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Prestare Society Breakfast

The Perstare Society is an honorary association celebrating all NYU alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago.   All alumni reaching their milestone 50th Anniversary year are automatically inducted into the Society.  These alumni are the living memory of NYU's great history. They are honored treasures and are an inspiration for the future.
As one of NYU’s most enduring and memorable traditions, the Perstare Society Breakfast is held each year prior to the all-university Commencement ceremony for these alumni and their guests.  After gathering for breakfast, alumni proudly join graduating students in the Commencement procession.

Because of on-going renovations in Washington Square Park, this year’s Commencement will be held at Yankee Stadium.  Unfortunately, the traditional Perstare Society Pre-Commencement Breakfast cannot take place at the stadium and stadium regulations will not allow a Commencement procession because it would damage the playing field.  In its place, the NYU Alumni Association will hold the Perstare Society Breakfast on Saturday, May 17, 2008 as part of the NYU Alumni Day celebration.  Please contact Melissa Davison at (212) 998-6950 or melissa.davison@nyu.edu for more information.

NYU's 176TH COMMENCEMENT WILL BE HELD ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2008.

On Wednesday, May 14th, the NYU community will join together to celebrate the achievements of the Class of 2008 in historic Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. The Stadium has been home to the 26-time World Series Champion New York Yankees since 1923.
With banners flying and wearing their purple caps and gowns, the Class of 2008 will make history as it enters Yankee Stadium for New York University's 176th Commencement Exercises.
The ceremony includes a presidential address, an undergraduate and a graduate student speaker, the awarding of honorary degrees to a number of distinguished individuals, and the conferring of degrees and certificates. The program concludes with the ceremonial passing of the University torch.
Alumni interested in attending the Commencement ceremony should contact Melissa Davison at (212) 998-6950 or melissa.davison@nyu.edu for more information and tickets.  Tickets are required to enter the Stadium. 

Alumni are strongly urged to use public transportation as the easiest way to get to Yankee Stadium.  Take NYC subway lines B, D, or 4 to 161st and River Avenue.  Parking is extremely limited as a result of street and parking lot closures due to construction of the new stadium.