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Commencement Schedule
Friday, May 23, 2008
12:00 p.m.

Comcast Center

11:15 a.m.
Engineering Students assemble in the Gymnasium (room 0601). Staff will be available to direct you.
9:45 a.m.
Faculty and platform party assemble in the Media Room (room 0405).
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
A. James Clark School of Engineering Graduation Ceremony.
No tickets are required for this ceremony.

Two graduatesCommencement Ceremony
Please check the University Commencement web site
for complete details. Undergraduate Students only: If your degree requirements will not be complete at the end of the semester, but you would like to participate at the Engineering Commencement ceremony, come to the Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Office (1124  Glenn L. Martin Hall) and complete a Request to Participate in Engineering Commencement Ceremony form in the month before commencement.
Please keep in mind that participating in the Commencement ceremony does not in any way imply that degree requirements have been satisfied for graduation.

All Graduates: When to Report and Where
Graduates report to Comcast Center (more information will be posted within a few weeks of the ceremony). It is important that you be on time. You must pick up your name card, which will be given to the Reader of Names during the ceremony. In order to pick up your card look for the name of your department, if you are an Undergraduate student. If you are a PhD, Master, or Professional Master Student look for signs indicating PhD, Master and Professional Master, not for your major. Please make sure to complete the survey on the back of card. The Student Affairs staff will assist you in preparing for the Processional.

Undergraduate Procedure
A complete timeline regarding the undergraduate graduation process and required paperwork is available on the Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Graduation page.

Masters Student ProcedurePh.D. Student Getting Hooded
Information regarding graduation procedures can be found on The Graduate School pageInquiries regarding commencement ceremony participation should be directed to your departmental graduate advisor and not to Student Affairs nor the Dean's Office. 

Ph.D. Student Procedure
Please make arrangements with your advisor to be hooded during the Engineering Graduation Ceremony. If your advisor is not available, you can ask another member of your committee or a favorite faculty member to hood you, or your department chair can hood you. Inquiries regarding commencement ceremony participation should be directed to your department and not to Student Affairs nor the Dean's Office. 

Undergraduate Students with Honors
If you are an undergraduate student graduating with Latin honors (summa, magna and cum laude), engineering department honors and/or Clark School honors, you will receive a gold and/or red tassel from the college to wear on your cap at graduation. Students will be notified by email when the tassels are available. Latin, department and Clark School honors will also be announced when your name is read during the recognition portion of the Engineering ceremony.

GPA Ranges for Latin Honors: May 2008

Summa:       4.000 - 3.975
Magna:         3.974 - 3.901
Cum Laude:  3.900 - 3.798

Regalia
You are responsible for obtaining your own graduation regalia. The University Book Center will take orders for caps and gowns and other graduation items until the day of graduation. For information on Honors Tassels, contact Teresa Prince (tprince@umd.edu).  Please see the University Commencement web site for more information.

Students or Guests with Hearing Disabilities
Students or guests requiring sign language interpretation please contact Teresa Prince (tprince@umd.edu) between April 14 and May 18, 2008 to make arrangements for accommodations.

Wheelchair Access to the Comcast Center
For a map indicating location of wheelchair access, click here. 

Parking
Family and friends can park free in most lots or in any metered space. For a full explanation of parking on Commencement Day, please refer to the University Commencement web site.

Family and Guest Arrival Times
Family and friends should arrive for the Engineering Ceremony a half hour before the event. No tickets are required.

Photography
A professional photographer will be available to take pictures of the students as they process across the stage.  For more information, go to:
gradimages.com.

 

 

Podium with UM seals and M made of flowers

Commencement Reception

All students, families and friends are invited to a reception with faculty and staff at the Jeong H. Kim Engineering Plaza immediately following the Commencement Ceremony.  Light refreshments served.

Date:    
May 23, 2008

Time:    
2:00 p.m

Location:
Kim Engr Bldg Plaza

RSVP:
deadline May 19, 2008 to
Gilian Brannan
or 301.405.3870

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 

 

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