Commencement Instructions

HEALTH SCIENCES DIVISION AND EARLY COLLEGE

  • Graduates arrive between 4:00 and 4:30 PM.
  • Report to the 2nd floor lobby of the Balsam Center to pick up name card and line up
  • Check card carefully for errors.  DO NOT LOSE CARD. 
  • Graduates assemble by 6:20 in single line on second floor of Balsam Center
  • Graduate processional will enter auditorium at 5:00 PM
  • Graduates MUST wear SCC blue gown to march – no specific dress or shoes required
  • Graduates enter from right aisle and go to the end of the first row (14 seats per row)
  • Areas for graduates will be reserved – mid section
  • Remain STANDING upon entrance and through the invocation
  • The President will indicate when you should sit

ARTS & SCIENCES, CAREER TECHNOLOGIES AND HEALTH SCIENCES DIVISIONS

  • Graduates arrive between 6:30 and 7:00 PM.
  • Report to the 2nd floor lobby of the Balsam Center to pick up name card and line up
  • Check card carefully for errors.  DO NOT LOSE CARD. 
  • Graduates assemble by 6:20 in single line on second floor of Balsam Center
  • Graduate processional will enter auditorium at 7:30 PM
  • Graduates MUST wear SCC blue gown to march – no specific dress or shoes required
  • Graduates enter from right aisle and go to the end of the first row (14 seats per row)
  • Areas for graduates will be reserved – mid section
  • Remain STANDING upon entrance and through the invocation
  • The President will indicate when you should sit

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CEREMONY DIPLOMA PRESENTATION WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:

  • The Vice President for Instruction & Student Services will ask candidates to rise to present the class – he will certify you have met requirements and President will confer
  • All but the front row will be seated – FRONT ROW REMAINS STANDING
  • The Marshal will indicate when the first row starts to the stage
  • When the Marshal indicates your row is ready, THE ENTIRE ROW STANDS together and files to the stairs at the right of the stage
  • Hand your card to the Faculty Representative (you do not get the card back)
  • Proceed to the Chairman of the Board who hands you a diploma cover (The actual diploma will be mailed in 6 – 8 weeks)
  • Move to the President and shake hands (Photographer will take photo)
  • Exit to the left of the stage, RETURN TO YOUR SEAT AND BE SEATED
  • Everyone stands for the benediction and the President will indicate when students are to stand for recessional
  • Graduates exit, front row first, from right aisle as platform party exits left aisle
  • Exit all the way outside the auditorium to avoid a bottleneck

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