Baccalaureate, diploma ceremonies scheduled for VCU commencement

By Michael Ford
University News Services

RICHMOND, Va. — An interfaith baccalaureate service and several diploma-awarding ceremonies planned by various schools and departments will be held as part of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Commencement activities for 2000.

The baccalaureate service for VCU graduates will be held at 5:30 p.m. on May 12 at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Park Ave. and Laurel St. The speaker will be Father Michael Renninger, Vice Rector for the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. The service is sponsored by the VCU Interfaith Campus Ministers Association.

Numerous VCU schools and departments also have organized diploma-awarding ceremonies for their graduates. Most ceremonies will be held on May 13, unless otherwise noted. Those ceremonies include:

COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES:

12:30 p.m., University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.
The following College of Humanities and Sciences departments will host individual diploma- awarding ceremonies:

•Department of Biology: 1 p.m., Franklin Street Gym, 819 W. Franklin St.
•Department of Chemistry: 12:30 p.m., Pace Memorial United Methodist Church, 700 W. Franklin St.
•Department of English: 2:30 p.m., Centenary United Methodist Church, 411 E. Grace St.
•Department of History: 12:30 p.m., Room 1160, T. Edward Temple Building, 901 W. Main St.
•School of Mass Communications: 1:30 p.m., Reveille United Methodist Church, 4200 W. Cary St.
•Adcenter: Diploma Ceremony: 4 p.m.; Reception: 5 p.m., Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Boulevard and Grove Ave.
•Department of Military Science: Date: May 6, 9 a.m., Diploma Ceremony: Cannon Memorial Chapel at University of Richmond, Reception: UR Keller Hall.
•Department of Political Science and Public Administration: 12:30 p.m., Room 1164, T. Edward Temple Building, 901 W. Main St.
•Department of Psychology: 4 p.m., Franklin Street Gym, 819 W. Franklin St.
•Department of Urban Studies and Planning: 12:45 p.m., Forum Room, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.
•Bachelor of General Studies: 2:30 p.m., Auditorium, School of Business Building, 14 N. Linden St. Reception to follow in School of Business Courtyard (facing Main St.).

SCHOOL OF ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONS:

2:30 p.m., Southside Church of the Nazarene, 6851 Courthouse Rd.

•Department of Health Administration (Executive Master’s Program): Date: June 6, 10 a.m. Performing Arts Center, 922 Park Ave.

SCHOOL OF THE ARTS – Departments of Art Education, Art History, Crafts, Dance & Choreography, Fashion Design & Merchandising, Painting & Printmaking, Photography & Film, Sculpture:12:30 p.m. Pollak Building, 325 N. Harrison St.

•Department of Communication Arts & Design: 3 p.m., Theater, University Student Commons, 907 Floyd Ave.
•Department of Interior Design: 3 p.m., Pollak Building, 325 N. Harrison St.
•Department of Music: 2:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center, 922 Park Ave.
•Department of Theatre: 3 p.m., Performing Arts Center, 922 Park Ave.

SCHOOL OF BUSINESS:

4 p.m., Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.

SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY:

2:30 p.m., Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Park Ave. and Laurel St.

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION:

1:15 p.m., Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING:

1 p.m., South Lawn of School of Engineering Building, 601 W. Main St.

SCHOOL OF MEDICINE:

8 p.m., Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St.

•Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health: 1:30 p.m., Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St.
•School of Medicine/Office of Graduate Education: 3 p.m., Medical Sciences Building, 1217 E. Marshall St.

SCHOOL OF NURSING:

Date: May 12, Awards and recognition ceremony: 7 p.m., Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 W. Broad St. Diplomas will be handed out immediately following the Commencement ceremony at the Coliseum on Saturday, May 13.

SCHOOL OF PHARMACY:

3 p.m., First Baptist Church, 2709 Monument Ave.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK:

3 p.m., Arthur Ashe Center, 3001 N. Boulevard.

HONORS PROGRAM:

Awards and recognition ceremony: 7:30 a.m. Sixth Street Marketplace, Palm Court Building, 550 E. Grace St. (between Grace and Broad streets).