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Commencement 2012 Commencement Ceremony: SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012 - 8:00 - 10:00AM at Viejas Arena Post Commencement Receptions: SATURDAY, MAY 19, 2012 - 10:00AM - Noon on Campanile Walkway Commencement is the formal ceremony that is held each May to recognize and honor our candidates for graduation. Parents and friends of graduates are invited to share in their accomplishment. This year the College of Business Administration will hold its Commencement in Viejas Arena. Due to stringent security measures, ALL students participating in Commencement are required to present their SDSUcard (Red ID card) in order to be admitted to Viejas Arena. STUDENTS WHO DO NOT BRING THEIR Official picture ID TO COMMENCEMENT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN COMMENCEMENT. Commencement is not the same as graduation. Graduation means the conferral of a degree and the issuance of a diploma. A student graduates when he or she has filed an application for graduation and has completed all the requirements for the degree. Students who have applied for graduation may participate in the Commencement ceremony, but this participation does not mean that they have graduated or that they have completed degree requirements. Similarly, a student may graduate but may choose not to participate in Commencement ceremonies. Student participants at Commencement will remain in the Arena until ALL STUDENTS have walked across the stage to have their names read. The Dean's Platform party will be dismissed to proceed to the Post Commencement Receptions, and the Faculty Marshal will dismiss the graduates and guests at the end of the ceremony. Commencement runs efficiently and gives graduates the opportunity to have several photos taken providing options from which to choose after Commencement. Please be respectful of your fellow graduates. ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE The following students are eligible to participate in the ceremony:
We regret that we will not be able to accommodate students who have not graduated or applied for graduation in one of these terms. You must have applied for graduation; it is not automatic. The deadline for undergraduates to file for December 2011 graduation - September 14, 2011 and for May or August 2012 graduation - February 2, 2011. Undergraduates and Graduate students who will graduate in December 2012 are not eligible to participate in the May 2012 ceremony. CAPS AND GOWNS You may purchase your cap and gown at GradFest: March 20-22, 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m., in front of the SDSU Bookstore, a one-stop opportunity for students to order all of their graduation needs (caps and gowns, announcements, etc.) through the SDSU Bookstore. TICKETS In order to make entering Viejas Arena safe and pleasant for everyone, guests will be required to have tickets. No one can be admitted to Viejas Arena without a ticket. All tickets are free. You must be on the commencement list (see "Eligibility," above) to get tickets. The number of tickets allotted to each student is based on the number of students who apply to graduate. CBA will have more information about the number of tickets available in February. You may pick up your tickets at GradFest. If you cannot pick up your tickets at GradFest, tickets will be available, beginning in April. More information will be available in the Spring 2012 semester. Ticket Distribution for Students Who Cannot Travel to Campus - Students who cannot visit the SDSU campus have the option of asking a friend or relative to pick up their tickets. The friend/relative must have the graduating student’s SDSU RedID card. The Viejas Arena Ticket Office will only mail tickets to students living OUTSIDE SAN DIEGO COUNTY. Deadline for mailed ticket requests will be available in Spring 2012. After the deadline, the Ticket Office cannot guarantee they will be able to send the tickets to the students in time for Commencement. Students will need to send a self-addressed, stamped envelope - as well as information as to what College ceremony they are to receive tickets - to the Viejas Ticket Office at: Viejas Arena Ticket Office REHEARSAL - NO REHEARSAL FOR CBA There is NO rehearsal for graduating students for the College of Business ceremony. PROCESSION AND CEREMONY Students should be in line in Lot L (lower level of Viejas Arena, across the street from the first level of Parking Structure 4) no later than 7:30 on Saturday morning. Undergraduates will line up by department; all graduate students will line up together. Look for the signs designating your department. Be sure that you have your photographer's card. These will be distributed to you before the ceremony. We will use this card to call your name when you cross the stage. Later the information will be used to send you the proofs of your Commencement photos. During the procession, please be sure that you stay in line with your department. This will ensure that you are seated in the correct area inside Viejas Arena. Graduate Students Please Note: When you line up for the processional, you should carry your hood. Do not wear it. You will put it on as part of the "hooding ceremony" during Commencement. During the ceremony we will honor our outstanding students and individually recognize each graduating student. The ceremony will last approximately 2 hours. Attending Commencement can require a significant
amount of walking on campus. Please take this into account when
planning your arrival and allow time for older relatives to get
to Viejas Arena without rushing. RECORD/DVR YOUR CEREMONY Commencement is usually broadcast live by local cable televison companies. Check your local listings for channels. ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH A DISABILITY If you or one of your guests will require special accommodations from Disabled Student Services, please contact Student Disability Services (619-594-6473) in April, 2012.
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