CONGRATULATIONS !

CommencementMay 5 – 7, 2006

Friday, May 5

• Find your assigned seat• Complete the Senior Exit Survey• NSSE sightings!

Friday, May 5

• Consecration Service – 8:00 PM

– No regalia needed– Sit with whomever you wish,

wherever you wish.– Platform party – be on platform

by 7:29 PM

Saturday, May 6

• Sabbath School – 9:45 – 11:Sharp– Student led

• Baccalaureate – 11:30 AM– No regalia required– Sit wherever you want – Sit with whomever you want.– Platform party –

be on platform by 10:59.

Sunday, May 7• Memorial Auditorium

– 8:30 AM – Put on regalia + line up in proper order

• (Try on your regalia at home this afternoon)

• Memorial Auditorium, lower floor, Exhibit Hall

– Set as many alarms as you think you will need

• Procession will begin at 9:30 sharp

Sunday, May 7

The Grand EntranceDr. Chris Hansen = The Grand Marshal• Platform Party• Faculty• (Grand Marshal returns for seniors)• Grand Marshal• Class Officers (single file)• Southern Scholars (single file)• Baccalaureate Degree graduates (First row marches in single

file)• All other candidates (double file)• Associates• Masters• Guests• Grand Marshal returns for Golden Anniversary Class (50-year

alumni) at east, side entrance.

Receiving your DiplomaStand by rows (all the way across both sections)Move to the rightNames announced. If you are not the person called,

shake your head, and we will say “In Absentia”. Wait until your name is called.

Walk at a natural pace across the platformSouthern Scholars – receive your medallionProceed to Dr. Bietz

Diploma in left hand above your right handSmile for photographer

Shake hands with Gordon Retzer, chair of the BoardBack to your chair + sit down

Exiting the Stage

BenedictionGrand Marshal - mace - platform partyEmily McArthur will follow the platform

participants and lead students outFirst row will march single fileSecond row, double file

Go down steps and march out togetherKeep moving to the road

Rules and Your Self-Respect

• No non-academic embellishments– SAU dress code applies for a few more hours– Flowers, $$, signs, etc. ≠ appropriate

• Appropriate clothing / shoes with robe

Rules and Your Self-Respect

• Ask your family not to act too surprised when you receive your diploma– Fog horns prohibited by MA– Silly string or confetti prohibited by

MA– Hooting & hollering ≠ good

• Gifts afterwards• Photos afterwards