TIME SCHEDULE: Everyone will assemble in assigned rooms between 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. Family members can snap pictures as you pass by but please do not stop to pose. You cannot stop for photos once the processional starts marching. Please inform your family that they cannot cross the roped areas to take pictures.

There will be a photographer taking pictures as you receive your degree. Please remain for the entire ceremony and march out with the recessional. Highest ranking degree first and then down to the last degree category. Your family can access this through the Graduation link - When it is time to award degrees, you will be directed to the stage by rows. Please remember that the ground is uneven in places. There will be a limited number of handicapped seats. Please know that there isn’t any shade and it can be hot. No umbrellas – none! This is for safety reasons and so everyone can see. We cannot be responsible for anything once you leave the room.Ĭell phones need to be turned off once the processional starts. Leave all belongings in your car or with your family. If you have a question about Honors, you can contact the Admissions Office for clarification.Ĭaps may be decorated as long as it is tasteful and doesn’t distract from ceremony or impair the person’s view behind you.ĭress appropriately and wear comfortable shoes as we will be walking on grass and uneven ground. This will be given to you in the room where you assemble. Honors tassels will be given to you by the College if you meet the criteria for honors. You can buy just the tassel with the current year drop from the Bookstore. You can borrow a gown from a past graduate as long as the cap and gown are black and the hood has the SVCC colors on it. You cannot wear your high school regalia. If your name is hard to pronounce, please write the phonetic pronunciation on the card below your name.Īll students must wear cap, gown, hood and tassel. This is what let’s the reader know your name and degree information. You will need to hold on to this card from this point on until you march across the stage. When you check in in your assigned room, you will be given a card. There will also be a welcome tent and navigation assistants directing you. (mention AA&S, AAS, CSC, etc.) Specific room assignments will be posted on the graduation link as well as a schematic of the buildings and the direction of how the processional will flow. Go to your assigned room for your degree. Traffic will be backed up on all roads leading to campus. Be aware ahead of time of how long it takes for you to get to campus. there is no delaying this time.Īrrive on campus EARLY – around 8:00 a.m. Processional marches promptly at 9:30 a.m. We are hoping not to have to do that but we need to be aware if things change, we will have to adjust accordingly. However, if anything changes with Covid, we may have to limit guests.

As of right now, there is not a limit on the number of guests that you can have. We will not have a graduation rehearsal but there will be many assistants to direct you - you will be informed and know what to do. As you know this can change at any time and could be different from the current requirements. Parking is limited so carpool if at all possible.Īll covid requirements that are in place at the time of graduation will be followed. SVCC has one ceremony which includes SVCC students, DE students and GSSV students.

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