The academic calendar has to be planned accordingly and the candidates for various awards need to be notified in advance. Graduation is also not a one-man show. Almost all the different departments on campus have a role in the ceremony. During the year different departments meet every three weeks to report about their progress. Campus Public Safety, Physical Plant, Records, Communications, Music, Speech and members of the faculty are just a few that help with the preparations for graduation.
Graduation is a campus-wide effort and concerns everyone's effort.
This year the ceremony will take place Sunday on the Mall. The rain location is Ban Johnson Field House. President Larry Wilson has a lucky streak. The weather has been beautiful every graduation since he's been here. This is Norris's first graduation ceremony here at Marietta College.