Thursday, May 20
The School of Medicine is hosting a reception for graduates and their families and guests from 5-7 p.m. May 20 in the Atrium/Hearth of the Farrell Learning and Teaching Center (FLTC). The FLTC is located on the School of Medicine campus at 520 S. Euclid.
Surface parking is available on McKinley Avenue – on lots adjacent to Olin Residence Hall and on lots across from the McDonnell Medical Sciences Building.
Friday, May 21
Washington University Commencement Exercises for all schools will take place at 8:30 a.m. May 21 in the Quadrangle of the Danforth Campus.
The School of Medicine’s Recognition Ceremony will take place at 3 p.m. in the Ferrara Theater of America’s Center, 701 Convention Plaza. The Four Humours String Quartet and the John Ford Highland Bagpipe Band will perform. Benjamin S. Carson, Sr., M.D., Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2008, will give the address.
A reception will follow from 5-6 p.m. in America’s Center second-floor Atrium. This reception is hosted by the Washington University Medical Center Alumni Association.
Directions to America’s Center
Driving
- Take I-64 (Route 40) east toward downtown St. Louis.
- Use Exit 40B “Broadway & 6th Street – Last Missouri Exit”. (Note: 11th Street Exit is temporarily closed, so this 6th Street exit may backup.)
- Turn left on Gratiot.
- Proceed 2 blocks on Gratiot to 4th Street, turn left.
- Proceed 14 blocks on 4th Street to Convention Plaza, turn left.
- Proceed 3 blocks on Convention Plaza to 7th Street.
You will be at the Convention Plaza Entrance at America’s Center – marked Ferrara Theater. The entrance to a Parking Garage is on the right side of 7th Street.
Note for after the Commencement reception
Washington Avenue, between 6th and 7th Streets, will be closed due to demolition of the vacant St. Louis Centre Mall’s four-story skybridge. Therefore, when leaving the parking garage, you will:
- Turn left on 7th to Convention Plaza, turn right.
- Proceed 2 blocks on Convention Plaza to Broadway, turn right.
- Continue south on Broadway and pass Busch Stadium, to the west bound entrance to I-64 (US 40).
There will be extra traffic due to the Cardinals baseball game which begins at 7:15 pm.
Metrolink
- Go east to Convention Center Station at 6th & Washington (this metro station is after the ‘8th & Pine’ station)
- Take escalator upstairs to Washington.
- Cross Washington.
- Walk north 2 blocks on 6th Street to Convention Plaza, turn left.
- Walk west 1 block to 7th Street.
You will be at the Convention Plaza Entrance at America’s Center – marked Ferrara Theater.
Note for after the Commencement reception
There will be extra traffic due to the Cardinals baseball game which begins at 7:15 pm.
Commencement Recognition Ceremony schedule
2:15 p.m. Graduates arrive at Room 260 of America’s Center. Ferrara Theater doors open for guests. The Four Humours String Quartet performs.
3 p.m. School of Medicine’s Commencement Recognition Ceremony begins. John Ford Highland Bagpipe Band leads the academic processional into the Ferrara Theater.
5 p.m. Reception in America’s Center second-floor Atrium, hosted by Washington University Medical Center Alumni Association.
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