The University of Oklahoma
College of Liberal Studies
Convocation

 

Graduate and Candidate Instructions for the College of Liberal Studies Convocation

Before the Processional:
Please arrive no later than 1 p.m. You will line up for the processional by 1:15 p.m. The line will form behind the CLS Banner. The MA candidates will be directly in line behind the Banner Carrier, followed by BA candidates. You should be fully robed by the time you enter the line-up. Your tassel should be on the right side of your mortar board (cap). (After all graduates have returned to their seats, you will be instructed to stand as a group to be presented to the audience, and you will then be instructed to move the tassel to the left side of your cap).

During the Processional:
We will begin the processional promptly at 1:30 p.m. Graduates and candidates will be seated in the reserved seating at the very front of the theatre. Faculty marshals and/or staff ushers will give you directions throughout the convocation. Please follow their directions.

During the Recognition of Graduates and Candidates:
This is the time that you will walk across the stage and receive a medallion from either Julie Raadschelders (for Master of Arts in Liberal Studies) or Frank Rodriquez (for Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies) and a diploma cover from Dean James P. Pappas.

All candidates and graduates will move by row to the initial staging area (to the right of where you are seated). A staff usher will provide further direction. Then, one by one you will enter onto the stage. Please hand your completed photography card to the enunciator (Bob Dougherty) who will announce your name.

After you have received your medallion, diploma cover, and have had your official graduation photograph taken with Dean Pappas, you will be directed by a staff usher to the area where you will have a 2nd photograph taken. You will then be directed by a staff usher back to the graduate reserved seating section and be seated. (Note: It is not essential that you sit in the same place as you did earlier.) Then, as a group you will stand to be recognized when Dean Pappas says something like, “I now present the Class of 2007.” Dean Pappas will also direct you to move your tassel to the left side of your cap. After the applause subsides, you will be seated.

During the Recessional:
Again, you will line up behind the CLS Banner Carrier.  The Platform Party will exit first, then the CLS Banner Carrier, then the Faculty Marshals, and then the CLS Graduates.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2008 Spring
Convocation

Date: Saturday, May 10, 2008

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Location: Catlett Music Center
Paul F. Sharp Concert Hall
(Corner of Boyd and Elm)
500 West Boyd Steet
Norman, OK 73019

Parking: Elm Avenue Parking Garage

View the Spring 2008 Convocation pictures from Norman Party Pics!

Accommodation for Disability

Graduates or guests who require accommodations on the basis of disability should contact Frank Rodriquez or Sandy Gannon (405-325-1061) as soon as possible. For further information on disability issues, please refer to http://ods.ou.edu/

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