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Preparing for Commencement

Important Dates

Friday, March 21 2008
Grad plans must be on file in the Records Office by 4:30 p.m. to be included in the printed program.


Tuesday, April 1 2008
Student names that will appear in the Commencement Program will be on the listed online. Please take a moment to verify your degree information.
Wednesday, May 7 2008 at 3:30pm - Commencement Rehearsal
Meet promptly in Hagg-Sauer 100 (Auditorium). This will be a 60 minute meeting. Students not currently enrolled in regular daytime classes are not required to attend Orientation. Student name cards, to be presented to the readers at commencement, will be distributed at this time.

 

NOTE: Barbeque - All students attending the Commencement Orientation are invited to a barbeque hosted by the Alumni Association and Foundation immediately following the Orientation meeting. The barbeque will be held at the David Park House across from the Library.

 


Monday-Friday, May 8-16 2008
Name cards will be available from the Records Office (101 Deputy Hall) M-F 8:00 - 3:00, until noon on the 16th. This card is to be brought with you to commencement. If you are not on campus, it will be available Friday, May 16, in Memorial at 1:00 P

 


Friday, May 16 2008

No Tickets are needed for family or friends to attend. Seating is treated as a first come - first serve basis.

 The commencement activities will begin with a faculty/student COMMENCEMENT WALK. Students are to assemble in the Memorial Hall at 1:00 P.M.  and faculty will meet in Bangsberg at 1:15 P.M.  Faculty will begin the COMMENCEMENT WALK at 1:25 P.M. from Bangsberg Hall and students will join them leaving from Memorial Hall to the southwest entrance of the John Glas Field house. At the conclusion of the COMMENCEMENT WALK faculty and students will immediately begin the formal processional from the southwest entrance of the field house.In the event of inclement weather, the above activities will be revised as follows: Students will assemble at 1:15 P.M. in the walking track of the John Glass Field House (REC Center). Faculty will assemble in the hallway in the John Glass Field House at 1:30 P.M. The COMMENCEMENT WALK will be omitted and the formal processional will begin promptly at 2:00 P.M.