May 17-18, 2008

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Schedule of Events

SATURDAY, MAY 17

4:00 p.m.-5:30 p.m.

Graduation Reception

The Dicke House

920 W. Lima Ave.

6:30 p.m.

Graduation Banquet, Dining Room, Mclntosh Center

For graduating students, their families, and friends. Advance reservations and tickets required.

8:15 p.m.

Worship Service, English Chapel

SUNDAY, MAY 18

10:00 a.m.

College of Pharmacy Hooding Ceremony Field House

Sports Center

10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Commencement Buffet
The Dining Room

2:00 p.m.

Commencement

Guest Speaker: Justice Evelyn Stratton, Ohio Supreme Court
Field House, Sports Center

Receptions After Graduation

Receptions for graduates and their guests will begin in each college about fifteen minutes after the Commencement Recessional.

Law Commencement

SUNDAY, May 11

2:00 p.m.

Guest Speaker: Mike DeWine, former U.S. Senator and 1972 ONU law graduate

Field House, Sports Center

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Reception After Graduation

A reception for graduates and their guests will begin at the law building about fifteen minutes after the Commencement Recessional

Graduation Policies

Graduation is a time for celebration at Ohio Northern University. It also is a time for proper decorum and respect to be shown during the formal commencement ceremony on May 18.

Over the years the University has established several policies to ensure that family, friends and graduating seniors enjoy the ceremony while also maintaining the integrity and honor of the event. ONU reminds students that the throwing of beach balls and other objects distracts from that integrity and honor and will not be tolerated.

In addition to the established dress code, ONU will enforce its policy concerning the wearing of cords. Introduced in 2001, this policy states that the orange cord earned by honor students is the only cord that may be worn by graduating seniors. However, students are allowed to wear lapel pins that depict their departments, societies, honoraries, etc. A dress code exception will be made for ROTC students, who may wear their uniforms when receiving their diplomas.

The University also would like to reiterate that the ONU field house must be cleared following the pharmacy hooding ceremony, which commences at 10 a.m. on Sunday. After the hooding ceremony, family and friends of the graduating pharmacy students will be asked to take all their personal belongings and leave the facility so that ONU personnel can prepare for the undergraduate commencement ceremony that follows at 2 p.m. Family and friends will not be permitted to leave items or save seats.