Spring 2005 Baccalaureate Service

The Baccalaureate service will be at 10:45 a.m. on Saturday, May 14, 2005, at the University United Methodist Church. The church is across the street from KWU’s Memorial Library on the corner of Santa Fe Avenue and Claflin Avenue.

Candidates, faculty, administration, and trustees should meet in the second floor hallway of Pioneer Hall by 10:15 a.m. for robing and formation of the lines of march. Candidates, faculty, trustees, and administration will march from Pioneer Hall to the church. Please follow the marching order printed and distributed at rehearsal. At Baccalaureate, you will not have a “numbered” seat, but will simply be seated (in order) in the pew. The candidates will march in first and remain standing at their seats. The marshals then will lead in the trustees, faculty, administration, and platform party.

What Is Baccalaureate?

Baccalaureate is a service of worship for the graduating class, their families, faculty, administration, staff, and friends. It is a traditional time of seeking the presence and power of God at a unique moment in the graduates’ and institutional life. The President of the University will prepare and deliver the sermon to the graduates.

The term “baccalaureate” also is the name of the degree colleges and universities confer as a bachelor’s degree. Sometimes a degree is referenced as being at the “baccalaureate” level.