Upon arrival, candidates will be asked to demonstrate that they do not possess anything that violates the Assembly Hall House Rules . Doctoral candidates attend the same ceremony as the college that administers their field of study. For example, a student receiving a Ph.D. in computer science would attend the afternoon campuswide ceremony along with other engineering students. All doctoral degree recipients assemble as a group in the Assembly Hall tunnel off of Fourth Street and line up in the order assigned by Graduate College staff members.
Doctoral candidates proceed into the arena after the platform party.
The dean of the Graduate College asks the doctoral candidates to rise and presents the candidates to the president, who confers the degrees. Candidates should carry their hoods over their left arm while approaching the platform. A member of the platform party or the hooder designated by the candidate then takes the hood from the candidate for the formal hooding. After being hooded, each graduate should return to his or her seat and remain standing until all doctoral graduates have returned to their seats. Seating and Conferring of Master's Degrees and Advanced Certificates Candidates for master's degrees and advanced certificates attend the same ceremony as the college that administers their discipline.