Degree Conferral
Students will stand when their respective college or school is announced.
The mortarboard tassel should be to the right.
- Doctoral candidates must carry their hood over their right arm and be sure that it is completely unfastened so that it can be placed over their head when on stage.
Students will proceed to the stage area as directed by Commencement staff one row at a time and present their name card to the reader, who will announce their name as printed on the card.
- Doctoral candidates will be assisted by Commencement staff in handing their hood to their Dissertation Chair, who will place it over their head as they face the audience.
Students will then walk across the stage to the President of the University and the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, shake their hands, and receive their diploma cover.
They will return to their seats as directed and remain seated until the ceremony is finished.
Students will recess from Sunken Garden following the faculty, exiting row by row as directed by Commencement staff.