Spring 2009 Convocation Ceremony
For Graduating Undergraduates and Graduate Students
College of Health and Human Services
Congratulations to all of our bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral graduates in January, May and August. As you all know, convocation and graduation are fast approaching. This letter will provide details for the upcoming convocation. Please read it and save it for future reference.
| When: | Thursday, May 14, 2009, 10:00 a.m. |
| Where: | Patriot Center, George Mason University, Fairfax Campus |
| Time: | Be at the Patriot Center NO LATER THAN 9:15 a.m. to allow time for the approximately 300 graduates to dress in cap and gown, to get assembled in alphabetical order and to go over final instructions. |
| Reception: | The reception will be held immediately following the Convocation Ceremony on the East side of the Concourse of the Patriot Center. |
| Attire: | Green cap and gown. Master’s and Doctoral graduates bring your hoods. Wear proper attire under your cap and gown. No Sneakers, jeans, sweatpants, shorts or sandals please! |
| Notes: |
There will be a Commencement Fair to purchase your cap and gown, rings, nursing pins, and also to obtain commencement tickets. The Commencement Fair will take place in the Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall on the Fairfax campus: Tuesday – Thursday, February 24, 25 and 26, 2009, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. After the Commencement Fair, caps and gowns only may be purchased at the Mason Bookstore, lower level, at the text book ordering office. |
| Pins: |
Nursing students may order Nursing pins by contacting the Herf Jones Company by telephone (703-368-9550). |
| Guests: |
An unlimited number of guests are allowed at the Convocation ceremony for the College of Health and Human Services. However, for Commencement (Saturday, May 16, 2009) you will need tickets to enter the Patriot Center. Handicapped Seating is available for guests near the portal entrances. Please ask any Patriot Center usher at the Portal entrances when you arrive to escort you to handicapped seating. |
| Special Accommodations: | Please contact Pat Tope (ptope@gmu.edu or 703-993- 1914) if you or a guest will need special accommodation or assistance during the ceremony |
Instructions:
Once students have picked up their reader cards, they should line up in alphabetical order behind the sign for their degree program in parking lot A. There will be staff to guide you.
PhD Students
After picking up reader cards, PhD students will meet in the Hospitality Room of the Patriot Center, located on the lower level. This is the former entrance to the Patriot Center box office. The entrance faces the Johnson Center. Once PhD students have checked-in and robed, they will line up in parking lot A with other PhD students.
Inclement Weather
In the case of inclement weather, please pick up your reader cards near the service entrance of the Patriot Center, and students will be instructed to line up inside the Patriot Center in the hallway. PhD students will still meet in the Hospitality Room prior to lining up in the Patriot Center hallway.
Pat Tope, Office Manager
Office of Student Affairs
Robinson Hall, Room 402
ptope@gmu.edu
703-993-1914