Schedule of Events
Friday, September 24th
- 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Convocation
Address by Steven G. Poskanzer, Eleventh President of Carleton College
Skinner Memorial Chapel - 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Celebration Reception
Bald Spot Tent - 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Pre-Concert Lecture
Concert Hall - 8:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Christopher U. Light Lectureship Concert
The Bad Plus Jazz Trio
Concert Hall
Saturday, September 25
- 2:00 p.m.
Installation Ceremony
Address by Hugo Sonnenschein, President Emeritus and Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago
Skinner Memorial Chapel
Ticket required for entry - 3:30 p.m.
Reception and Presidential Tree Planting Ceremony
Lawn South of Laird Hall - 8:00 p.m.
Inauguration Ball
Severance Great Hall, Severance Tea Room, and Sayles-Hill Campus Center. The ball is open to all students, faculty, staff, and visitors. It is not a ticketed event, and formal attire is not required. - 9:30 p.m.
Fireworks
Lyman Lakes