Commencement 2024
Baccalaureate Evensong & Blessing of the Rings & crosses
Please join us as we celebrate our graduating students in worship.
baccalaureate reception & dinner
Immediately following the Eucharist, please join us in the Hoffman Refectory for dinner. Graduates and guests, students attending the May 19th Intensive Week, faculty, staff, and GTS trustees please RSVP for dinner by Friday, May 3rd using this link.
Graduating students may bring up to three guests. Additional information about the dinner is in the Eventbrite RSVP link above.
commencement 2024
The ceremony will begin at 5:30pm promptly with the processional of our graduates and honorary doctorates. Immediately following the service, please join us for a celebratory champagne reception on the lawn!
There will only be reserved seating for graduates, honorary doctorates, and the other members of the processional. This will not be a ticketed event (graduates are invited to invite those who have supported them throughout their seminary journey). This event will NOT be livestreamed.
COMMENCMENT FAQs
IS THERE A REHEARSAL FOR COMMENCEMENT?
Graduates are required to attend a MANDATORY rehearsal on Monday, May 20th, 2024 at 4pm.
HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN I INVITE TO THESE EVENTS? IS there an invite?
Sunday’s service and Monday’s ceremony are not ticketed. However, Sunday’s dinner requires an RSVP and graduates may invite up to 3 guests (see above). There is no official invitation but please feel free to use this PDF as a template.
What should I wear?
There is no dress code, but many people wear their “Sunday’s best” to commencement. Some people wear their collars. Come knowing that it is the beginning of the summer in an unairconditioned chapel and you will be wearing a robe.
When will I receive my cap & Gown?
Graduation garb will be placed by the Chapel Vesting Room in time for the rehearsal at 4pm on Monday, May 20th, 2024. Honorary doctorates and doctoral students will be hooded during the ceremony. GTS graduation attire, except DMin students, does not include a cap. Graduates must return their rented gowns (and hoods if they would like to return them) before they leave the Close at the end of the ceremony.