Psychology Convocation Ceremony
Location & Date
Sunday, May 12, 2013, 4:30 p.m.
Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 South Goodwin Avenue, Urbana
The ceremony recognizes December 2012, May 2013, and August 2013 graduates. It will include hooding candidates for the Ph.D. degree and calling all participating graduates to the platform in recognition of their academic achievement. Photographs will be taken of candidates as they receive their diploma covers and cross the stage. The ceremony lasts for 90 minutes.
Registration and Ticket Distribution
Undergraduate students: Due to seating limitations in the Foellinger Great Hall of the Krannert Center, guest ticket distribution will be limited to 4 tickets.
Graduate students: Please use the on-line registration to indicate your faculty advisor, your dissertation title, and number of guest tickets.
Registration
Please use the Convocation registration site to indicate your participation in the 2013 Psychology Convocation Ceremony.
Ticket Distribution
Registered participants may pick up their tickets (max. 4) in Room 10 Psychology Building beginning Tuesday, April 30 through Friday, May 3.
**Krannert Center for the Performing Arts requires all guests to have tickets
Cap and Gown
All graduates and degree candidates participating in commencement ceremonies are required to wear appropriate academic attire. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign graduates wear custom regalia designed specifically for the campus. Academic attire consists of a blue mortarboard, blue gown and, in the case of a graduate degree, a hood. Please order/rent your academic regalia by using the on-line Herff-Jones website.
Commemorative T-Shirt Giveaway
Graduating Seniors: No orders can be placed at this time. Additional t-shirts will be available from April April 30 - May 3 in Room 9, Psychology Building. No size guarantees.
Photographs
Three photographs will be taken during the ceremony by GradImages.
Sign Language Interpreter
Candidates for graduation who require a sign language interpreter should notify our office by April 16 so that we may make arrangements.
Please notify us about other special needs of guests by May 3. Questions about the Psychology Department activities for Convocation? Please feel free to call 217-333-6478 or e-mail advising@psych.illinois.edu
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All-campus Assembly Hall commencement
Campus-wide graduation information can be found at the UIUC Commencement website.