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Schedule

On May 28, 2020, we honored the HBS Class of 2020 with our virtual Commencement ceremonies.
The livestream featured Class Day speakers, Harvard University’s Degree Conferral Ceremony, and Dean Nitin Nohria’s Commencement address. After Dean Nohria’s address, graduates, families, and guests joined separate livestreams for their section’s diploma ceremony.
May
28

Thursday, May 28

10:00 - 10:45 AM

Class Day Ceremony

Class Day is a Harvard University tradition celebrated at each school. At HBS, the student-led ceremony this year includes:

  • Welcome by Professor and MBA Program Faculty Chair Jan Rivkin
  • Address by MBA Student Association Class Presidents Connor Cash and Gaby Goldstein
  • 2020 Class Day Student Speaker Claire Wagner (Section E)
  • Address by our Distinguished Alumni Speakers Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, MBA 1999, and Mezuo O. Nwuneli, MBA 2003

The program will be hosted by the Class of 2020 Student Association Class Day Committee Co-chairs Robbie Dixon and Melanie Sperling. Faculty awards will be featured on the Awards page.

→More about the Distinguished Alumni Speakers
11:00 AM – 12:15 PM

Harvard University Degree Conferral Ceremony

12:30 PM

Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria’s Address to the Class of 2020 Graduates

1:00 – 1:45 PM

MBA Diploma Ceremonies (by Section)

Ceremonies will include section faculty remarks and individual student recognition. Check back here on May 28 for separate livestream links to individual sections for MBA graduates and their guests.

1:00 – 1:30 PM

Doctoral Diploma Ceremony

For invited guests only, ceremony will include faculty remarks and individual student recognition.

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