SPRING 2011 COMMENCEMENT

CEREMONY PARTICIPATION MEETING

May 20, 20111 p.m. @ Arnold Hall Auditorium

Graduation Auditors Suzanne Purvis: School of Fashion, School of Liberal Arts,

School of Design, School of Building Arts and SFDM majors - FILM, TV Producing, Dramatic Writing, MPRA & PROD. spurvis@scad.edu

Donna Thissen: School of Communication Arts, School of Fine Arts, SFDM majors – ANIM, BCST/MOM, ITGM, SNDS, VSFX, Digital Media & Equestrian. dthissen@scad.edu

Jenny Kondo: Graduate Students. jhebert@scad.edu Linda Cowart: ACA Students. lcowart@scad.edu

Requirements Spring Students

Must be currently registered in all classes needed to graduate at the end of spring quarter.

Summer StudentsMust be currently

registered for all summer classes needed to graduate at the end of summer quarter.

All Students: *Must meet GPA requirements to participate *Must have ordered a cap and gown *Must have already submitted course

substitutions to the Registrar’s OfficeDEADLINE TO MEET ALL REQUIREMENTS WAS

MAY 6, 2011

What to Wear Women

Dress or business attireLow heeled shoes

MenDark dress slacksWhite or light shirtTie (not required)Dark colored dress

shoes

*Women may also want to bring bobby pins to secure the cap to hair.

*You may want to bring a safety pin to pin your hood to your gown.

*Try to wear cool and comfortable clothing

Cap & Gowns

You must have a cap, gown, stole, hood, and tassel to participate in the commencement ceremony!

Last chance to purchase a cap and gown will be June 3rd at the commencement ceremony rehearsal.

Only cash will be accepted at that time and the price will be $100. ( No guarantee of sizes available)

Graduation Attire

Graduate Students will have a Master’s gownHood & tassel with school color, gold stole, and cord to designate degree.MFA – Gold MARCH – Lilac MA – White

Undergraduate students will have Bachelor’s gown, hood & tassel with school color, gold stole and if honors, a gold tassel.

Rehearsal Day, June 3, 2011Savannah Civic CenterMandatory 2 – 4 p.m.

Herff Jones Representatives will be selling cap and gowns-cash only! Arrive early if you need one.

PLEASE Arrive at 1:30 p.m. and get seated. Starts promptly at 2 p.m. Line Leaders will direct you to your seats.

Your cap and gown will be on your seat. A card will be stapled inside the gown with your name. DO NOT REMOVE THIS CARD.

A pronunciation table will be available to ensure your name is said correctly

Graduation Auditors will be available before the rehearsal to answer questions.

Commencement MorningJune 4th, 2011

7:30 a.m. -arrive at Civic Center for line up in the Johnny Mercer Theater. Enter from the Montgomery Street side and look for signs directing you.

Please arrive wearing your cap and gown with card attached to inside!

Please check all purses and bags in the lobby. You may not carry anything with you during procession, this will be enforced

Please make sure all cell phones are off or muted IMPORTANT – Eat something before you arrive.

Food is not available or allowed in JMT

Name Cards for Presentation of Degree Ceremony

Name cards will be stapled to the inside of your gown when you pick it up. These are used to scan your name so it will be shown on the screens in the MLK arena as you walk across the stage. It also has your row and seat number for the 1 p.m. or 4 p.m. ceremony.

Please do not fold, tear, chew on or write on. They will not scan if you do!

DO NOT lose your card. Leave them stapled to the inside of your gown if possible.

MLK 9 a.m. Conferment of Degrees Ceremony

All students must attend the 9 a.m. ceremony to participate in their afternoon ceremony

Follow your line leaders into the arena. You will be seated randomly by DEGREE in rows of 20, not as you were at the rehearsal.

You will receive a program on your chair President Wallace will confer the degrees in blocks.

MARCH, MUD, MFA, MAT, MA, BFA, BA will all be called separately. You will stand when your degree is called.

Special Projects step

8’table 8’table

Diploma letters Diploma letters

Stage 32’ X 48’

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8’table

8’table Aw

ards

A/V &

Marching Order

Faculty Seating

Faculty Seating

Graduate

Seating

Graduate

Seating

30 rows

Special Seating

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X X X X XP/D

P/D

Procession

Recession

P/DP/D

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Musicians

Seats 18-36 exit on left

Students process from Exhibition Hall and outside hallway

Seats 1-17 exit on right

Exhibition HallHallway Hallway

MLK 9 a.m. Conferment of Degrees Ceremony cont.

All students will recess out after the 9 a.m. ceremony The recession will start with the Board of Trustees, guest

speaker, faculty, then students. Please stand when the recession begins.

All Students will recess up the middle aisle and will exit to the left. There will be signs directing you outside to meet your families. Please don’t stop right outside the exit. Plan to meet your family in a designated area outside.

Please move out as quickly as you can.

Ceremony RemindersNo food allowed in

venuesNothing can be carried

into the 9am ceremonyEat before you comeWear proper attireNo shoes, no

shirt=NO ceremony!

Must attend the 9 a.m. ceremony to participate in the afternoon ceremonies

Anyone under the influence will be removed

MLK 1 p.m. Ceremony

Participants: School of Building Arts School of Film and Digital

Media School of Liberal Arts

At 12:30 p.m. enter the Civic Center through the lobby.

Locate your chair, using your card, and have a seat. Line Leaders will be available to assist you.

After the ceremony, you will recess down the center aisles the same as in the 9 a.m. ceremony.

MLK 4 p.m. Ceremony

Participants:School of

Communication ArtsSchool of DesignSchool of FashionSchool of Fine Arts

At 3:30 p.m. enter the Civic Center through the lobby.

Locate your chair, using your card, and have a seat. Line Leaders will be there to assist you.

After the ceremony, you will recess down the center aisles the same as in the 9 a.m. ceremony. Plan a meeting place with your parents outside.

Ceremony Ticket Information All guests attending the

commencement ceremonies will need a ticket (children under the age of two who sit on the lap of a ticket holder will not require a ticket).

Each student approved to participate will receive 4 tickets for the 9 a.m. Presidential Conferment of Degree ceremony (yellow ticket) and 7 tickets for their Presentation of Degree ceremony at either 1 p.m. (red ticket) or 4 p.m. (blue ticket). 

A live simulcast of all the ceremonies will be available to accommodate your guests that didn’t have tickets in the Johnny Mercer Theater, located inside the Savannah Civic Center. The simulcast ceremonies do not require a ticket. 

Also, all ceremonies will be viewable online at scad.tv/<http://www.scad.tv/

Tickets (con’t.) Pick up tickets May 23rd through June 2nd at the

Trustees Theater, Monday through Friday, between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Only students who are not currently in Savannah will be allowed to pick up tickets after the rehearsal on June 3rd. No one will receive tickets until the Rehearsal is over.

There is no charge for tickets! If you are caught selling or buying tickets, you will lose your tickets and will be removed from the ceremony.

You must pick up your own tickets and show your SCAD ID.

Special Seating

If you believe a family member will require special seating for the Commencement Ceremony please contact Kate Sutley at ksutley@scad.edu

New Alumni Concert

6– 7 p.m. – DJ Javier7 – 8 p.m. – The Dirty Guv’nahs8 – 9:30 p.m. – Cold War Kids

Bus transportation will loop from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. from Civic Center to Forsyth Park. Will stop on Drayton and Hall streets. At 9:30 p.m. the bus will transport back to Civic Center.

The concert will begin at 6 p.m., June 3rd in Forsyth Park

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A Word to the Wise

Make sure your guests arrive at the ceremony as early as they can. Doors open at 8 a.m. for the 9 a.m. ceremony

Ask your guests to sit next to one another without leaving empty seats in between

Do NOT iron your cap or gown!EAT something before arriving at 7:30 a.m.Enjoy your day. You have earned it!

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2011 !!!!