Friday, May 4. Honor cords and tassels are to be kept by the graduates. Graduating students who use wheelchairs are requested to contact the Office of the Registrar prior to May 4 so proper arrangements can be made for them to sit with their college on the main floor. Guests of graduating students who use wheelchairs are requested to enter the arena through GATE F where accommodations have been made. Ushers are available for persons needing assistance.
Women wear academic caps throughout the entire ceremony.
Men remove academic caps at the singing of the National Anthem and replace them when the dean of your college rises to present the class. Academic caps must be worn for conferring of degrees. After the deans have presented their graduating class and President Angel has conferred the degrees on all of the graduates, men remove their caps upon being seated and leave them off until the ceremony is over. After the singing of the Alma Mater, graduates are to be seated and remain seated until the faculty has recessed. When the band stops playing, the ceremony is over.