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General Faculty Information

Spring 2008 Commencement, Saturday, May 3rd at 2:00 p.m., Mitchell Center

Participation in Commencement
All full-time faculty members are expected to be present in academic regalia at commencement.

Robing
Please arrive at the Mitchell Center, Room 1102 no later than 1:15 p.m. on the day
of commencement. Robing will take place in Room 1102. Light refreshments will be available.

Parking
Parking is located in the lot between the Electrical Engineering Building and the Gamma Residence Halls. You must have your faculty parking hangtag in order to park in this lot.

Ceremony
Faculty and administrative personnel will line up in double file in the Mitchell Center, Room 1101. Faculty Marshals led by Dr. S. L. Varghese and Dr. Teresa Weldy will oversee the line up process.

Precisely at 1:40, the marshals will lead the faculty to the designated seating in the concourse area near the stage. Faculty will be in place prior to the student processional. You will be directed to your seats by the faculty marshals. Please remain standing for the student and platform party processional, the Invocation, Presentation of Colors and the National Anthem.

As degrees are being conferred, you will be asked to stand when your college is introduced.

Faculty will recess at the end of the ceremony at the same time as the platform party is recessing on the floor.

Bookstore representatives will be available in rooms 1101 and 1102 for return of rented academic regalia.

Please note that valuables should not be brought to the Mitchell Center since the robing area is not secure.

Faculty Marshal Information

Spring 2008 Commencement

Date:	May 3, 2008
Arrival Time:	1:00 p.m. (Lead Faculty Marshals) 1:15 p.m. (Faculty Marshals)
Marshal Parking:	Faculty Court South
Robing Area:	Mitchell Center, Room 1102
Line-up Area:	Mitchell Center, Room 1101

Faculty Marshals:	Dr. S. L. Varghese (Lead)
	Dr. Teresa Weldy (Lead)
	Dr. Henrietta Brown
	Dr. Chad Cristina
	Mr. Frank Daugherty
	Dr. Dennis Fell
	Dr. Larry Gurchieck
	Dr. Justin Sanders
	Dr. Andrzej Wierzbicki
	Dr. Yan Zhou

Instructions
An instructional PowerPoint will be e-mailed to you approximately 3 weeks prior to the commencement ceremony. Please read carefully and contact the Registrar’s Office (461-1648) if you have any questions.

At the end of the ceremony, return your stoles to one of the lead marshals.

NOTE: If you cannot attend the ceremony, notify the Registrar’s Office
(461-1648) no later than noon on Thursday, May 1st.

Chief Marshal Information

Spring 2008 Commencement

Date:	May 3, 2008
Arrival Time:	1:30 p.m.
Parking:	Faculty Court South
Robing:	Mitchell Center, Room 1615
Mace:	Mitchell Center, Room 1613

Ceremony
• Obtain mace at 1:30 from Mitchell Center, Room 1613.

• Meet students at Northeast entrance of Mitchell Center Arena.

• Lead students into arena at precisely 2:00 p.m.

• Stand at bottom of center steps (stage right) until the platform party arrives.

• Follow platform party to stage, place mace in stand, and be seated.

• At the end of the ceremony, lead the platform party off the stage and down the center aisle exiting the arena out of the northwest portal.

• Return mace to Mitchell Center, Room 1613.

Student Marshal Information

Spring 2008 Commencement

Date:	May 3, 2008
Arrival Time:	12:45 p.m.
Location:	HPE Building, East Gym
Marshal Parking:	Faculty Court South

Student Marshals:	Dr. Victoria Rivizzigno (Lead)
	Dr. Roy Daigle (Lead)
	Mr. David Burns
	Dr. Paul Dagenais
	Dr. Michael Doran
	Dr. Miriam Fearn
	Dr. David Gray
	Dr. Robert Moore
	Dr. Julie Sanford
	Dr. Deborah Spake
	Dr. Philip Theodore
	Dr. Thomas Thomas
	Dr. Mary Townsley
	Dr. Cynthia Wilson

Instructions
An instructional PowerPoint will be e-mailed to you approximately 3 weeks prior to the commencement ceremony. Please read carefully and contact the Registrar’s Office (461-1648) if you have any questions.

NOTE: If you cannot attend the ceremony, notify the Registrar’s office
(461-1648) no later than noon on Thursday, May 1st.

Gonfalonier Information

Spring 2008 Commencement

Date:	May 3, 2008
Arrival Time:	1:30 p.m.
Location:	Mitchell Center, Room 1106
Parking:	Faculty Court South

Gonfaloniers:	Dr. Julio Turrens	University
	Dr. J. Allan Tucker	Medicine
	Dr. Jean Irion	Allied Health Professional Level
	Dr. Linda Roussel	Nursing Professional Level
	Ms. Genevieve Dardeau	Arts and Sciences
	Dr. Donald Mosley	Mitchell College of Business
	Dr. Robert Heitman	Education
	Dr. Joseph Olsen	Engineering
	Dr. Elliott Lauderdale	Continuing Education
	Dr. William Owen	Computer Science
	Mr. William Wojciechowski	Allied Health
	Mr. Joseph Farmer	Nursing
	Dr. Samuel Fisher	Graduate School

Ceremony
• Report to Mitchell Center, Room 1106 for distribution of gonfalons and line-up.

• Students will process to the Mitchell Center and arrive at the northeast door at approximately 1:50 p.m.

• As students process into the building, you are to merge into the lineup in front of the student carrying the sign for your college.

• NOTE: The order of entering the arena: Dr. Turrens with University Gonfalon; Lead Student Marshals (Dr. Rivizzigno and Dr. Daigle); students with College Gonfaloniers leading them.

• The following will line-up and enter the arena on the right side: Turrens, LeDoux, Irion, Roussel, Dardeau, Mosley, and Heitman.

• The following will line-up and enter the arena on the left side: Olsen, Lauderdale, Owen, Wojciechowski, Farmer, and Fisher.

• Please note that Allied Health and Nursing now follow Computer and Information Sciences.

• University gonfalonier will follow the Chief Marshal to the bottom of the center steps of the stage (stage left) and remain there until the platform party is on-stage. Then you will place the gonfalon in base by ramp platform and stand on stage side of gonfalon.

• All other gonfaloniers, after processing down the center aisle, exit the student seating area, place the gonfalon in the designated base along the side of the arena, and stand in place on the stage side of the gonfalon. There will be signs on the arena floor indicating where to stand.

• The following gonfaloniers will exit the student seating area to the right side: University, Medicine, Allied Health Professional Level, Nursing Professional Level, Arts and Sciences, Business, and Education.

• The following gonfaloniers will exit the student seating area to the left side: Engineering, Continuing Education, Computer Science, Allied Health, Nursing, and the Graduate School.

• Please note the change in the order for Allied Health and Nursing.

• You will remain in place for the platform party processional, the Invocation, Presentation of Colors and the National Anthem.

• When President Moulton directs everyone to be seated, you will be seated behind the student section on the arena floor.

• In the recessional, you will follow the platform party out of the arena and exit to the right out of the same door you entered. Note, the platform party will be exiting to the left.

• You will not recess with the gonfalons.

NOTE: If you cannot attend the ceremony, notify the Registrar’s Office (461-1648) no later than noon on Thursday, May 1st.

There will be a voluntary gonfalonier meeting on Friday, May 2nd at 10:30 a.m. in the Mitchell Center arena if you wish to practice.

Reader Information

Spring 2008 Commencement

Date:	May 3, 2008
Arrival Time:	12:45
Location:	HPE Building, West Gym
Parking:	Faculty Court South

Readers:	Dr. Isabel Brown	Graduates and Professional Level
	Mr. Robert Lowry	Undergraduates
	Dr. Margaret O'Brien	College of Medicine

Readers’ Table Instructions
Dr. Brown and Mr. Lowry will be at the Readers’ table located in the HPE Building, West Gym no later than 12:30 p.m. Students will be instructed to check with you regarding name pronunciation.

• Work with the students to clarify pronunciation of names, but do not change.

• If there is a discrepancy, send the student to the Registrar’s table located in the East Gym of the HPE Building.

• Use only the pen provided by the Registrar’s office to make any notations on the card.

Ceremony
• The readers process into the arena as a part of the platform party.

• After the undergraduate degrees are conferred by the President, the readers will proceed to the chairs behind the podium stage left.

• Dr. Covey and Dr. Franks will introduce the undergraduate colleges and their deans and the students will be directed to the stage.

• Dr. Covey will introduce Mr. Lowry.

• The student will hand the name card to the Registrar’s staff member.

• The Registrar’s staff member will hand the card to the reader.

• Mr. Lowry will read the name, applicable honors and any 4.0 GPA.

• After reading, place the name card in the basket to the right of the podium.

• Read quickly but carefully through the names. The pace will depend on whether the student has received honors, the pace the student is crossing the stage and any special needs of the student. The Registrar’s staff member will help you to control the pace. Remember to read only the preprinted information from the card. Do not read any hand-written notes made by the students.

• Mr. Lowry will be seated between each college.

• Mr. Lowry will return to his seat behind the podium at the conclusion of the undergraduate colleges.

• After the conferring of the graduate degrees, Dr. Covey will introduce the Dean of the Graduate School, Dr. Brown as reader and the students will be directed to the stage.

• Prior to the first student of each college, the Registrar’s staff member will hand Dr. Brown a college card to read.

• The student will hand the name card to the Registrar’s staff member.

• The Registrar’s staff member will hand the card to the reader.

• Dr. Brown will read the name.

• After reading, place the name card in the basket to the right of the podium.

• Read quickly but carefully through the names. The pace will depend on the pace the student is crossing the stage, any special needs of the student, etc. The Registrar’s staff member will help you to control the pace. Remember to read only the preprinted information from the card. Do not read any hand-written notes made by the students.

• There will be no break between the graduate colleges.

• After the President confers the Doctor of Audiology and Doctor of Physical Therapy degrees, Dr. Franks will present the Dean and direct the students to the stage. Dr. Brown will return to the podium to read the names.

• The student will hand the name card to the Registrar’s staff member.

• The Registrar’s staff member will hand the card to the reader

• Dr. Brown will read the name.

• After reading, place the name card in the basket to the right of the podium.

• Read quickly but carefully through the names. The pace will depend on the pace the student is crossing the stage, any special needs of the student, etc. The Registrar’s staff member will help you to control the pace. Remember to read only the preprinted information from the card. Do not read any hand-written notes made by the students.

• At the conclusion of the AUD/DPT students, Dr. Brown will be seated behind the podium.
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• After the conferring of the College of Medicine degrees, President Moulton will introduce the dean, Dr. O'Brien as reader and the students will be directed to the stage.

• The student will hand the name card to the Registrar’s staff member.

• The Registrar’s staff member will hand the card to the reader

• Dr. O'Brien will read the name.

• After reading, place the name card in the basket to the right of the podium.

• Read quickly but carefully through the names. The pace will depend on the pace the student is crossing the stage, any special needs of the student, etc. The Registrar’s staff member will help you to control the pace. Remember to read only the preprinted information from the card. Do not read any hand-written notes made by the students.

• At the conclusion of the College of Medicine students, Dr. O'Brien will be seated behind the podium.

• After conferring of the Ph.D. degrees, Dr. Covey reads the names and titles of the dissertations as the student crosses the stage and is hooded.

• After the Ph.D. students have crossed the stage, the readers return to their seats with the Platform Party.

• The readers recess with the Platform Party.

NOTE: If you cannot attend the ceremony, notify the Registrar’s Office (461-1648) no later than noon on Thursday, May 1st.

There will be a voluntary Readers meeting on Friday, May 2nd at 10:30 a.m. in the Mitchell Center arena if you wish to practice.

Your readers’ notebook will be available on Thursday, May 1st from the Registrar’s Office.