Summary of the Ceremony
Length of ceremony
Approximately one-and-a-half hours in length.
Procession
The academic procession will start promptly at 2 p.m.
Members of the graduating class will process into Clowes Memorial
Hall and be seated upon reaching the reserved area. Everyone
will stand for the national anthem. Men will remove their
caps for the national anthem and put them back on immediately
after.
Order of the Degree Conferral
- Master's Degrees
- Doctoral Degrees
- Associate Degrees
- Bachelors Degrees in liberal arts and sciences, education,
business administration, pharmacy and health sciences, fine
arts and communication.
Ceremony Procedure
Graduates will be asked to stand and be presented to the
president of the University for the conferral of their
degrees. At this point, it is appropriate for graduating
students receiving their first degree to change their tassel from
the right side to the left of the caps. Candidates will be
ushered to the stage where the president will present the degrees
while the deans read the names and, where appropriate, Latin and/or
departmental honors. Graduates walk across the stage, receive
their diplomas and return to their seats in the reserved
area. Graduates receiving masters and doctoral degrees will
be hooded on stage as they receive their diploma.