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Friday, May 23, 2008
12:00 p.m.
Comcast Center
Please check the University Commencement web site
for complete details.
Undergraduate Students only: If your degree requirements will not be complete at the end of the semester, but you would like
to participate at the Engineering Commencement ceremony, come to the Undergraduate Advising and
Academic Support Office (1124 Glenn L. Martin Hall) and complete a Request to Participate
in Engineering Commencement Ceremony form in the month before commencement.
Graduates report to Comcast Center (more information will be posted within a few weeks of the ceremony). It is important that you be on time. You must pick up your name card,
which will be given to the Reader of Names during the ceremony. In order to pick up your card look for
the name of your department, if you are an Undergraduate student. If you are a PhD, Master, or
Professional Master Student look for signs indicating PhD, Master and Professional Master, not for
your major. Please make sure to complete the survey on the back of card.
The Student Affairs staff will assist you in preparing for the Processional.
A complete timeline regarding the undergraduate graduation process and required paperwork is available on the Undergraduate Advising and Academic Support Graduation page.
Masters Student Procedure
Information regarding graduation procedures can be found on The Graduate School page. Inquiries regarding commencement ceremony participation should be directed to your departmental graduate advisor and not to Student Affairs nor the Dean's Office.
Please make arrangements with your advisor to be hooded during the Engineering Graduation Ceremony.
If your advisor is not available, you can ask another member of your committee or a favorite faculty
member to hood you, or your department chair can hood you. Inquiries regarding commencement ceremony participation should be directed to your department and not to Student Affairs nor the Dean's Office.
If you are an undergraduate student graduating with Latin honors (summa, magna and cum laude), engineering
department honors and/or Clark School honors, you will receive a gold and/or red tassel from the college to wear on
your cap at graduation. Students will be notified by email when the tassels are available. Latin, department
and Clark School honors will also be announced when your name is read during the recognition portion of
the Engineering ceremony.
Summa: 4.000 - 3.975
Magna: 3.974 - 3.901
Cum Laude: 3.900 - 3.798
You are responsible for obtaining your own graduation regalia. The University Book Center will
take orders for caps and gowns and other graduation items until the day of graduation. For information
on Honors Tassels, contact Teresa Prince (tprince@umd.edu).
Please see the University Commencement web site
for more information.
Students or guests requiring sign language interpretation please contact Teresa Prince
(tprince@umd.edu) between April 14 and May 18, 2008 to make arrangements
for accommodations.
For a map indicating location of wheelchair access, click here.
Family and friends can park free in most lots or in any metered space. For a full explanation of parking
on Commencement Day, please refer to the University
Commencement web site.
Family and friends should arrive for the Engineering Ceremony a half hour before the event.
No tickets are required.
A professional photographer will be available to take pictures of the students as they process across the stage. For more information, go to:
gradimages.com.
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Commencement Ceremony
