(KAIR) -- Benedictine College in Atchison is set to have the largest graduating class in school history Saturday morning.
Four hundred and five students are scheduled to get their diplomas beginning at 10 in the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium.
Wisconsin Congressman and former Vice-Presidential candidate Paul Ryan will deliver the commencement address.
The doors to the Student Union will open at 8:30 a.m. and all guests should plan to arrive and be seated by 9:30 a.m.
Out of respect to the graduates and their guests, there will be no seating in the gym after 9:45 a.m. until the graduates have processed in and are seated.
The size of this year's graduating class required the issuing of tickets for admittance to Ralph Nolan Gymnasium. Access to the gym will be by ticket only.
There will be three simulcast locations in the Student Union to accommodate additional family and friends. The ceremony will be simulcast into the O’Malley-McAllister Auditorium, the band rehearsal room in the Student Union, the Atrium on the 2nd level of the Student Union and the Amino Center. Seating in all locations will be on a first come, first served basis.
Parking is very limited on campus. All traffic will be stopped at the entrance of the College. Motorists will be directed to other parking areas with the College shuttle service providing transportation to the Abbey Church on Friday afternoon and to the Student Union on Saturday morning. Handicapped parking will be available for anyone displaying appropriate permits on their vehicles. You will be directed to the handicap parking area by Campus Security.
The entire Commencement Ceremony will be streamed live online.
Here's a link to Saturday's Commencement: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/benedictine-commencement
The pre-graduation festivities begin at 11 this morning with ROTC Commissioning ceremony at the McAllister Board Room.
They resume at one Friday afternoon with the nursing pinning ceremony at the O’Malley McAllister Auditorium.
Graduates will participate in the March of Light at four that afternoon with a Baccalaureate Mass in the Abbey Church at 4:30 and President’s Reception at eight.
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