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Friday, May 23, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Comcast Center
11:15 a.m.
Graduates should report to the Small Gym on the Ground Level. Directions: Enter Arena on the Ground Floor by the Will Call window or the Softball Field. The Small Gym will be down the hall.
11:45 a.m.
Faculty and platform party assemble in the Media Room (room 0405).
12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
A. James Clark School of Engineering Graduation Ceremony.
No tickets are required for this 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.
Graduates report to Comcast Center. 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.
A complete timeline regarding the undergraduate graduation process and required paperwork is available on the Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Graduation page.
Masters Student Procedure
Information regarding graduation procedures can be found on The Graduate School page. Inquiries regarding commencement ceremony participation should be directed to your departmental graduate advisor and not to Student Affairs nor the Dean's Office.
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.
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.
Summa: 4.000 - 3.975
Magna: 3.974 - 3.901
Cum Laude: 3.900 - 3.798
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.
Parking in the marked spaces in the surface lots are on a first come first served basis. The best option is to use Terrapin Trail Garage. The garage is ideal in that parking is available throughout, guests have access to the elevator to move between floors, and there is a walkway between the garage and the Comcast Center. For a full explanation of parking on Commencement Day, please refer to the University Commencement web site.
Family and friends should arrive for the Engineering Ceremony a half hour before the event. No tickets are required.
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.
SERVICES FOR GUEST WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
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.
Special Needs Guest Parking
Parking for Guests with disabilities is available at Comcast Center in Lot 4B and inside of the Regents Drive Parking Garage to any Guest with a disabled permit. For a map of parking locations click here.
Special Needs Guest Entrances
Entrances for our Guests with disabilities are available at the following four (4) locations at Comcast Center:
Gate C: Southeast corner of the arena on the Ground Level Gate D: Northeast corner of the arena on the Ground Level Gate E: Southwest corner of the arena on the Concourse Level Gate F: Northwest corner of the arena on the Concourse Level
Special Needs Restrooms
Each of the 37 restrooms located conveniently throughout Comcast Center is ADA compliant and accessible to our Guests with disabilities. However, for the comfort of our disabled Guests, four (4) private bathrooms have been designated exclusively for their use:
· At the top of Sections 105 and 110 on the Plaza Level (2nd level).
· Behind Sections 122 and 217 on the Concourse Level (3rd level).
Special Needs Guest Seating
Disabled seating is available at three locations throughout Comcast Center:
· At the top of Sections 109 and 110 on the Plaza Level (2nd Level) on the Northeast side of Comcast Center
· At the top of Sections 105 and 106 on the Plaza Level (2nd Level) on the Southeast side of Comcast Center
· At the bottom of Section 107 on the East side of Comcast Center*
*This seating area is accessible by entering Comcast Center through Gate C at the Southeast corner on the Ground Level and proceeding inside to the third door on the left (marked "To Arena/Event Level). A wheelchair ramp is available at this location.
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Commencement Ceremony
