Commencement Ceremony Instructions 2012

COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY INSTRUCTIONS

REVISED!

TUESDAY, MAY 22, 2012 10:00 A.M. IZOD CENTER East Rutherford, NJ

TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 1 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY ................................................................................. 2 ATTENDANCE......................................................................................................... 2 PROCESSIONAL PREPARATION ................................................................................ 2-3 NAME CARD.......................................................................................................... 4 PROCESSIONAL PROCESS .......................................................................................... 4 CEREMONY PROGRAM ......................................................................................... 4-5 DIPLOMA PROCESS ................................................................................................. 5 RECESSIONAL PROCESS ............................................................................................. 6 LINE-UP LISTING ................................................................................................ 7-10 MASTER DEGREE CANDIDATES ................................................................... 7, 8 & 9 BACHELOR DEGREE CANDIDATES ...................................................................... 7-10 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .................................................................................... 11 DISABLED GUESTS ............................................................................................... 11 FLOWERS & BALLOONS ....................................................................................... 11 HOTELS & RESTAURANTS .................................................................................... 11 PARKING .......................................................................................................... 11 PHOTOGRAPHER................................................................................................ 11 STROLLERS ........................................................................................................ 11 SEATING PROCESS DIAGRAM ................................................................................... 12 DIPLOMA PROCESS DIAGRAM .................................................................................. 13 ABOUT YOUR CAP AND GOWN .............................................................................. 14 INSTRUCTIONS FOR WEARING ACADEMIC HOOD ..................................................... 15 ARENA LAYOUT DIAGRAM ....................................................................... BACK COVER

INTRODUCTION

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Commencement at William Paterson University is an important event for you, your family, and friends, as well as the faculty and staff. The ceremony brings together all involved to celebrate your achievements. As a graduating student, you are celebrating the successful conclusion of earning a higher education degree.

Commencement is a formal celebration of academic accomplishments. It is a ceremony steeped in academic ritual and the traditions of the University complete with procession, academic regalia, and other elements of pageantry.

Ceremony highlights instituted by your predecessors have become traditions. You experience them as you witness your peers in varying roles: leading in the graduates with College banners, singing the National Anthem and alma mater, as well as speaking on behalf of the master’s and the bachelor’s degree candidates.

As this is a ceremonial event, we ask that all members of the community conduct themselves befitting the occasion. Alcohol is expressly forbidden. Any student who fails to comply will be requested to leave the ceremony. The conferment of degrees is made by the President at the conclusion of the diploma process for all graduates. Please respect your fellow students and their experience of the ceremony by remaining in your seats until its conclusion.

Family members will not be able to interact with graduates in the ceremony level staging and exit areas. Please arrange for a mutually agreed upon meeting location with your family members outside the IZOD Center at the end of the ceremony.

Congratulations on your achievement!

The Commencement Committee

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COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY FOR

MASTER’S AND BACHELOR’S DEGREE CANDIDATES Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at the

IZOD Center 50 State Route 120 East Rutherford, NJ 07073-2160 PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY AS THEY PERTAIN TO THE CEREMONY: Instructions are posted at www.wpunj.edu/commencement Questions pertaining to the ceremony should be directed to commencement@wpunj.edu ATTENDANCE Your participation in the ceremony is voluntary. Family members and guests are requested to go directly into the arena as they will not be granted access to the exhibition level where you will be meeting prior to the ceremony. Doors will open for admittance of guests at 9:00 a.m. through Gates A, B, and C.

THERE IS NO REHEARSAL FOR COMMENCEMENT PROCESSIONAL PREPARATION Please report to the IZOD Center at 9:00 a.m. Graduates must enter at the Box Office Lobby Doors and take Escalator D (right side of lobby) down to the exhibition level. University personnel and signage will direct you to the appropriate staging area by your academic department within the appropriate College.

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Please bring your cap, gown, hood, tassel, and honors regalia (if appropriate) with you to your staging area.

Please leave any valuables or personal belongings in your vehicle or with family members as there is no place to leave them in the staging area.

You do not need to be in alphabetical order within your department/degree.

Hoods are draped around your neck (see the instructions on page 15 for how to put on the hood). Both master’s and bachelor’s degree candidates will wear their hoods throughout the ceremony.

Wear your tassel on the right side of your cap. At the specified point in the ceremony when the President announces the conferment of the degrees, you will be directed to move it to the left side of your cap.

For your own safety, please do not throw your cap.

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates If you have an honor cord, it is to be draped over your shoulders, tassels in the front.

Please line up in degree order within department. If you have a double major and did not indicate at Pioneer Salute which department you wish to sit with, please email your reference to Commencement@wpunj.edu by May 16.

Master’s Degree Candidates

Please line up in degree order within college.

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NAME CARD

At your assigned staging area, please make sure you receive a name card and pencil from the faculty or administrative line marshal. On this card write your name as you wish it to be pronounced during the diploma process. On the back of the same card is information to be provided to Grad Images who will be taking your photograph during this time. There are no extra cards on the arena floor, so please make sure you receive one and retain it until the appropriate time.

PROCESSIONAL PROCESS The procession will start from the staging area at 9:50 a.m. Four lines will be processing at the same time by Degree and College in the order as indicated on pages 7 - 10. A faculty member from your department will be there to assist you with line up.

The Associate Dean of your College in conjunction with an administrative line marshal will escort your line into the arena.

The Grand Marshal will lead the Procession into the arena and down the center aisle. Four single file lines of candidates will follow, filling in the seats to the left and right, respectively. The alumni, faculty, and platform party will process behind the students and take their respective places.

CEREMONY PROGRAM Commencement programs will be on your seats in the arena. The ceremony includes: Processional Singing of the National Anthem Introduction of Guests Address by Bachelor’s Degree Candidate Speaker Address by Master’s Degree Candidate Speaker Address by Dr. Kathleen Waldron, President

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Awarding of Faculty Excellence Awards Awarding of Honorary Degrees/President’s Medals Commencement Address Diploma Process Conferring of Degrees Singing of Alma Mater Recessional

DIPLOMA PROCESS Please listen to the directions given by the faculty and administrative marshals who will be assisting you with this process (see diagram on page 13).

Master’s Degree Candidates At the designated time during the ceremony, the master’s degree candidates will be recognized first in their entirety. The Associate Dean of your College will lead your College line to the diploma platform, to receive your diploma cover from your respective College Dean. You will process single file across the entire width of the stage (notated in blue on diagram on page 13), Line B followed by Line C. Please stop in front of the photo banner just prior to the stage steps to have your photo taken for the first time. Proceed up the stairs and hand your name card to the reader. After your name is announced, please proceed to your College Dean who will hand you your diploma cover and shake your hand. At this point the second photo will be taken. Proceed across the remainder of the stage and down the steps on the opposite side and return to your seat.

Bachelor’s Degree Candidates Two lines of students will be processing simultaneously across the platform.

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At the designated time during the ceremony, the Associate Dean of your College will lead your College line to the diploma platform, to receive your diploma cover from your respective College Dean.

Please stop in front of the photo banner just prior to the stage steps to have your photo taken for the first time. Proceed up the stairs and hand your name card to the reader. After your name is announced please proceed to your College Dean who will hand you your diploma cover and shake your hand. At this point the second photo will be taken. Exit the platform by proceeding down the steps at center stage and return to your seat.

All Candidates At the completion of the diploma process, the President will confer all the degrees.

This conferment is the official granting of your degree. This is also the appropriate moment for the turning of the tassel on your cap. Your diploma is mailed to your home upon verification of completion of degree requirements and obligations.

Please respect your fellow students and their experience of the ceremony by remaining in your seat until its conclusion.

RECESSIONAL PROCESS The singing of the Alma Mater (which is printed in the program for you to sing along with) will immediately follow the conferring of the degrees.

The recessional will begin led by the University Grand Marshal followed by the Platform Party and the faculty. The graduates will follow after.

The ceremony is expected to be completed by 12:30 p.m.

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STAGING LOCATIONS LINE A

BY

COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT

REVISED

BACHELOR’S DEGREE CANDIDATES COLLEGE OF THE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION Interim Dean Stephen Hahn

Assoc. Dean Imafidon Olaye

Music Liberal Studies Communication Art COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Dean Candace Burns

Assoc. Dean Dorothy Feola

Elementary and Early Childhood Education Secondary and Middle School Education Special Education & Counseling

LINE B MASTER’S DEGREE CANDIDATES COLLEGE OF THE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION Interim Dean Stephen Hahn Master of Fine Arts – Art Master of Music – Music Master of Arts – Communication Arts Master of Arts – Media Studies Master of Arts – Visual Arts

Assoc. Dean Imafidon Olaye

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STAGING LOCATIONS LINE B —continued

BY

COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT

REVISED

MASTER’S DEGREE CANDIDATES COTSAKOS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Dean Sam Basu

Assoc. Dean Rajiv Kashyap

Master of Business Administration COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES Dean Kara Rabbitt

Interim Assoc. Dean Wartyna Davis

Master of Arts—Public Policy and International Affairs Master of Arts—Sociology Master of Arts—English Master of Arts—History Master of Arts—Psychology COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH Dean Sandra De Young

Assoc. Dean Jean Fuller-Stanley

Master of Science—Nursing Master of Science—Communication Disorders Master of Science—Biology Master of Science—Biotechnology

BACHELOR’S DEGREE CANDIDATES COTSAKOS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Dean Sam Basu Economics, Finance and Global Business Professional Sales

Assoc. Dean Rajiv Kashyap

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STAGING LOCATIONS LINE B—continued

BY

COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT

REVISED

BACHELOR’S DEGREE CANDIDATES COTSAKOS COLLEGE OF BUSINESS Dean Sam Basu

Assoc. Dean Rajiv Kashyap

Marketing and Management Accounting and Law

LINE C MASTER’S DEGREE CANDIDATES COLLEGE OF EDUCATION Dean Candace Burns

Assoc. Dean Dorothy Feola

Master of Education—Reading Master of Education—Special Education Master of Arts—Teaching Master of Education—Counseling Master of Education—Educational Leadership Master of Education—Curriculum & Learning

BACHELOR’S DEGREE CANDIDATES COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH Dean Sandra DeYoung Computer Science Kinesiology Liberal Studies Mathematics Environmental Science

Assoc. Dean Jean Fuller-Stanley

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STAGING LOCATIONS Line C—continued

BY

COLLEGE/DEPARTMENT

REVISED

BACHELOR’S DEGREE CANDIDATES COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND HEALTH Dean Sandra DeYoung

Assoc. Dean Jean Fuller-Stanley

Chemistry Physics Biology/Biotechnology Nursing Communication Disorders & Sciences Public Health COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Dean Kara Rabbitt

Interim Assoc. Dean Wartyna Davis

Anthropology Africana World Studies Geography and Urban Studies Liberal Studies

LINE D BACHELOR’S DEGREE CANDIDATES COLLEGE OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE Dean Kara Rabbitt Psychology Women’s and Gender Studies Languages and Cultures English History Philosophy Political Science Sociology

Interim Assoc. Dean Wartyna Davis

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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DISABLED GUESTS Accessible parking with state-issued license plates or placards is available in Parking Deck 23 adjacent to the IZOD Center. All entrances at Gates A, B, and C are ramped and accessible. Wheelchair accessible seating is located in each of the lower level seating sections. Accessible restrooms are located on the concourse behind Sections 101 and 115.

FLOWERS AND BALLOONS Flowers will be available for sale within the IZOD Center concourse. Guests bringing balloons should be made aware that they are strictly prohibited in the arena. If balloons are brought, they must be tied outside the arena in the concourse at your own risk of them remaining there.

HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS The following link is recommended to locate hotels and restaurants in the Meadowlands area near the IZOD Center: h p://www.stayinthemeadowlands.com/

PARKING Parking is available at no charge in Parking Deck 23 or Lot 26.

PHOTOGRAPHER The Commencement photographers are from Grad Images. Your proofs will be online at their website within 5-7 days following the ceremony. You may place orders or obtain answers to your questions at www.gradimages.com or 1-800-424-3686.

STROLLERS Strollers are to be stored at your own risk during the ceremony at the back of each seating section.

Ushers at each section will direct you to the area.

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About Your Cap and Gown The University’s commitment to sustainability, environmental stewardship, and energy conservation is now evident in your academic regalia. PET plastic bottles that have been recycled into one of the University’s recycling bins or at other recycling centers have created your academic regalia. The plastic bottles have been cleaned, chipped into plastic flakes, melted, and forced through spinnerets to create yarn which is weaved to produce the fabric.

Each cap and gown sewn from recycled bottle fabric prevents approximately 27 plastic bottles from being dumped into a landfill.

The change to the Ultra Green gown this year is further demonstration that sustainability is a focus of what’s happening on our campus with the ultimate goal of making conservation a permanent part of campus life.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR WEARING THE ACADEMIC HOOD

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The academic hood is a visual representation of your level of academic achievement and the scholastic degree being conferred. This hood has been designed within the guidelines established by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume.

The velveteen trim represents the degree you have earned. The chevron and the lining represent the University colors. The black shell is the traditional color determined by the Intercollegiate Bureau of Academic Costume.

The following instructions are designed to assist you in the proper way to wear the hood:

1. Put hood on over head with velveteen side up under the chin and with small tapered end in front. Pin the hood to the gown to prevent it from riding against the neck.

2. The long tail portion of the hood should be left hanging against your back. Do not invert the tail. Turn out the lining as illustrated in the picture.

3. If you have a Latin Honors Cord, it should be draped over your shoulders, tassels in the front.

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