The celebration is open to all students, faculty and staff throughout the UD community. To allow all to take part in the inauguration ceremony and picnic, classes will be suspended on Friday.  Staff are encouraged to attend as unit needs allow; supervisors should be consulted in advance.

Planned Open Events

Join the Prez Walk/Run, starting at 3 p.m. Thursday, April 16, at Mentors’ Circle on The Green!

We encourage all students and staff to wear Blue Hen spirit gear!

Faculty members and staff with doctoral or terminal degrees  who wish to join the Procession should register to do so and be prepared to wear academic regalia. A limited number of UD regalia packages (with doctoral hoods) are available from the UD Bookstore; contact Lindsey Collings (lkillmey@udel.edu) by April 6.  Participants in the Procession will have access to Gore Hall for robing, restrooms and bag check; further details to come.

Stay for the Community Celebratory Barbecue at 12:30 p.m. after the ceremony on The Green!

Register for open events so we know you’re coming. 

Continue to reference this webpage for any adjustments to the schedule of events. 

See you at the celebration!

Building Access

Security protocols will require restricted access in buildings directly adjacent to the North Green. Specifically, faculty, staff and students will not be able to access the following buildings after classes and events end on April 16, through 3 p.m. on Friday, April 17:

• Memorial Hall
• Hullihen Hall
• Mitchell Hall
• Gore Hall
• Sharp Lab
• Wolf Hall
• DuPont Hall
• Evans Hall 
• Brown Lab
• Drake Hall
• Lammont DuPont Lab

CSC and UDPD personnel will be on site to support and monitor these closures. Restroom facilities will be provided along the Green since the nearby buildings will be closed during the event.

Parking

Trabant Parking Garage and Lot 19 will be open to all for parking, free of charge. 

The Presidential Next Mile Endowed Fund advances the University’s emerging priorities and fuels the next stage of UD’s growth and impact. Providing unrestricted support in perpetuity, the fund enables the President to respond to strategic opportunities, invest in innovation, and advance initiatives that move the University forward.