Commencement Weekend at Agnes Scott

Expect plenty of traffic and proud parents around Friday and Saturday as the school holds its 123rd commencement.

Below is the schedule for the next two days, courtesy of the college website.

Baccalaureate Vespers
Friday, May 11, 4:30 p.m.
Presser Hall, Gaines Chapel

Baccalaureate Vespers Reception
Friday, May 11, 5:30 p.m.
Front Lawn (Rain location: Letitia Pate Evans Hall)

Commencement
Saturday, May 12, 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Presser Quadrangle (Rain location: Gaines Chapel)

Commencement Reception
Saturday, May 12, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Letitia Pate Evans Hall, Main Dining Room and Terrace

and an Agnes Scott grad, will deliver the commencement address.

Some of the previous speakers have been Melanne Verveer, President Barack Obama’s Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues,  in 2011; former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in 2010; Dr. Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE USA, in 2009; and then-Sen. Hillary Clinton in 2005.

In 1999, author Kurt Vonnegut was the commencement speaker. You can revisit his remarks on C-SPAN.

Dr. Elizabeth Kiss, president of Agnes Scott College, presented the commencement address during ceremonies at Huntingdon College in Alabama.