Join us for the Alumni Parade of Classes, a highlight of Class Day in which alumni carry their class year banners in the processional that also includes graduating students, faculty and administrators. This parade underscores the transition the graduates are making from students to alumni and emphasizes that their Columbia connection is lifelong.

The Alumni Office would be honored if you would represent your class by holding its banner and walking in this year's procession.

Please arrive early if you would like to have breakfast and visit with friends and classmates. Prior to the procession, a member of the Columbia College Alumni Association will present the Ninth Annual Class Day 2016 Collector’s Pin to alumni participants. Stay for Class Day festivities, including the keynote address by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet CC’78. See a list of Class Day speakers from 2002-2015.

We look forward to hearing from you and remain, as always, grateful for your continued support of the College.

Schedule of Events

8:30 a.m.
Alumni Celebration Breakfast
John Jay Dining Hall

9:15 a.m.
Presentation of Class Day Pins

9:30 a.m.
Alumni Parade of Classes Procession
South Lawn

Prior to the procession, alumni will line up in Van Am Quad. The procession will start at 9:30 a.m. and will conclude around 10:00 a.m. At that time, participants may leave or may move into Parade of Classes seating for the remainder of the Class Day festivities.

10:00 a.m. (time is approximate)
Keynote address
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet CC’78