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UPDATE: Notre Dame Moves Commencement Indoors

University of Notre Dame

UPDATE:  

From Notre Dame:

Due to the high probability of heavy rain and lightning, the University of Notre Dame has moved its 174th University Commencement Ceremony on Sunday (May 19) to Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center, beginning two hours earlier than scheduled, at 8 a.m. Individual diploma ceremonies also will start earlier than scheduled, at noon Sunday.

Only guests with a red severe weather ticket will be seated in Purcell Pavilion. For guests without a ticket, a closed-circuit broadcast will be available in the north dome of the Joyce Center; in auditoriums in the DeBartolo Hall classroom building, Jordan Hall of Science and Compton Family Ice Arena; and on commencement.nd.edu and WNIT2 (Channel 34.2).

Doors to the center will open at 7 a.m. There will be no procession by the graduates or faculty, who may enter through any door and seat themselves beginning at 7 a.m.

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NEW: Notre Dame has announced changes to the university's commencement schedule due to concerns about the weather for Sunday.  Here is the university's statement:

Due to the threat of inclement weather, the University of Notre Dame’s 174th University Commencement Ceremony on Sunday (May 19) will begin two hours earlier than scheduled, at 8 a.m., tentatively in Notre Dame Stadium.

A final decision on whether to hold the ceremony in the stadium or in Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center will be communicated at 6 a.m. Sunday via email to faculty, staff and students; on the University’s home page (nd.edu); and through official University social media accounts (@NotreDame on Twitter and University of Notre Dame on Facebook).

The gates to either venue will open at 7 a.m. There will be no procession by the graduates or faculty. If the ceremony is in the stadium, graduates should enter through the north (Rockne) gate and seat themselves beginning at 7. If the ceremony moves to the Joyce Center, they can enter through any gate.

Individual diploma ceremonies also will start earlier than scheduled, at noon Sunday.