• Prelude
    • Carleton Commencement Band, conducted by Lynn Deichert, senior lecturer in trumpet
  • Processional
    • Fanfare for Brass by Mel Broiles
    • Pomp and Circumstance March no. 1 by Edward Elgar
    • Carleton Commencement Band, conducted by Lynn Deichert, senior lecturer in trumpet
  • Academic Procession
    • College Marshal
      • Will Hollingsworth, professor of chemistry
    • Marshals to the Class of 2024
      • Sindy Fleming, associate dean of students
      • Trey Williams, associate dean of students
  • Salutatory
    • Schuyler Vogel ’07, college chaplain
  • Welcoming Remarks
    • Alison Byerly, president
  • Graduation Reflections
    • “Building Blocks of Life”, Mary Blanchard ’24
    • “Failure as the Stepping Stone for Success”, Amira Adeyemi Aladetan ’24
  • Honorary Degree 
    • Kao Kalia Yang ’03, Celebrated Hmong writer
  • Commencement Address
    • “The Garden of Humanity”, Kao Kalia Yang ’03
  • Presentation of Candidates for the Degree of Bachelor of Arts
    • Michelle Mattson, professor of German and provost and vice president for academic affairs
  • Conferring of Degrees and Awarding of the Diplomas
    • Alison Byerly, president
  • Valedictory
    • Schuyler Vogel ’07, college chaplain
  • The Alma Mater 
    • “Carleton, Our Alma Mater”
    • Air “Officer of the Day” by R. B. Hall
    • please stand if you are able
  • Recessional 
    • March in D by Ludwig Van Beethoven Carleton Commencement Band, Conducted by Lynn Deichert, senior lecturer in trumpet