Master's Degree Candidates
Announcing Your New Customized Regalia
DATE: Friday, December 11, 2009
TIME: 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Alexander Memorial Coliseum
SPEAKER: Dr. Ken Gabriel, Deputy Director, DARPA
RSVP to attend by Friday, November 20
Regalia Information
All master's candidates must purchase the new academic regalia from the Barnes and Noble @ Georgia Tech bookstore. When there, please let the cashier know which master's degree you are receiving, as that will determine your hood color. Master's candidates' regalia costs $89.98 before tax and includes your customized Georgia Tech gown, cap, and hood. Students will not be permitted to wear former Georgia Tech regalia (plain black robes) at the ceremony or undergraduate gowns, as master's gowns have additional material at the base of the sleeve. Regalia can be purchased up until the week of Commencement.
Line-Up Information
All master's candidates will line up in the Freshman Gym. Please enter the Coliseum via Gate 2, where volunteers and signs will direct you to the Freshman Gym. Please arrive at 6:00 p.m. in your cap and gown. Make sure the tassel is attached to the cap and hung to the right 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 Master's Degree Candidates
After the doctoral candidates have been recognized, master's degrees will be conferred. Then, the president will ask the candidates to advance to the platform to be recognized individually. Each candidate will proceed to the stage where he/she will receive a memento from the dean and shake hands with the president. The candidate will then continue across the stage and pose for a photograph. Afterwards, the candidate will then return to his/her original row and may 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.
