5C's, Plus Three: 2008 Commencement Calendar

The school year is winding down for students at the Claremont Colleges, and soon this year's seniors will shuffling off to whatever futures await them.

Here is a list of commencement events:

Friday, May 16th

• Baccalaureate Ceremony
  The Claremont Colleges
  3:30pm - 4:30pm
  Bridges Hall of Music
  Pomona College
  150 E. 4th St.
  (909) 621-8685
  
  Speaker: Jerry Fowler, J.D., President, Save Darfur Coalition
  
  
  
• Baccalaureate Ceremony
  Claremont School of Theology
  4:30pm - 5:30pm
  Mudd Theater
  Claremont School of Theology
  1325 N. College Ave.
  (909) 447-2552
  
  

Saturday, May 17th

• Claremont School of Theology Commencement
  8:30am
  Kresge Chapel Green
  Claremont School of Theology
  1325 N. College Avenue
  (909) 447-2552




• Claremont Graduate University Commencement
  10:00am - 12:15pm
  Mudd Quadrangle
  Harvey Mudd College
  E. 10th St. and Dartmouth
  (909) 607-3306
  
  Commencement speaker:
  Richard Tapia, Maxfield and Oshman Professorship in Engineering, Rice University, will be the keynote speaker at CGU's 80th Annual Commencement ceremonies.




• Keck Graduate Institute Commencement
  11:00am
  KGI campus lawn
  Keck Graduate Institute
  535 Watson Dr.
  (909) 607-9099
  
  Commencement speaker:
  Billy Tauzin, former Congressman and current President and Chief Executive Officer of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, will speak at Keck Graduate Institute's 7th Annual Commencement.
  



• Pitzer College's 44th Commencement
  1:00pm - 4:00pm
  Brant Clock Tower Lawn
  Pitzer College
  1050 North Mills Avenue
  (909) 621-8219
  
  Commencement speaker:
  Samantha Power, Pulitzer Prize-winning Author, Journalist, Lawyer, and Human Rights Activist, has been selected by the senior class as this year's Keynote speaker.




• Claremont McKenna College Commencement
  2:00pm
  Pritzlaff Field
  Claremont McKenna College
  South of 9th St. and Claremont Blvd.
  (909) 621-8117
  
  Commencement Speaker
  Tom Leppert '77, Mayor of Dallas and CMC trustee, will present the keynote address at Claremont McKenna College's 61st Annual Commencement ceremonies.
  

Sunday, May 18th

• Pomona College Commencement
  10:00am
  Marston Quad
  Pomona College
  College Ave., between 4th and 6th Streets
  (909) 621-8131
  
  Commencement speaker:
  Alex Gibney, writer, director and producer of the 2008 Oscar-winning "Best Documentary Feature" film "Taxi to the Dark Side" (ThinkFilm) about the current U.S. policy on detention and interrogation, is the featured speaker.
  



• Scripps College Commencement
  10:00am
  Elm Tree Lawn
  Scripps College
  345 E. 9th Street
  On campus lawn - two rows of elm trees just north of the Malott Common
  (909) 607-1870
  
  Commencement speaker:
  Kirsten Smith, an acclaimed screenwriter whose films focus on themes of female empowerment; her credits include "Legally Blonde," "Ella Enchanted," "10 Things I Hate About You," and "She's the Man." A much-published poet, she also has written a book about girl power and women's rights, titled Geography of Girlhood. Smith is a graduate of Occidental College.




• Harvey Mudd College Commencement
  1:30pm
  Mudd Quadrangle
  Harvey Mudd College
  E. 10th St. and Dartmouth Ave.
  (909) 607-7924
  
  Commencement speaker:
  Bill Nye will be the speaker at the 2008 commencement ceremony at Harvey Mudd College. There will be plenty of seating in the shade; no tickets required.