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| Eligibility: |
You must have already filed your thesis/dissertation, or plan to do so, during Summer 2008 or Fall 2008 in order to participate in Commencement. |
| Name Card & Tickets: |
You must fill out a name card, save the name card with changes, and email it to bridgetw@microbio.ucla.edu PUT YOUR NAME IN THE SUBJECT OF THE EMAIL. (Adobe Reader 8 will allow you to save changes to the PDF.) This is to ensure that your name is pronounced correctly during the ceremony as well as to provide us with the title of your thesis/dissertation. Name forms must be submitted by Friday, May 30.
In the email with the name card, also include the number of tickets will you would like to reserve. From May 19 to June 2 they will be available for pick up from Jessica Lopes at the MIMG Reception desk, 1602 Molecular Sciences Building — NOT at the CTO. There is no charge for the tickets and you may reserve up to 12. |
| Guest Seating: |
There will not be a check-in list or assigned seating for your guests. |
| Regalia: |
Caps and Gowns are required. You are responsible for ordering your own regalia through ASUCLA’s Graduation Etc. at Ackerman Union on the A-Level or online at http://www.collegestore.org/ge2/. |
| No Shows: |
If you RSVP that you will attend, but for whatever reason cannot make it, please, please, please, be courteous and notify the MIMG Department as soon as possible. No shows are disruptive to the ceremony. |
| Questions: |
Contact Bridget Wolfgang at 310-825-8482, bridgetw@microbio.ucla.edu in 1602B Molecular Sciences Building with any questions, problems, or concerns. |
| On the Day of the Ceremony: |
| Check In: |
Doctoral Degree and Master’s Degree candidates must arrive at Kerckhoff Patio by 8:15 am. When you arrive, go to the check in table located on the north end of the patio. You will then be directed to the area at which you will line up. Check in ends at 8:45 am!! |
| Seating: |
Doctoral Degree and Master’s Degree degree students will sit on the stage with the faculty. |
| Procession: |
The procession will begin at 9:00 am sharp. From where you are lined up, follow the faculty on to the stage, and sit in the chair with your name on it. A seating chart will be provided to you ahead of time. Please remain standing until the music stops and Dr. J.F. Miller asks you to be seated. |
| Ceremony: |
Following the Welcome address we will have the presentation of the Doctoral Degree and Master’s Degree students. When your name and title of your thesis/dissertation is announced, you will stand and your mentor (or another faculty member who you’ve chosen as a substitute) will hood you. |
| Recession: |
After Dr. J.F. Miller has made his closing remarks, the music will begin. All rise. The faculty will exit first; please follow them. |
| Reception: |
The department will host a reception on the back half of the patio following the ceremony. |
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