Academic Ceremonies

Major College ceremonies, events and named activities are capitalized.

• Commencement (do not refer to the June ceremony as graduation)
• Convocation (held in September to open the academic year)
• Founders Day (note punctuation, held in February)
• ReUnion ’11
• Parent and Family Weekend
• Springfest

But the same words are lowercase when they refer not to one specific event but to such events as general occurrences:

• Successful reunions depend on alumni loyalty.
• Old-fashioned homecomings are popular.