Individual Diploma Award Ceremonies and Receptions

Click to download the Map and List of 2009 IDA Locations.

Following the Commencement ceremony, Individual Diploma Award ceremonies will begin at approximately 12:30 p.m. at various campus locations. At these school and department ceremonies, deans and department chairpersons will present diplomas to graduates. For your convenience, the list of locations is available below. It will also be published in the Commencement program distributed at the main Commencement ceremony in the Stanford stadium. Many of the ceremonies are followed by a brief reception. Please consult your individual school or department for details.

Generally, no tickets are required to attend the diploma award ceremonies; however, some departments may require tickets or reservations due to the limited capacity of a venue. Please contact your school or department for further information about these events.

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2009 Ceremony Locations

For your convenience, a downloadable Map and List of 2009 IDA Locations is now available.

PLEASE NOTE: These events may be located some distance from the Stadium. Please plan accordingly as there is no transportation from the Stadium to these sites.

Aeronautics and Astronautics – Terman Auditorium
African and African American Studies – The Black Community Services Center, The Henry and Monique Brandon Family Community Room
American Studies – Ford Center Grove
Anthropology – New Guinea Sculpture Garden
Applied Physics – William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 200
Archaeology – To be announced
Art and Art History – Cummings Art Building
Asian Languages – Toyon Hall Lawn
BioEngineering – Clark Center Courtyard
Biology – Gilbert Biological Sciences Building, Merck Green
Chemical Engineering – Lawn between Old Chemistry and Stauffer III
Chemistry – Braun Auditorium, Mudd Chemistry Building
Chicana/o Studies – Lomita Mall Lawn, near Building 360
Civil and Environmental Engineering – Memorial Auditorium
Classics – Lower Courtyard between Buildings 420 and 460
Communication – Memorial Court
Comparative Literature – Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity – Lomita Mall Lawn, near Building 360
Computer Science – AT&T Plaza (behind Gates Building)
Continuing Studies Program – Keith Memorial Terrace (behind Memorial Church)
Drama – Roble Gym Courtyard
Earth Sciences – Mitchell Building, North Patio
East Asian Studies – Toyon Hall Lawn
Economics – Front of Hoover Tower Memorial Building
Education – West Oval Grove
Electrical Engineering – Hewlett/Packard Plaza
Engineering. School of, Individually Designed Majors – Gibbons Grove
English – Memorial Church
Feminist Studies – Canfield Court (Lawn behind the Bookstore)
Film Media Studies – Cummings Art Building
Financial Mathematics – Oak Grove (adjacent to Bldg. 380, Math Corner)
French and Italian Studies – Dinkelspiel Auditorium
German Studies – Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Graduate School of Business – Frost Amphitheater (ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 13)
History – Building 200, Citrus Courtyard
Human Biology – Center of Main Quadrangle
Institute for Computational and Mathematical Engineering – Galvez Modular Lawn
Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities – Ford Center Grove
International Policy Studies – The Knoll behind Green Library
International Relations – Dohrmann Grove (adjacent to Art Gallery)
Latin American Studies – Bolivar House
Law, School of – Memorial Auditorium (ceremony will be held on Sunday, May 3)
Liberal Arts, Master of – Keith Memorial Terrace behind Memorial Church
Linguistics – Koret Park (between School of Education and Meyer Library)
Management Science and Engineering – Lagunita Courtyard
Materials Science and Engineering – Cubberley Auditorium
Mathematical and Computational Sciences – Oak Grove (adjacent to Building 380, Math Corner)
Mathematics – Oak Grove (adjacent to Building 380, Math Corner)
Mechanical Engineering – Maples Pavilion
Medicine, School of – Dean’s Lawn (ceremony will be held on Saturday, June 13)
Modern Thought & Literature – Ford Center Grove
Music – Braun Music Center, Campbell Recital Hall
Native American Studies – Lomita Mall Lawn, near Building 360
Philosophy – Building 90 Arcade
Physics – William R. Hewlett Teaching Center, Room 200
Political Science – Kennedy Grove
Psychology – Ford Center Plaza
Public Policy – Encina Commons Grove
Religious Studies – Ford Center Grove
Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies – Encina Hall West Lawn
Science, Technology, and Society – Green Library Front Lawn (updated 4/15/09)
Slavic Languages & Literature – Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Sociology – East Oval Grove
Spanish and Portuguese – Dinkelspiel Auditorium
Statistics – Oak Grove (adjacent to Building 380, Math Corner)
Symbolic Systems – Lawn outside Building 310
Urban Studies – East Oval Grove

PLEASE NOTE: These events may be located some distance from the Stadium. Please plan accordingly as there is no transportation from the Stadium to these sites.