1. CONGRATULATIONS ! Commencement May 5 – 7, 2006

2. Friday, May 5 Find your assigned seat Complete the Senior Exit Survey NSSE sightings!

3. Friday, May 5 Consecration Service – 8:00 PM –No regalia needed –Sit with whomever you wish, wherever you wish. –Platform party – be on platform by 7:29 PM

4. Saturday, May 6 Sabbath School – 9:45 – 11:Sharp –Student led Baccalaureate – 11:30 AM –No regalia required –Sit wherever you want –Sit with whomever you want. –Platform party – be on platform by 10:59.

5. Sunday, May 7 Memorial Auditorium –8:30 AM – Put on regalia + line up in proper order (Try on your regalia at home this afternoon) Memorial Auditorium, lower floor, Exhibit Hall –Set as many alarms as you think you will need Procession will begin at 9:30 sharp

6. Sunday, May 7

7. The Grand Entrance Dr. Chris Hansen = The Grand Marshal Platform Party Faculty (Grand Marshal returns for seniors) Grand Marshal Class Officers (single file) Southern Scholars (single file) Baccalaureate Degree graduates (First row marches in single file) All other candidates (double file) Associates Masters Guests Grand Marshal returns for Golden Anniversary Class (50-year alumni) at east, side entrance.

8. Receiving your Diploma Stand by rows (all the way across both sections) Move to the right Names announced. If you are not the person called, shake your head, and we will say “In Absentia”. Wait until your name is called. Walk at a natural pace across the platform Southern Scholars – receive your medallion Proceed to Dr. Bietz Diploma in left hand above your right hand Smile for photographer Shake hands with Gordon Retzer, chair of the Board Back to your chair + sit down

9. Exiting the Stage Benediction Grand Marshal - mace - platform party Emily McArthur will follow the platform participants and lead students out First row will march single file Second row, double file Go down steps and march out together Keep moving to the road

10. Rules and Your Self-Respect No non-academic embellishments –SAU dress code applies for a few more hours –Flowers, $$, signs, etc. ≠ appropriate Appropriate clothing / shoes with robe

11. Rules and Your Self-Respect Ask your family not to act too surprised when you receive your diploma –Fog horns prohibited by MA –Silly string or confetti prohibited by MA –Hooting & hollering ≠ good Gifts afterwards Photos afterwards