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Bring to the Ceremony
- Cap, tassel, yoke and gown
- Do not lose your tassel in the parking lot
- Graduate hood (if applicable)
- Name card
- Available at the amphitheater if you did not attend rehearsal
- Undergraduate honor cord (if applicable)
- Available at the amphitheater if you did not attend rehearsal
Arrival
- Arrive at noon at the Sunlight Supply Amphitheater
- If you did not attend rehearsal, pick up your name card and honor cord (if applicable)
- Do not bring valuables to, or leave them in, the gathering areas
- Master degree candidates review instructions on how to wear your hood
- Follow instructions to the gathering areas and line up by degree
- Family and friends are not allowed in the gathering areas
- The first person in each degree group will carry the degree card
- The procession will begin moving promptly at 12:45 p.m.
Diploma March
- Follow directions of the marshals (in crimson gowns)
- Doctoral degrees go first followed by Master’s then Bachelor’s degrees
- Doctoral candidates review the hooding video before Commencement
Once you are in line to receive your diploma
- A photo will be taken before you reach the ramp to the stage
- Process up the ramp, stop at the marshal who will scan your name card, proceed to the first podium and hand your name card to the reader
- Doctoral degree candidates will proceed to the hooding box to be hooded
- Walk to the Chancellor to receive your diploma cover, then proceed to the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and down the line
- Proceed down the ramp
- A photo with your diploma cover will be taken as you leave the stage. Marshals will assist you in returning to your seat.
- Return to your seat
Conclusion
- You will be cued to stand for the recessional
- The individuals seated on the stage exit first
- Marshals will release you row by row
- Please keep moving until you have exited the building
Return your regalia
- Return hood (if applicable), gown and yoke to Herff Jones by May 13, 2022. Keep your cap and tassel.
