Inclement Weather Schedule

Inclement Weather Plan

The main Emory website (www.emory.edu) is the best and fastest way to learn if either the "Light Rain" or the "Severe Weather" plans have been activated. You may also call 404-727-1234 after 6:00 a.m. on Commencement morning for a recorded message. Though it is very unlikely that the University would activate the "Severe Weather" plan, parents and guests for School of Law, School of Nursing, and College of Arts & Sciences ceremonies are encouraged to arrange their travel plans for late afternoon/evening departures.

Details for LIGHT RAIN plan | Details for SEVERE WEATHER plan

SPECIAL NOTE ABOUT BACCALAUREATE AND THE PRESIDENT'S OPEN HOUSE ON SUNDAY, MAY 13:

Both Baccalaureate and the Lullwater Open House are scheduled to take place rain or shine. Students attending the Baccalaureate service should arrive in full cap and gown and proceed to the FELLOWSHIP HALL in the Church-School building BEHIND Glenn Auditorium to line up. Guests attending the Lullwater Open house should be prepared for a longer-than-normal wait to enter the house (you will stay on the bus until space is available inside) and that wet umbrellas are not permitted in the house to help prevent slip hazards.

IN THE EVENT OF LIGHT RAIN

The all-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle will go forward in light rain or drizzle at 8:00 a.m. The audience is invited to use umbrellas. Depending on the force of the rain and the potential of more severe weather conditions, the president could decide to confer all degrees en masse and conclude the ceremony. Diploma ceremonies would then be held as listed below.

PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building (WHSCAB) Auditorium
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Reception immediately following

MEDICAL IMAGING PROGRAM
Harland Cinema, Dobbs University Center (DUC)
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Reception immediately following at Winship Ballroom, Dobbs University Center

BUSINESS

Bachelor of Business Administration Programs
Woodruff P. E. Center
10:00 a.m

Master of Business Administration Program

Woodruff P.E. Center

11:30 a.m.

EMORY COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
The Quadrangle *
9:45 a.m.

LANEY GRADUATE SCHOOL
Master's Diploma Ceremony
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Theater Lab
9:30 a.m.

PhD Ceremonies
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall
10:30 a.m.

LAW
Gambrell Hall Lawn *
10:30 a.m.

THEOLOGY
Glenn Memorial Auditorium
9:45 a.m.

NURSING
McDonough Field *
10:30 a.m.
Reception immediately following

PUBLIC HEALTH
Decatur First United Methodist Church [info] [directions]**
300 E. Ponce De Leon Ave.
Decatur, GA
Noon

MEDICINE
Glenn Memorial Auditorium

12:30 p.m.

* If conditions worsen at an outdoor diploma ceremony, the students would be notified when and where to obtain their diploma and the ceremony would conclude.

** Should weather conditions improve sufficiently during the central ceremony, the dean of the Rollins School of Public Health may decide to proceed with their outdoor diploma ceremony. An announcement would be made.

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IN THE EVENT OF SEVERE WEATHER

(torrential downpour, flooding, lightning, tornado warning, or other extraordinary cause)

The all-schools ceremony on the Quadrangle is canceled. Portions of the Quadrangle ceremony is held at the Schwartz Center at 9:00 a.m., together with the Laney Graduate School PhD ceremony. The Brittain Award is presented at the recipient's diploma ceremony.

PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM
Woodruff Health Sciences Center Administration Building (WHSCAB) Auditorium
10:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Reception immediately following

MEDICAL IMAGING PROGRAM
Harland Cinema, Dobbs University Center (DUC)
10:30 - 11:30 a.m.
Reception immediately following at Winship Ballroom, Dobbs University Center

LANEY GRADUATE SCHOOL
PhD Ceremonies
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall
9:00 a.m.
Ph.D. advisers should attend the ceremony in Schwartz to hood their graduates; all other faculty members should disperse to their respective diploma ceremonies. Tickets are required for guests attending the Schwartz ceremony. Ph.D. graduates and their advisers will gather in the Schwartz Center by 8:30 a.m.

Master's Diploma Ceremony
Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Theater Lab
Noon

THEOLOGY
Glenn Memorial Auditorium
9:00 a.m.

BUSINESS
BBA Program
Woodruff Physical Education Center (WoodPEC)
8:45 a.m. (Students line up by 8:00 a.m. in WoodPEC), reception to follow at Goizueta Business School

MBA Programs
9:00 a.m. reception at Goizueta Business School
9:45 a.m. All MBA students to Dobbs University Center (DUC) to line up.
10:00 a.m. Families to Woodruff Physical Education Center (WoodPEC) for 10:30 a.m. ceremony start.

EMORY COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES
Woodruff Physical Education Center (WoodPEC)
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. (Students should report at 1:15 p.m.)
Tickets are required and are distributed in advance by the College. For questions about rain tickets, please contact Larraine Forrester (404) 727-0674. Each College graduate will receive two guest tickets. Additional guests may view the ceremony in White Hall classrooms.

LAW
Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center [info]
1280 Peachtree Street, NE
10:30 a.m. * NOTE THE NEW TIME

MEDICINE
Glenn Memorial Auditorium
11:00 a.m.

PUBLIC HEALTH
Decatur First United Methodist Church [info] [directions]
300 Ponce de Leon
Decatur, GA
Noon

NURSING
Ceremony: Glenn Memorial Auditorium
1:30 p.m.