Instructions for Faculty & Staff
Masters & Doctoral Commencement Ceremonies
May 2016
Masters Ceremony –
Masters Ceremony
Saturday, May 7, 2016
1:30-3:00pm
Gampel Pavilion
Are you interested in attending the Masters Ceremony and participating in the Faculty/Staff Processional? If so, please RSVP to your respective Dean’s Office by Monday, May 2, 2016 so that we have an accurate count of those who plan to participate.
You will need regalia to participate. If you do not have your own, please visit the Co-op’s website to rent regalia.
All faculty and staff participating in the processional will assemble in the lower level of Gampel Pavilion. Please plan to arrive to the designated location in Gampel at 12:45pm and arrive with your regalia already on. There is no secure location in Gampel to store any personal belongings (bags, purses, etc.) so please do not bring them with you.
Please enter through the Wolff-Zackin Natatorium lobby (near the Husky dog sculpture) and descend the stairs to your left. At the bottom of the stairs, you will gather to the RIGHT. The first person to arrive will start the first line immediately to the right of the bottom of the stairs (facing the stairs). The second person to arrive will be the first person in the second line (on the other side of the same hallway - still keeping to the right of the stairs you descended). Subsequent arrivals will line-up behind these faculty members. Please remember to form two lines. The two lines of the Faculty processional will join right up with the tail end of the Student processional lines and make their way onto the floor of Gampel.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Faculty/Staff seating section will NOT recess. Once the Platform Party has recessed, you are free to leave your seat and make your way out of Gampel Pavilion.
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Doctoral Ceremony—
Doctoral Ceremony
Sunday, May 8, 2016
3:00-4:30pm
Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
For the 2016 Doctoral ceremony, we are asking that only faculty who will be hooding a Doctoral candidate attend. We want to be mindful of the limited seating in Jorgensen so that our candidates may each bring six (6) guests, if desired. This request may change in future years.
If you will be hooding your Doctoral candidate and wish to stay for the ceremony, please RSVP to Lisa Pane (lisa.pane@uconn.edu) by Monday, May 2, 2016. It is important that you RSVP on time so that we can have an accurate count of those who plan to attend.
You will need regalia to participate. If you do not own it, please visit the Co-op’s website to rent regalia.
There is no secure location in Jorgensen to store any personal belongings (bags, purses, etc.) so please do not bring them with you.
All hooding of Doctoral candidates will be done before the ceremony begins. There will be two opportunities for you to hood your candidate:
- Doctoral Ceremony Reception
12:00pm
Alumni House
There will be one photography station set-up for you to take a photograph with your candidate after hooding. - Pre-Ceremony
1:15-2:30pm
Jorgensen – Lower Level
There will be two photography stations in the Jorgensen Gallery and one photography station outside of the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theater.
All Doctoral candidates and faculty members need to enter Jorgensen via the rear entrance (from Jorgensen Road). Please do not use the main entry to Jorgensen (from Hillside Road).
If you plan to hood your candidate in the lower level of Jorgensen (and have a photograph taken), please meet up with your candidate before entering Jorgensen. If the weather is nice, you may wish to meet up with them directly outside of the back entrance of Jorgensen. Otherwise, a pre-determined meeting space outside of Jorgensen will work (ex. SU Marketplace, outside of Gentry, etc.). Once inside the building, please immediately proceed to a photography station. You should plan to meet-up and have a photograph taken with your candidate by 2:15pm.
After your photograph is complete, all Doctoral candidates will proceed to the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theater (the “little theater”) in the lower level of Jorgensen to line-up for the candidate processional.
All faculty members will proceed to the lower lobby in Jorgensen (outside of the Jorgensen Gallery) to line-up for the faculty processional. Once the candidate processional finishes walking through the lower lobby, the two lines of the faculty processional will join right up with the tail of the candidate processional.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, the Faculty/Staff seating section will NOT recess. Once the Platform Party has recessed, you are free to leave your seat and make your way out of Jorgensen.
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These instructions can also be found on the Commencement website: http://commencement.uconn.edu/may/fac_prep.html
For more information, contact: Commencement Office at commencementoffice@uconn.edu