The Main Ceremony takes place on Alumni Lawn. This is the grassy area which extends from behind the Fine Arts Building located on West End Avenue to the Sarratt Student Center.

PARKING

Parking is available in Central Garage (25th Avenue South and Highland Avenue) for those attending Senior Class Day events and Commencement. Shuttle buses will run to Alumni Lawn from 8 to 10:30 a.m. on Senior Class Day and from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. on Commencement Day. Vanderbilt Police officers will be on hand to assist. Guests may also park in non-reserved spaces in parking lots on the campus except those lots marked with bright blue Medical Center signs, and those reserved for guests with mobility impairments.

CAMPUS MAP

Map Key

1. Alumni Lawn: Senior Class Day Speaker, Main Commencement Ceremony
2. Shuttle Bus drop-off
3. Curry Field: Law School Ceremony and Reception
4. David K. Wilson Hall: Phi Beta Kappa Initiation
5. Management Hall: MBA Receptions
6. Benton Chapel: Divinity School Ceremony and Worship Service
7. Tillett Lounge and Refectory: Divinity School Reception
8. Library Lawn: Graduate School Ceremony and Reception
9. Frist Hall Atrium: School of Nursing Reception (May 11)
10. Magnolia Circle Lawn: Owen Graduate School of Management Ceremony
11. Peabody Mall: THE PARTY; Peabody Breakfast and Peabody College Reception
       (This is also the rain location for the Postbaccalaureate Ceremony.)
12. Wyatt Center Lawn: Peabody Postbaccalaureate Ceremony
13. Wyatt Center Rotunda: Peabody College Awards Ceremony and Reception
14. Langford Auditorium: School of Medicine Class Day and Ceremony; Army, Navy,
      Marine, and Air Force Commissioning
15. Student Life Center: Commodore Brunch (May 11); School of Medicine
       Reception (May 11); School of Medicine Box Luncheon (May 12)
16. Blair School of Music: Blair School Continental Breakfast and Senior Showcase/Senior        Recognition Ceremony; Black Graduates Recognition Ceremony
17. Branscomb Quadrangle: School of Nursing Ceremony and Reception (May 12)
18. South Garage: Guest Parking
19. Memorial Gymnasium: Severe Weather Location for Senior Class Day Speaker and
       Main Ceremony
20. Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center: Open House
21. Bishop’s Common: Strawberries and Champagne Celebration
22. Law School: Law School Open House; Law and Business Program Reception
23. Central Garage: Guest Parking
24. University Club: School of Engineering Awards Ceremony

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