Each graduating student will receive up to four (4) tickets for Commencement. Tickets will be distributed prior to graduation as follows:
Thursday, May 10: 8:00 - noon at the Student Life Office
Thursday, May 10: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Student Life Office
Friday, May 11: 11:00 - 1:00 p.m. at Alliot Lobby
Friday, May 11: 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the Public Safety Office
Sunday, May 13: 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. at Tarrant Lobby
Monday, May 14: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m., Alliot Lobby
Master candidates can pick up tickets from their program administrative assistant.
Honor tassels for summa cum laude, magna cum laude & cum laude graduates will be available for pickup at the same times also.
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BACCALAUREATE
Sunday, May 13, 2012
The Baccalaureate consists of two ceremonies: a 60 minute mass and a 50 minute honors ceremony. Families are encouraged to attend. No tickets are required. Additional seating will be available in McCarthy Arts Center where the Mass will be broadcast live.
2:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Mass, The Sixth of Easter
Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel,
Main Celebrant & Homilist:
Most Rev. Salvatore Matano, Bishop of Burlington
3:30 p.m. Students report to: See below
3:50 p.m. Procession
4:00 p.m. Baccalaureate Honors Ceremony, Ross Sports Center
Presiding: Dr. John Neuhauser, President
The following groups will assemble at 3:30 p.m. as indicated for the academic procession (rain or shine):
Order of Procession:
At Baccalaureate, remove caps when the priest begins Mass. Remain uncovered until the end of Mass and the beginning of the recessional. Rise by rows when going up to receive Communion.
VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIR'S RECEPTION
Immediately following the Honors Ceremony, the VPAA's Reception will begin in the Tarrant Recreational Center.
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COMMENCEMENT
Monday, May 14, 2012
9:00 a.m. Senior class picture w/cap & gown
(Front of Library, rain or shine)
9:15 a.m. Robing - (Masters Candidates - 9:00 a.m.)
(see below)
9:50 a.m. Procession
10:00 a.m. Commencement, Ross Sports Center,
Speaker: Tom Freston '67, MTV Creator/Media Pioneer
Immediately following Commencement there will be a reception on the lawn in front of the Library (weather permitting)
Commencement will take place in the Ross Sports Center. Tickets are required. Live broadcasts can be seen in McCarthy (no tickets required). Please plan to be at the Alliot Student Center no later than 9:15.m. (For Honored Guests - St. Edmund's Room 113 by 9:15 a.m.) to robe and form the academic procession. The following locations will be used for assembling (rain or shine):
Seniors will be placed alphabetically by the Student Life Staff. Masters Candidates will be placed by degree by Denise Groll. Faculty/Staff will be lined up by the Faculty Marshall, Prof. John Hughes.
Order of Procession:
For standing or sitting, covering head or removing cap, simply follow the example of the marshall and/or your class president.
On first taking places, remain standing for the National Anthem and Invocation. Rise by rows when going up to receive degree. Receive degree from President and then shake his hand. After official conferral of degree, switch tassel from right to left. At the end of the ceremony, follow marshall and stage group in recessional. Recessional will continue to the reception area on the lawn in front of the Library.