Master’s Degree
Friday, June 13, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
Convocation Center
Tickets are not necessary for this ceremony.
Candidates must assemble in the Convocation Center garage area no later than 8:45 a.m.
Signs will be placed throughout the garage area indicating each college location. Candidates will form a single line behind the appropriate sign. Candidates will receive a name card in the garage area which they must keep with them until they are called to the platform for recognition.
The Provost will introduce all master’s degree candidates for conferral by the President of the University. Each Dean will then request the candidates for master’s degrees by college to proceed to the platform under the direction of the marshals. Candidates will then hand their name card to the READER as they approach the platform. Candidates will proceed immediately up the steps where upon they will be greeted by their Dean and the President of the University. Candidates then proceed down the adjacent ramp where upon they will be handed a Commencement folder as they return to their seat.
Doctoral Degree
Friday, June 13, 2008, 9:30 a.m.
Convocation Center
Tickets are not necessary for this ceremony.
Candidates must assemble in the Convocation Center garage area no later than 8:45 a.m.
Signs will be placed in the garage area indicating college locations. Candidates will form a single line behind the appropriate sign. Once candidates have been led to the arena, they will be introduced for conferral by the Provost. As candidates’ degrees are conferred by the President of the University, they will be led by a marshal together with their faculty escort (if they have one) to the platform area. Candidates will then hand their name card to the READER as they approach the platform. As soon as candidates’ names are announced, the candidates and their mentors will proceed up the ramp to be greeted by the academic Dean, hooded by the their mentor and the Provost. Candidates and mentors then proceed across the stage to be congratulated by the President of the University then down the opposite ramp to receive their Commencement folder and return to their seats.
Regional Campus Students
Ceremony Information
Chillicothe Campus: Recognition of Graduates Ceremony
Friday, June 13th at 7:30 p.m. at the Shoemaker Center
Eastern Campus: Honors Convocation
Friday, June 6th at 7:00 p.m. at the Health and Physical Education Center
Lancaster Campus: Honors Convocation
Friday, June 13th at 7:00 p.m. at the Gymnasium
Southern Campus: Graduate Recognition Ceremony
Friday, June 13th at 7:00 p.m. at Shafer Courtyard
Zanesville Campus: Recognition Night
Friday, June 13th at 7:00 p.m. at Littick Gymnasium
For additional information, please contact your campus representative.
