For Faculty

To make sure we have a strong faculty-at-large representation from all academic units, this semester we will be asking faculty to register in advance. Any faculty attending the ceremony can register here.

Ideally, each graduate program should have a faculty member in attendance. These representatives, known as Faculty-At-Large or Robed Faculty, wear the traditional academic regalia and march in the processional and recessional. They must be faculty members who are not escorting doctoral candidates. Thank you for helping to make this commencement a memorable experience for everyone involved.

More information for summer commencement will be coming soon.

A doctoral candidate must be escorted by a member of the graduate faculty.

If you advise a doctoral candidate who is scheduled to receive their degree, you should ask the candidate if they will be attending the ceremony. If attending, you will need academic regalia representative of your highest earned degree. If you are unable to attend, please make arrangements for another member of the committee to take your place.

More information for summer commencement will be displayed at a later date.

Information and deadlines on ordering regalia for the summer commencement will come at a later date.

Bryce Jordan Center Commencement Parking Interactive Map

General parking will be available in Stadium West and Jordan East. Guests should enter Gates A, B, or C. Degree candidates should enter Gate B, Portal 15. There is no fee for parking.

ADA Parking: Parking for guests with disabilities is available. Parking attendants will be on duty to guide guests to the appropriate areas. The driver may drop the passenger off at the Founders Lounge entrance and then park the vehicle. A valid, state-issued ADA placard or license plate is required for ADA parking, and there is no fee for parking. For an ADA access map of campus, visit the ADA Access Interactive Map. Parking in these lots is available on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Hooding Process

View this video to be ready to hood your candidate when it’s time during the ceremony:

Walking Across Stage with Candidates

Faculty escorts will walk across the stage and get a photo with their candidate.

If you are escorting one candidate:

1. Walk side-by-side with your candidate to the middle of the stage, then turn to the front of the stage to pose for a photo.
2. Faculty escorts will walk across the remainder of the stage first and exit the stage.
3. The candidate will then get their individual photo taken and proceed walk across the remainder of the stage.

If you are escorting multiple candidates:

1. Walk side-by-side with your first candidate to the middle of the stage, then turn to the front of the stage to pose for a photo.
2. Faculty escorts will walk back to the nomenclator stand to meet their second candidate, while the first candidate gets their individual photo and proceeds to walk across the stage.
3. Walk side-by-side with your second candidate, then turn to the front of the stage to pose with them for a photo.
4. Faculty escorts will walk across the remainder of the stage before the second candidate and exit the stage.
5. The second candidate will then get their individual photo taken and proceed walk across the remainder of the stage.

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