Diplomas will not be released without identification of the recipient. If someone else other than yourself is picking up your diploma for you, you must give him or her a signed authorization indicating that you are giving permission to have your diploma picked up. Without the authorization, diplomas will not be released. A bus will depart from campus at 8 a.m. from in front of the Recreation Center for the Meadowlands. The bus will return to campus immediately following the ceremony, leaving the Meadowlands at approximately 1 p.m.
Students walk into the arena in groups by degree.
If you would like to sit with your friends, walk in back or in front of them. Do not walk beside them, as the lines will split. Graduating resident students must check out of their rooms by 10 p.m. on Monday, May 7.