PhD Degree Candidates
PhD and Master's Ceremony
DATE: Friday, December 12, 2008
TIME: 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Alexander Memorial Coliseum
Line-Up Information
All doctoral candidates will line up in the Freshman Gym, which is located at the back entrance of the Alexander Memorial Coliseum off Eighth Street. Please arrive no later than 6:00 p.m. in your cap and gown. You will receive your hood from your advisor on stage during the ceremony. Make sure the tassel is attached to the cap and hung to the left side. Upon entering the line-up area, pick up a program from the table and form a line behind the marker for your college.
School faculty representatives will distribute a numbered card to each candidate with his or her name and degree information. Candidates must line up in numerical order in accordance with the number that appears on the card. You must keep this name card until the card is given to a faculty announcer on stage. Please do not change places in line after the name cards have been distributed. When it is determined that everyone is ready to proceed, Commencement guides will lead the lines of candidates into the ceremony. Any candidate arriving after the processional has begun must immediately find an official from the Registrar's Office for placement.
Recognition of Doctoral Candidates
After the degrees have been conferred, the president will ask the candidates to advance to the platform (one row at a time) to be recognized, proceeding to the stage. After shaking hands with the president, the candidate will then proceed to the side of the stage where his/her advisor will be waiting to hood him/her. Afterwards, a complimentary photo of each candidate will be provided by Georgia Tech's official photographer, Commencement Specialist Inc., and the Georgia Tech Graduate Studies Office. The candidate will then return to his or her original row and be seated.
Commencement is a special event for all involved. Please show respect for everyone who has come to share in the experience. Individuals who engage in inappropriate or disruptive behavior will be removed from the event. All cell phones and pagers must be turned off before entering the event facility and must remain turned off throughout the entire ceremony. Please show respect for other graduates by remaining in your seat until the end of the ceremony.
Absolutely no alcoholic beverages are allowed in or around the ceremony area. Anyone violating this code will be removed from the event.
