176th Indiana University Bloomington Commencement May 7, 2005

Tens of thousands of friends and family filled Assembly Hall twice on Saturday, May 7 to witness these rites of passage for more than seven thousand graduating students.

The two sessions were identical except for the conferral of degrees upon different schools' graduates.

• Musical procession of platform party - greeting - National Anthem - invocation - introduction of platform party - faculty recognition - parents/friends recognized
  
• Graduates inducted into IU Alumni Association
  
• IUB Chancellor Kenneth R.R. Gros Louis presents class of 2005
  
• President Adam W. Herbert charges the Class of 2005
  
• Conferral of degrees by individual schools begins
  
• University Graduate School
  
• University Graduate School
  (afternoon session)
  
• Kelley School of Business
  
• College of Arts and Sciences
  (afternoon session)
  
• School of Education
  
• School of Continuing Studies
  (afternoon session)
  
• School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation
  
• School of Informatics
  (afternoon session)
  
• School of Law
  
• School of Journalism
  (afternoon session)
  
• School of Music
  
• School of Nursing
  
• School of Library and Information Science
  (afternoon session)
  
• School of Public and Environmental Affairs
  
• School of Optometry
  (afternoon session)
  
• School of Social Work
  
• Official conferral of all degrees by Pres. Herbert
  
• Closing remarks - all sing IU Alma Mater - "Hail To Old IU" - recessional