Yale University's 297th Commencement events will be held Sunday, May 24, and Monday, May 25, on the Yale campus. All reporters and photographers must have Yale media credentials during Class Day and Commencement ceremonies on Old Campus for access to the news media platform. Fax credential requests on your organization's letterhead to Cynthia Atwood in the Yale Office of Public Affairs at 203 432-1323. Members of the news media are urged to attend this second session.
Reporters can cover the event from balcony seats to the immediate right of the stage.
Copies of the President's speech will be available at Woolsey and during Commencement ceremonies the following day. Still photographers may move about the balcony area. Television camera crews are asked to shoot only from the positions assigned to them in the balcony news media area. A mult-box for audio feed will be provided. Reporters may cover this event from the news media platform to the left of the stage, near the High Street entrance.