D. and Ph.D. graduates. All participants are expected to dress properly in honor of the occasion and to exhibit mature behavior during the Commencement activities. Alcoholic Beverages are prohibited. All participants are requested to remain in the seating area until the ceremonies are completed. The graduates follow the faculty and recess in the same manner.
Guests enter through the upper concourse.
Ushers will escort special guests to the reserved seating area. Parking is available in the parking garage and north of the Lawlor Events Center. Public parking areas are designated for use by the faculty, graduates, families and their friends. As a service to students and their parents, a professional photographer will take a color photograph of each graduate as a scroll is received from the President. Order forms will be available prior to, during, and after the ceremony.