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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, complete a Request to Participate
in Engineering Commencement Ceremony form in the month before commencement. To access the form click here.
Graduates should report an hour before the start of the ceremony. It is important that you be on time. All graduates will line up accordingly on the 2nd floor of Cole Field House. Signs will be out to guide you in the right direction. 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, Masters, or
Professional Master Student look for signs indicating PhD, Masters 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.
PhD: After Commencement, diplomas can be picked up in the Diploma Office, located on the first floor of the Mitchell Building. The Diploma Office will not be open the day of Commencement, but will open for regular office hours the following business day. Diplomas will also be available for pick up the week of January 4, 2010 and then will be mailed out.
M.S: Diplomas will be mailed out to those that have completed all requirements approximately six weeks after graduation.
B.S: Diplomas will be mailed out to those that have completed all requirements approximately six weeks after graduation.
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 via email by early December 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. For information
on Latin Honors Tassels, contact Teresa Prince Jiménez after November 30, 2009 at: tprince@umd.edu. For information on Department Honors, please contact your department.
Summa: 4.000 - 3.971
Magna: 3.970 - 3.899
Cum Laude: 3.898 - 3.815
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.
Please see the University Commencement web site
for more information.
Parking in the marked spaces in the surface lots are on a first come first served basis. Special needs parking can be found in Lot Z near the tennis courts. There is wheelchair access into the building, which leads directly to wheelchair/special needs seating on the top level. Ushers will be available to assist special needs guests. Click here for interactive map. *Please note that there is no ground level entrance open to the public.
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.
SERVICES FOR GUEST WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Students or guests requiring sign language interpretation please contact Teresa Prince Jiménez (tprince@umd.edu) between November 16 and December 11, 2009 to make arrangements
for accommodations.
Wheelchair Access and Special Needs Seating
Guests with special needs will find seating near the entrances on Campus Drive. Ushers will be on hand to assist with seating and folding chairs will be provided for additional guests.
Please see "Parking" above.
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Commencement Ceremony