Time, Location + Order of Processional

<img alt="Commencement" class="imageContainer" height="200" src="Images/Events/Commencement/Cncmt_Under_Ungrd-PM-JH-091.jpg" style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;" width="300" />College of Arts and Sciences and School of Business On Sunday, May 19, all College of Arts and Sciences and School of Business candidates for undergraduate degrees should report to the following locations dressed in caps and gowns by 9 a.m. (otherwise participation in the ceremony is not guaranteed.) College of Arts and Sciences: Buckman Center School of Business: Library Lobby, School of Law Center School of Communications, School of Health Sciences, School of Nursing On Sunday, May 19, all School of Communications, School of Health Sciences and School of Nursing candidates for undergraduate degrees should report to the following locations dressed in caps and gowns by 2 p.m. (otherwise participation in the ceremony is not guaranteed.) School of Communications: Buckman Center School of Health Sciences: Library Lobby, School of Law Center School of Nursing: Tator Hall, second floor Students will line up alphabetically in accordance with the numbered card they receive when they check in. Ceremony Protocol: Graduates will stand and remain quiet as the faculty, staff and platform participants march to their seats. During the invocation, all should stand. After the invocation, all are seated, following the example of those on the platform. Except for the time when graduates receive their degree, they are expected to remain seated during the ceremony. Each group of graduates will be called in order; the marshal will direct the groups to the platform area at the correct time. Each graduate will have received a card with his or her name on it. As graduates approach the platform, they will present this card to the dean, who will then read the student's name. After receiving the diploma cover and shaking the President’s hand, graduates will cross the stage and return to their seat. Once the entire group has returned to their seats, the president will announce the conferral of degrees (“By the power vested in me by the Board of Trustees, I hereby confer upon you the degree of…”) After he has finished speaking, students will move the tassel to the left of side of the cap. When the ceremonies are over, the audience will rise for the benediction. Men should remove their caps and replace them when the benediction is finished. All graduates will remain standing while the Commencement participants exit. The platform party will leave first, followed by the faculty and staff, followed by the graduates. Students may keep the academic robe, cap, hood, and tassel. They are not to be returned to the bookstore. In the event of severe weather, ceremonies will take place at the TD Bank Sports Center. Please see the "In Case of Severe Weather" section for details.