• The graduate candidates as well as hooding professors will assembly in the Women’s Basketball Gym. Graduate candidates should refer to the Graduate School web site for additional information.
• The undergraduate candidates will assemble in the Men’s Basketball Gym.

• Summa Cum Laude: red, silver, and black tassel
• Magna Cum Laude: red and silver tassel
• Cum Laude: red and black tassel

Parking:
Parking is available in several on-campus lots within convenient walking distance of Stegeman Coliseum. To avoid heavy traffic congestion before and after the ceremony, you may wish to park in the South Deck, the College of Veterinary Medicine Parking Lot or the Driftmier Engineering Center Parking Lot. There is no charge for parking on Commencement Day.

Please do not park on sidewalks, landscaped areas, or on streets so as to block lanes of traffic. Improperly parked vehicles may be towed.

First Aid:
First aid care is available for candidates and visitors at the first aid station located between Tunnel 1 and Tunnel 2 in Stegeman Coliseum. This care is provided by staff of the University Health Center. Local ambulance services provide emergency care if required.

Commencement Programs:
Two versions of the commencement program are printed. The longer version includes the names of all candidates. Two copies of this program will be placed in the seats for each of the candidates. Visitors will receive an abbreviated program containing information about the ceremony. Extra copies of the longer version are normally available after the ceremony. Please do not disrupt the ceremony by taking copies of the longer version from unoccupied seats during the ceremony.

The Academic Procession:
Assembly for the academic procession will begin at 8:30 am. Please be prompt.

Children will not be allowed to accompany a graduation candidate in the procession. Please arrange for children to be accompanied by a responsible adult to sit with them in the visitors’ seating. Cell phones must be turned off during the ceremony.
Anticipated seating locations in Stegeman may be found here.

Recognition of Candidates:
As their names are called during the ceremony, candidates for doctorates, specialists and master’s degrees will move from their seats and walk across the stage. Doctoral candidates will be hooded on the stage. Undergraduates will rise as a group when their degree is conferred.

Conclusion of Ceremony:
Following the singing of the Alma Mater at the conclusion of the graduation ceremony, the platform party and the faculty will retire. There will be no formal recessional.

Diplomas:
Once final grades for all summer classes are received, each individual school, college and the Graduate School reviews the records of each candidate for graduation to verify that all requirements have been met. The Office of the Registrar is notified when this process is complete and authorizes the printing of the diplomas. Diplomas are mailed to graduates at their permanent or diploma addresses within four to six weeks. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that the Office of the Registrar has the correct mailing address.

The information printed on baccalaureate diplomas is summarized below:

• Undergraduates with one major:
  o Your degree, major, University honors, and graduation date will be reflected on the diploma.
• Undergraduates with multiple majors:
  o If you complete the requirements for multiple majors, with the same degree, simultaneously, you will receive one diploma reflecting the degree, multiple majors, University honors, and graduation date.
  o If you complete the requirements for multiple majors with different degrees, simultaneously, you will receive two diplomas. Each diploma will reflect the respective degree, major, University honors, and graduation date.
  o If you complete the requirements for multiple majors during different semesters, you will receive a diploma for each. The individual diplomas will reflect the degree, major, University honors, and the graduation date corresponding to the major.