{"id":522262,"date":"2022-05-11T14:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T18:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=522262"},"modified":"2022-05-14T12:44:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-14T16:44:53","slug":"university-commencement-celebrates-class-of-2022-522262","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/university-commencement-celebrates-class-of-2022-522262\/","title":{"rendered":"First institution-wide commencement in decades will celebrate entire Class of 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Visit the official commencement website<\/a> for the latest information and to<\/p>\n With a stage stretching 90 yards, two large video screens, and eight-foot flags representing the Ä¢¹½´«Ã½<\/a>\u2019s eight schools, Fauver Stadium will have a distinct and unusual look on Friday, May 13, for its largest commencement ceremony in decades.<\/p>\n \u201cOne thing\u2019s for sure,\u201d says Sarabeth Rogoff \u201993, board services and University events manager, who serves as commencement committee chair. \u201cFauver Stadium will not look like Fauver Stadium.\u201d<\/p>\n The 5,000-seat athletic venue, home to several University varsity teams in the Brian F. Prince Athletic Complex, will be transformed into a huge celebration zone for the conferral of academic degrees for more than 4,000 undergraduate and graduate students.<\/p>\n The event marks a return to Rochester\u2019s traditional commencement exercises that were held until the early 1990s. President Sarah Mangelsdorf has been interested in reviving the \u201cone University\u201d format since arriving in 2019, but the plan was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n \u201cThe president thought it was important to bring the community together to celebrate our graduates, who have been through some real bumps in the road,\u201d Rogoff says.<\/p>\n The University\u2019s Commencement has shifted venues over the past 100 years: Eastman Theatre (1923\u201352), Fauver (1953\u201366), the Community War Memorial (1967\u201371), Eastman again (1972\u201386), and then back to Fauver (1987\u201395). It had been held on the Eastman Quadrangle since 1996\u2014except for in 2020, when the pandemic forced its cancellation.<\/p>\n Friday\u2019s two-hour event kicks off a celebration that will extend into the weekend as academic schools and departments honor graduates during school-specific graduation events<\/a>. The Eastman Wind Ensemble<\/a>, conducted by Mark Scatterday, is set to perform, and the carillon will play music as guests arrive. The complex will be set up with 7,100 field seats, with additional bleachers to accommodate more people as needed.<\/p>\n \u201cOur entire staff has been working tirelessly, and we\u2019ve had enormous help from Facilities and Services<\/a>, Horticulture and Grounds<\/a>, Environment Health and Safety<\/a>, Dining Services<\/a>, Athletics<\/a>, Parking<\/a>, and Public Safety<\/a>,\u201d says Christine Rovet, executive director of Event and Classroom Management<\/a>. \u201cThis has been the biggest group effort that I\u2019ve ever been involved with.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
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