Class Day, a Yale College tradition, takes place on Old Campus on Sunday at 2:00 p.m. It includes the awarding of academic, artistic, and athletic prizes; the celebration of undergraduates; and an address by a notable speaker. Seniors wear academic gowns and headgear of choice and process from Cross Campus to Old Campus. The celebrated author Chimamanda Adichie is the 2019 Class Day speaker. Ms. Adichie is a winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, Orange Prize for Fiction, and National Book Critics Circle Award.