Commencement - May 2008
Commencement Day
Arrival Time for Candidates
Doctoral candidates should report to the Assembly Hall tunnel off Fourth Street by 9:30 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. for their respective ceremonies. Please do not bring anything with you into the Assembly Hall. You are not allowed to carry anything in the procession and there's no secure place to leave it in the tunnel.
Seating and Conferring of Doctoral Degrees
Doctoral candidates will receive a registration confirmation from the Graduate College after registering for the campuswide ceremony on the Web. The registration confirmation will also indicate which campuswide ceremony the candidate is to attend. All Doctoral degree recipients assemble as a group in the Assembly Hall tunnel off Fourth Street and line up in the order assigned by Graduate College staff. Doctoral candidates proceed into the arena following the platform party and are seated on the floor. The dean of the Graduate College asks the Doctoral candidates to rise and presents the candidates to the President, who confers the degrees. Doctoral candidates then proceed across the stage to be presented individually to the President and Chancellor; candidates must arrive on the stage in the proper order. Candidates should carry their hood over their left arm while approaching the platform. A member of the platform party or the hooder designated by the candidate then takes the hood from the candidate for the formal hooding. After being hooded, each graduate should return to his or her seat and remain standing until all Doctoral graduates have returned to their seats.
