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Instructions for Graduates
A ceremony befitting the
dignity of the occasion has been planned for you. Since there is no
rehearsal, please read the following instructions carefully:
1) Arrival Time: 6 p.m.
The ceremony begins promptly at 7 p.m. but you must be in your assembly room
(see below) already dressed in your cap and gown no later than 6 p.m. (allow
time for traffic) to await instructions from your room usher. Please
leave valuables and your gown box at home as there is no place to store them.
If you have reason to believe the college might be closed for an emergency,
listen to the same radio station you used for closings during the semester,
call 973-328-5580, or check the website at www.ccm.edu.
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2) Assembly Rooms:
Assignment
to assembly rooms is alphabetical by last name within college divisions
according to your major (click here for your appropriate
division and degree). Help in identifying your room will be available in
C-232 before the procession begins. When in the assembly room you will
receive a diploma card to file out.
Liberal Arts
A – D (C-205)
E – H (C-204)
I – M (C-203)
N – Q (C-202)
R – U (C-201)
V – Z (C-200)
Health and Natural Sciences
A – H (B-209)
I – P (B-208)
Q – Z (B-207)
Business, Mathematics, Engineering and Technologies
A – D (B-206)
E – I (B-205)
J – N (B-204)
O – Z (B-203)
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3) Honor Society and Potential Honors & Merit Designees
- Honor Society stoles (PTK & ABG) were handed out at induction ceremonies.
If you did not attend, please contact the Office of Campus Life at
973-328-5225, to pick up
your stole. If you have lost yours, contact the Office of Campus Life
at 973-328-5225,
to purchase another.
- Potential Honors and Merit Designees for May graduates will be
notified by official letter. January 2008 and August 2007 graduates should have already
received their letters. August 2008 candidates will receive their letters in
early September. Honors and merit regalia (collar or braid) will
be distributed in room C-232 from 6 – 6:45 p.m. on graduation night. The
collar or braid must be returned to the Office of Records and Registration
(in the Student Community Center lobby) following the ceremony and before receiving your diploma.
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4) NJ STARS regalia (braid) will be distributed in room
C-232 from 6 – 6:45 p.m. on graduation night. The braid is yours to
keep.
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5) Processional:
The procession will move from the Academic Science buildings along the
outside walk and enter the HPE building through the front doors. Candidates
will remain standing during the processional until the platform party is
seated. Seating is as follows:
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6) Recognition of Candidates:
Honors and merit candidates will be recognized first. President Yaw will
be asked to confer the certificates and degrees. Certificate candidates will
be recognized second. All candidates, including honor and merit candidates,
will stand as a group when called upon. After Dr. Yaw confers the degrees,
the group will be seated. Tassels will remain on the right side throughout
the ceremony.
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7) Presentation of Individual Graduates:
President Yaw will ask an usher to escort graduates, one division
at a time, to the stairs at the right of the platform. At the bottom of the
stairs you will hand your diploma card (which you received in the assembly
room) to the reader. When your name is read, cross the platform, receive a
diploma cover from the President, continue across the platform, down the
stairs on the far side, and return to your seat.
- A professional photographer will take two
photos. The first photo will be of each graduate shaking hands
with President Yaw. The second photo will be taken as you exit the
platform, holding your diploma. In June, you will receive a letter from the
photographer and a proof of your photos with an order form. A professional
photographer will take two photos. The first photo will be of each
graduate shaking hands with President Yaw. The second photo will be
taken as you exit the platform, holding your diploma. In June,
you will receive a letter from the photographer and a proof of your
photo with an order form. To view your photos on line you need to
register at
www.gradimages.com/register.cfm. For further information regarding
your on-line photos call 800-424-3686.
- Please ask your guests and relatives not to approach the platform
during the ceremony to take photographs. A roped section, to the left of
the stage (see diagram above*), will be designated for guests wishing to
take photographs as you cross the stage. Please ask your guests to be
considerate of others and to wait until you are approaching the stairs
before entering the designated photography area, and to exit immediately
to allow other guests the same opportunity.
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8) Recessional:
Everyone stands at the end of the ceremony. The Grand Marshal will lead the
recessional. Graduates, following ushers, will exit via the center aisle.
Please ask your guests to remain in place until graduates have exited the
gymnasium and not to block the aisles to take photographs.
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9) Diplomas:
Diplomas will be distributed in the SCC lobby during the one-hour period
following commencement. The Alumni Office will be selling diploma frames at
that time as a fundraiser.
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10) Reception:
There will be a reception for graduates and their guests in the SCC,
Davidson Room, immediately following the commencement ceremony. The president,
trustees, faculty and administrators will be on-hand to offer
congratulations.
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