Graduates will not be limited as to the number of guests they may invite to the ceremony, and tickets will not be required. Guests will not be allowed on the floor of the arena during the ceremony.
Graduates line up and receive final instructions.
The academic procession begins. Graduates will follow ushers' directions and remain standing until Provost Craig asks them to be seated. After the speeches and awards, graduates will be asked to stand by major, proceed to the stage, hand their cards to the reader, and move across the stage to receive their certificates and congratulations, and return to their seats. The ceremony concludes with the recessional. Graduates of Fall '98, Winter '99, Spring '99, Summer '99, Fall '99, and Winter 2000 will all be eligible to walk in the ceremony, but must submit their Intent to Participate form to the Dean's Office by May 7, 1999.