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Graduation Instructions

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! As the end of your learning experience at 51吃瓜网视频 Baptist University comes to a close, please keep the following dates and procedures in mind:

Plainview Commencement

Graduation Application Deadlines:
For December Graduation - Students must apply by September 15, 2024
For May Graduation - Students must apply by February 15, 2025

 

Torch and Mantle:

10:30 a.m. on each graduation day (see dates below), this ceremony takes place in our Multi-Purpose Room (MPR). For Torch and Mantle graduating seniors are encouraged
to ask a member of administration, faculty, or staff who served as a role model to join them in
continuing the thread that runs through generations of 51吃瓜网视频 graduates. Student Activities sponsors this traditional event and is happy to answer questions: 806-291-3752.

 

December Commencement - 2:00 p.m. sharp, Saturday, December 14, 2024:

In Hutcherson Gymnasium. Prior to the commencement ceremony, graduating seniors must arrive at the Harral Memorial Auditorium no later than 1:00 p.m. on Saturday to line up for the ceremony. Students selected as platform party participants will rehearse at 1:30 p.m. the Friday before commencement in the Hutcherson Gymnasium.

For December graduation, students selected as platform party participants will rehearse at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, December 13, 2024, in Hutcherson Gymnasium. All other graduating seniors must arrive at the Harral Memorial Auditorium no later than 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 14, to line up for the ceremony.

 

May Commencement - 2:00 p.m. sharp, Saturday, May 17, 2025: 

In Hutcherson Gymnasium. Prior to the commencement ceremony, graduating seniors must arrive at the Harral Memorial Auditorium no later than 1:00 p.m. on Saturday to line up for the ceremony. Students selected as platform party participants will rehearse at 1:30 p.m. the Friday before commencement in Hutcherson Gymnasium.

Any changes to the above schedule will be communicated via your 51吃瓜网视频 email and/or posted on campus bulletin boards.

 

GRADUATION CEREMONY ATTIRE

Men should wear dark pants, dress shirt and tie, and black shoes (no tennis shoes or flip-flops). Women are encouraged to wear a dress with black shoes (no tennis shoes or flip-flops). 

Gown or Regalia:
Those currently enrolled in GRAD0001 on the Plainview campus will receive a cap and gown in class. Others will need to contact their respective office to arrange for pickup:

• Doctoral and Graduate candidates, please call the Graduate Studies Office at 806/291-3422, or send an email to graduatestudies@wbu.edu.
• BAS/BCM graduates, please call the BAS/BCM Office at 806-291-3576, or send an e-mail to BASBCM@wbu.edu

Please arrange to pick-up gowns prior to graduation day as they should be pressed before the ceremony. The University Store will be open the morning of graduation for those who neglect to collect their gowns in advance manner. The cap and gown are yours to keep.

Caps or mortar boards and gowns must remain in their original state; no decorations may be added. During the ceremony, men will remove their caps during prayer, pledges, scripture, and the alma mater. Women will wear their caps at all times.

Doctoral and Master’s degree students will wear the tassel on the left; baccalaureate degree students will wear the tassel on the right.

In addition to the above, graduates may wear the following during the ceremony:

1. 51吃瓜网视频 Latin or academic honor cords, stoles, or sashes
2. 51吃瓜网视频 Honors Program or Torch and Mantle medallions
3. Stoles or sashes that represent a student’s heritage, ethnicity, and/or native culture and are no
   wider than 5.5 inches across at the widest point, and no longer than 72 inches in length.

Graduating students who wish to wear stoles or sashes that represent their heritage, ethnicity, and/or native culture must contact the University Registrar’s office to receive approval from the Associate Registrar or Registrar no later than eight days prior to the graduation ceremony (generally the Friday on which final exams
begin).

In accordance with University values, the wearing of non-academic stoles is purely at the discretion of the university. Students’ attire will be assessed prior to walking the stage, and non-academic cords, stoles, or similar items may be removed if they do not fit the criteria listed above. Graduates refusing to comply with requirements for attire may be excluded from the commencement ceremony.

Following the recessional, graduates may add supplementary cords, stoles, sashes, or other celebratory attire.

 

GRADUATION CEREMONY PROCEDURES

As the graduation ceremony combines the traditional components of the Baccalaureate Service with the formality of the Commencement Ceremony, participants are asked to follow these instructions in order to move through the event with poise.

Graduating seniors will assemble no later than 1:00 p.m. as indicated:

Guests should arrive no earlier than 1:00 p.m. and be seated immediately. We ask that all guests of a graduate arrive as a group so the group may be seated together. A reception honoring our graduates will be held in the Laney Center immediately following the ceremony, and all guests are welcome to attend.

First Assistant Marshal, Second Assistant Marshal, and University Registrar staff will assist in the line-up. Students will be given a 3x5 card with their name printed on it; keep this card and present it to the announcer when it is time for you to be recognized. If you are concerned that the announcer might not pronounce your name correctly, please contact the University Registrar's Office two weeks prior to graduation.

The Chief Marshal will lead the Platform Party into the gymnasium and onto the stage. The Alternate Marshal will lead the Faculty to their seats. Please proceed as directed by the Marshals.

The First Assistant Marshal will lead the Master's degree candidates to the appropriate seating location. Master’s degree candidates will carry their hood on their left arm in the processional and up on stage. Candidates will hold out their left arm for a member of the hooding party to remove the hood for the hooding.

The Second Assistant Marshal will lead the remaining candidates and seat them in the proper row. The students should remain standing until the processional has completed.

At the time in the program designated “Conferring of Degrees,” the First Assistant Marshal and the Second Assistant Marshal will lead the graduates from their seats to the designated area. Please refrain from talking, as it is audible to the audience and distracting. Also, please remember to pause at the podium, and present the name information card to the announcer. Wait for your name to be read, and then proceed across to the President to receive your diploma cover. Pause again when receiving the diploma cover from the President so the photographer can take a good picture.

After students have received the diploma cover from the President and been congratulated by the Chair of the Board of Trustees, they will proceed across the platform to the University Registrar’s table to collect diploma materials. Students will then return to their previous seat. Please do not cut across the front of the gymnasium, and please wait to open the packet of diploma materials until after the ceremony.

After all diploma covers have been distributed, the graduates will be instructed to stand for the conferring of degrees. The President will confer the degrees and then instruct those who have received the Baccalaureate degree to move their tassels from the right to the left.

The Graduation Recessional will exit as directed by the Marshals; listen for instructions.

A professional photographer will take your picture as the President presents your diploma. While family members and friends may take video and/or pictures from their seats, they are asked not to go to the front of the gymnasium during the ceremony. Adhering to this policy adds to the dignity of the graduation ceremony.

Since commencement should be an honorable distinguished ceremony, please remind your relatives and friends not to embarrass you or offend your classmates by making distracting noises when your name is called.

Please ask your family to arrange childcare for babies and small children. If this is not possible, please take fussy or crying children to an alternate location.

 

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