Welcome to Commencement 2007 at Hiram College


On behalf of the Hiram College community, I would like to invite you to celebrate the College’s 157th Commencement with us. There will be pomp and circumstance, great joy and sense of accomplishment, and perhaps a little sadness for those leaving Hiram Hill. Please join us. It will be a special day to remember.

Thomas V. Chema
President

Commencement is Saturday, May 12, 2007. All activities are handled through the Office of Special Events. Please direct further questions to Anita Stocz or Teal Young at 330.569.5900.


Commencement Speaker: E.D. Hill, FOX News Live anchor

E.D. Hill, anchor of FOX News Live, will deliver the Hiram College Commencement address on Saturday, May 12, at 2 p.m. on the Campus Green.

Hill anchors the daily national FOX News Live segment from 11 a.m. to noon. Prior to her current position, Hill was co-anchor on FOX & Friends, the network’s weekday morning program. She has broad national and large-market news experience.

Prior to joining FOX in 1998, Hill was a contributing reporter on ABC’s Good Morning America (1995-96) and the business anchor on CBS Morning News (1989-90). She also has been a reporter and news anchor in New York, Boston, and Pittsburgh.

Though a seasoned news professional, Hill is contemporary and, as she is still a student pursuing a master’s degree in liberal arts at Harvard University, can relate well to both traditional college-age graduates and the adult learners who will be graduating from Hiram’s Weekend College on the occasion of its 30th anniversary

A graduate of the University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree in journalism and mother of eight children, Hill has received a Golden Quill award for her live news reporting, as well as an EMMY. She is pursuing a master’s degree in liberal arts at Harvard University.

Hill wrote a collection of personality profiles titled Going Places: How America’s Best and Brightest Got Started Down the Road of Life. It was published in 2005.

She participates in many outdoors activities, including tennis, water and snow skiing and fresh and salt water fishing and has been involved in the Walleye Fishing Tournament for ALS.

Hill has served as the Chair of Gala for Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital, is a former board member of the Children’s Museum of Manhattan and the Big Apple Circus, and has been active in the Austin (Texas) Women’s Symphony League and the Junior League.

Schedule


10:30 a.m.
Baccalaureate, Hayden Auditorium
Assistant Professor of History Adam Cathcart will deliver the baccalaureate address

11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Breakfast Reception, Kennedy Center

2 p.m.
Commencement, Campus Green (rain location, Martin Fieldhouse)
FOX News Live Anchor E.D. Hill will deliver the commencement address

3:30 p.m.
Reception, Martin Commons (rain location, DiGirolamo Lobby and Price Gymnasium)


Commencement information


Parent invitations
Invitations are sent in early March to the home address provided by the graduates. 

Caps and gowns
Graduates will need to contact the bookstore to order caps and gowns. Graduates may pick up their caps and gowns from the bookstore after May 1.

Rehearsal
Commencement rehearsal for tradition students will take place on Tuesday, May 8, at 5:30 p.m. in Price Gymnasium. Attendance is required for all graduates. Rehearsal for Weekend College students will be held on Saturday, May 5, at 6:30 p.m. in the Brown Fall Room of the Kennedy Center. MAIS students should contact the Office of Graduate Studies for rehearsal information.

Baccalaureate
Baccalaureate will be held on Saturday, May 12, at 10:30 a.m. in Hayden Auditorium. Tickets are not needed to attend the service. Please note that Hayden Auditorium is barrier free.

Reception breakfast
The reception will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Kennedy Center. Students and their guests are invited to attend and meet informally with faculty, staff, and friends prior to the Commencement ceremony. 

Commencement exercises
Commencement begins at 2 p.m. on the campus green. In case of rain, the ceremony will be moved into the Martin Field House. Tickets are given to seniors to ensure this year's graduates and their families are able to participate comfortably in the Commencement ceremony. 

Tickets
Graduates reserved their tickets on February 15 and 16. They must be picked during the week of April 23 in the Office of Special Events on the second floor of Teachout-Price Hall. Beginning Monday, April 30, any remaining tickets will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets are only necessary if Commencement is inside due to weather. Weekend College and MAIS graduates order and obtain their tickets through the Weekend College/Office of Graduate Studies.  

Parking
Parking on the day of Commencement will be at the following locations: the Hiram Christian Church, the Hiram Elementary School, the Municipal parking lot, the Gelbke building (off Winrock Drive), the Swagelock building (off Winrock Drive), and the Price Gymnasium north lot (“the pit”). 

Street parking is also available in the village (unless otherwise designated). Dean Street will be handicapped parking for an outside ceremony. If the weather requires an indoor ceremony, handicapped parking will be located in the Coleman Center south lot. 

Guests of traditional college graduates requiring handicapped parking must contact the Office of Special Events for a parking pass. Guests of Weekend College and MAIS graduates who require handicapped parking should order passes through the Weekend College/Office of Graduate Studies. Please place the “Commencement Reserved Parking” pass on the vehicle’s dashboard for identification. Parking attendants will be present. 

On the map, handicapped parking is noted with an H and all other parking is noted with a P. There will be a shuttle service from 9:30 a.m. through 4:30 p.m. from all parking areas.

Flowers
Rose bouquets will be sold at various locations on campus. The locations are marked with a flower on the map.

Refreshments
Water will be available under the Hinsdale arch throughout the Commencement ceremony.

Travel arrangements
Below is a partial list of accommodations in the area

The Hiram Inn       
Wakefield Road (State Route 82)
Hiram, OH 44234
888.447.2646, 330.569.6000

The Red Maple Inn
14707 South Cheshire (Route 700),
Burton, Ohio 44021

The Lily Ponds Bed & Breakfast
6720 Wakefield Road (State Route 82)
Hiram, Ohio 44234
330.569.3222

Mario’s Aurora Inn
State Route 82 and Route 306
Aurora, Ohio 44202
330.562.6121

Bertram Inn
600 North Aurora Road
Aurora, Ohio 44202
330.995.0200

Comfort Inn
9789 State Route 14
Streetsboro, Ohio 44241
330.626.5511

Hampton Inn
800 Mondial Parkway
Streetsboro, OH 44241


Visit the Streetsboro Chamber of Commerce website at www.streetsborovcb.com for more accommodations.

See the letter from President Chema to the graduating class. 

Questions the day of Commencement
Campus switchboard
330.569.3211