What to Expect at Your Ceremony

Arrive in Pioneer Hall (2nd floor) 45 minutes before your ceremony.
Leave purses and valuables at home or with family members. The university is not responsible for personal articles.
Have your cap and gown with you.
- Undergraduate tassels go on the right and move to the left during the ceremony.
- Graduate tassels go on the left for the duration.
Obtain your name card at the name card station on the 2nd-floor rotunda.
- Undergraduate name cards will be to the right
- Graduate name cards will be to the left
Line up in alphabetic order by last names behind the sign with your degree on it.
- Doctoral candidates will be directed to a separate room.
ONLY CANDIDATES FOR GRADUATION WILL BE PERMITTED UPSTAIRS.

Parking Students and guests may park in any valid parking spot on the day of their ceremony. Please see the DPS Parking page campus map for available parking locations. https://twu.edu/parking/
Guests with disabilities: We have floor seating appropriate for guests with disabilities, and staff at each entrance to the arena who will be available to assist these guests with seating accommodations.
Selfie sticks are not permitted.

When you are called to walk to the stage, bring your name card, which you obtained before line-up. You will be directed to hand your name card to the speaker at the name card table prior to walking across the stage.
Professional photographers will be at the ceremony to take a photograph of each graduate.
- Each graduate will pose with the Chancellor before exiting the stage.
- Photographers will take another photo of each graduate holding their diploma cover before being directed back to a seat.
- There is no obligation to purchase pictures, but you will receive a proof of the photo approximately a week after the ceremony. Answers to student questions may be found on http://gradimages.com/

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