Webcast
Webcast of Northwestern's 154th Commencement
Family members and friends who are unable to attend Commencement may view the ceremony live over the Internet. Webcast coverage of the proceedings from Ryan Field will begin at 10 a.m. CDT and the ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. CDT on Friday, June 15th, 2012.
We expect Paul Farmer's keynote address to occur close to 11 a.m. CDT. The streams will be available at 10:00AM:
Primary Stream:
http://www.northwestern.edu/commencement/media/html/indexm.html
Backup Stream:
http://www.northwestern.edu/commencement/media/html/indexb.html
High Definition Stream:
http://www.northwestern.edu/commencement/media/html/indexHD.html
The requirements to view the live webcast of the 2012 Commencement ceremony are below:
Operating Systems supported
- Windows XP, Vista, 7
- Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard
Web Browser
- Firefox 3.x or newer
- Safari 4.x or newer
- Chrome 10.x or newer
- Internet Explorer 7.x or newer
- Flash Player 10
- Instructions to update or installing on Mac or Windows (http://www.it.northwestern.edu/webcasting/flash/flashplayer.html)
- Instructions for testing Flash (http://www.it.northwestern.edu/webcasting/flash/test.html)
High speed internet connection
- at least 1Mbps for the SD, 2Mbps recommended
- at least 4Mbps for the HD, higher is recommended
Please switch to the SD stream if your HD stream pauses during viewing
If you are unable to view the live webcast, please try other browsers, check your internet connection, make sure your Flash is updated, and possibly even try to reboot your computer. It is strongly suggested to test your computer in advance using the Flash test page above.