Top Five: Commencement Stats

Summer 2017

A lot of work goes into ensuring that Rice’s 1,923 seniors and graduate students get their diplomas this weekend. We talked with Hannes Hofer, facilities project manager with Rice’s Department of Facilities, Engineering and Planning, for the numbers.

8,000

chairs placed in the academic quad

1,400

hours of labor invested by FE&P personnel

40

two-way radios for commencement marshals

18

days to build the platform in the quad

5,434

people who can fit in Tudor Fieldhouse (the rain location)

— Taegan Howells