Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.
Hill Auditorium
Faculty Participation
We encourage Marsal School faculty members to attend graduation. It is a joyous culmination of our students' educational experience here, and it means a great deal for students to see their faculty at graduation.
Please go to the form below to request to join the faculty platform party.
Additional Information for Faculty
- Doctoral Hooding
Faculty attendance and participation is vitally important to our commencement ceremony. We ask that faculty who are dissertation advisors for graduating doctoral candidates participate in the hooding of their candidates. Our on-stage doctoral hooding is an exciting tradition and a beautiful part of commencement.
- Non-Essential Items
We ask that faculty members do not bring valuables to the event. Faculty members may leave coats and small incidentals in the robing area during the ceremony, but should be aware that this room is not locked. Non-essential items cannot be taken onto the stage, so please do not bring them to the ceremony.
- Reception
All faculty members and community guests are invited to attend the Marsal Family School of Education reception immediately following the ceremony under the tent on Ingalls Mall.
- Photographer
Our event photographer will roam briefly through the faculty robing room during robing. We encourage faculty to speak with the photographer if there are special photos they'd like to take with other faculty, the dean, or the speaker.
Faculty Timeline
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 4:45 p.m. | All non-hooding faculty members arrive (enter from EAST entrance off Ingalls Mall), proceed to Mezzanine (2nd) level robing room, and put on academic attire. After checking in, faculty members are directed to their assigned seat by a staff member. Faculty members who requested rented regalia will find their attire hanging in the robing area labeled with their name. Chairs will be set up in the robing area to mimic the set up on stage. All platform party members will have names on their chairs for proper seating. |
| 5:20 p.m. | Faculty members begin lining up to process to the stage. |
| 5:30 p.m. | Graduation begins promptly with the procession of faculty. |
| 7:00 p.m. | Ceremony ends and reception on Ingalls Mall (adjacent to Hill Auditorium) begins. The ceremony is expected to last about an hour and a half. Most guests typically leave the outdoor reception after an hour. After the recessional, all faculty wearing rented regalia, return to the Mezzanine to drop off their rentals. |