Possibility and Responsibility” during the fourth session. GSB alumnus Fred Steingraber (M.B.A., ’64) also will address the audience during the fourth session.

For further information, please visit the convocation Web site at http://www.uchicago.edu/convocation.

Session I will honor graduates of the Law School, the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies and the School of Social Service Administration. The ceremony will take place Friday, June 7. Degree candidates will assemble at 8:45 a.m. in Henry Crown Field House. Faculty members who plan to march in the procession must arrive at Henry Crown Field House by 9:30 a.m. Harper Quadrangle will open at 8:45 a.m., and the ceremony will begin at 10 a.m.

Session II, also on Friday, June 7, will honor graduates of the Biological Sciences Division, the Pritzker School of Medicine, the Graham School of General Studies, the Humanities Division, the Physical Sciences Division, the Social Sciences Division and the Divinity School. The 2001-2002 Faculty Awards for Excellence in Graduate Teaching will be presented at this session, and honorary degrees (see story on honorary degree recipients, Page 1) will be conferred on three scholars, as well. Degree candidates will assemble at 1:45 p.m. in Henry Crown Field House. Faculty members who plan to march in the procession must arrive at Henry Crown Field House by 2:30 p.m. The quadrangle will open at 1:45 p.m., and the ceremony will begin at 3 p.m.

Session III, which will take place Saturday, June 8, will honor graduates of the College. The Llewellyn John and Harriet Manchester Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching will be presented at this session. Degree candidates will assemble at 8:45 a.m. in Henry Crown Field House. Faculty members who plan to march in the procession must arrive at Henry Crown Field House by 9:30 a.m. The quadrangle will open at 8:45 a.m., and the ceremony will begin at 10 a.m.

Session IV, which will take place Sunday, June 9, will honor graduates of the Graduate School of Business. Degree candidates will assemble at 1:45 p.m. in Henry Crown Field House. Faculty members who plan to march in the procession must arrive at Henry Crown Field House by 1:30 p.m. The quadrangle will open at 1:45 p.m., and the ceremony will begin at 3 p.m.