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85th Commencement Exercises
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Diamond Physical Education Center, Kentfield Campus
General Information
Caps and Gowns
Order online at Jostens and click on the blue get started button below Graduation Caps and Gowns. A prompt will ask you to enter College of Marin. Again click on the blue get started button. The deadline to order your cap and gown is Tuesday, April 24, 2012. You will not pay online; you will pay when you pick up your cap and gown packet in the Student Services Building, Student Affairs Office, Room 250, between May 14 and May 24. The price is $28. Make check or money order payable to MCCD.
If you have questions about placing your online order, please call Jostens at 800.854.7464.
If you have questions regarding picking up your order please call 415.485.9376.
Announcements
The College of Marin Foundation purchased announcements for our graduating students. From April 11 through May 24, you may obtain your complimentary packet of 5 announcements in the Student Affairs Office (Student Services Building, Room 250) from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. You may also order additional announcements through Jostens website.
Photographs
Grad Images will take your picture when you cross and exit the platform. Soon after commencement, the company will send you proofs of your pictures and their contact information. To receive your proof, you must sign the release on the enclosed RSVP postcard. Make certain that your address is current. You are not obligated to buy the photograph.
Flowers
A vendor will sell flowers in the Diamond PE Center, near the ceremony.
Children
Children are welcome to attend this wonderful celebration of your accomplishment. However, keep in mind the ceremony may last an hour and children may become restless.
Disability Accommodations
A sign language interpreter team will sign during the ceremony. If students or guests need other accommodations, please call (415) 485-9376 by May 11, 2012. There will be a designated disabled seating area as you enter the Diamond PE Center Gymnasium, marshals will guide you.
Location
Commencement will be held in the Diamond PE Center Gymnasium.
Reception
Following the ceremony, you, your family, and friends are invited to a reception located in the Diamond PE Center quad area. You will have a chance to talk with friends and faculty at this reception. The Associated Students of the College of Marin (ASCOM) sponsor this reception.
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Information for Board of Trustees, Faculty, and Administrators
Arrival Time
Arrive by 9 a.m. at the Diamond PE Center, Room 23. Commencement staff will distribute your cap, gown, tassel, and hood.
Faculty Grand Marshal: Sara McKinnon
Processional Line Order
The faculty grand marshal and vice president of student learning will lead the line of march from the Diamond PE Center, Room 23, to their perspective seating area on the platform. Marshals will guide you to your seating area.
Commencement Opening
The faculty grand marshal will announce the opening of the ceremony. Remain standing until the conclusion of the national anthem. (Men should remove their caps during the anthem.)
Commencement Programs
Commencement programs will be distributed in your robing area.
Recessional Line
When the ceremony is finished, the platform party will exit the stage first (refer to map and arrows), followed by faculty and administrators (refer to map). Commencement marshals will guide you. The faculty and administrators will form a receiving line for the graduates to walk through. Encourage students to keep moving through to the reception area.
Regalia
Return your caps and gowns to the Diamond PE Center, Room 23. Return your regalia to the hanger with your name on it. It is important that you keep gowns and hoods together to ensure that you have the right hood for your school and academic field.
Reception
Our students and their guests look forward to you joining them in the Diamond PE Center quad area. Spend some time for photographs with your students and their guests.
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Information for Students
Read the following information carefully and bring it with you to commencement. We will not have a commencement rehearsal, so it is important that you follow these instructions.
Note: Leave your valuables (purses, backpacks, etc.) with your family or friends. There is no place to store them securely.
Arrival Time and Location
Graduating students will begin checking-in at 8:45 a.m. Report to the Diamond PE Center. Signs will direct you to the student check-in area. Check-in ends at exactly 9:30 a.m. No one can check-in after 9:30 a.m. Do not be late; the ceremony begins at exactly 10 a.m. and should last approximately one hour.
Processional and Seating
Commencement marshals will escort graduating students into the Diamond PE Center Gymnasium. Everyone will remain standing through the National Anthem. Male graduates should remove their caps at the beginning of the anthem and replace them after the anthem.
Caps and Gowns
Wear or bring your regalia to the commencement. Remember, the caps, gowns, and tassels are yours to keep after the Commencement Exercises. Wear your cap straight so that it covers your forehead and place your tassel on the right side of your cap.
Name Cards
You will receive your name card when you check in. Make certain that you keep it with you. You will give the name card to the reader when you approach the stage. The reader will announce your name as you walk across the stage.
Presentation of Candidates
The reader will ask the A.A., A.S., certificates candidates and Marin County Office of Education certificate of completion students to rise. You are to remain standing until the college president asks you to sit down. Marshals will direct students to the platform row by row. When you receive your diploma cover, exit the stage, pause to allow the professional photographer to take your picture, then quickly return to your seat and sit down. After all graduates are seated, the vice president will ask you to move your tassel from the right side of your cap to the left side.
Recessional
Graduates will stand when the recessional music begins. The platform party will lead the recessional, followed by the faculty, and then the graduates. Commencement marshals will direct your exit, starting with the first row of students.
Receiving Line
Faculty will form a receiving line to greet you and bid you farewell. Go to the reception area after you have moved through the receiving line.
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Information for Guests
Parking
Parking lots at the Diamond PE Center will accommodate guest parking.
Arrival Time
Guests may begin arriving at 9 a.m. Please arrive no later than 9:45 a.m. The ceremony will begin promptly at 10 a.m.
Seating
Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis, no tickets are required. Please follow commencement marshals directions to guest seating areas. Once you have been seated, please remain in your seats, so that the ceremony can proceed without interruptions.
Recessional
Please remain standing and allow the faculty and students to exit the stage area first. Commencement marshals will direct your exit. Go directly to the reception area. Students will join their guests after they greet their instructors.
Photographs
Follow the commencement marshals direction for taking photographs. We ask that no one block aisles or stay for an extended time near the front of the stage. Guests will have many chances to take photographs before and after the ceremony.
Reminder: A professional photographer will take pictures of students as they cross and exit the platform.
Electronic Devices
Please silence your phones, pagers, iPads, and other electronic devices.
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If you need more information, please contact:
Student Affairs
Student Services Building, Room 250
415.485.9376
Commencement Webpage
Technical Contact: Vickie Lamke, Administrative Assistant, 415.485.9376
Content Responsible: Arnulfo Cedillo, Director of Student Affairs and Health Center, 415.485.9375
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Kentfield Campus
For any member of the community seeking accommodations for the disabled, please contact (415) 485-9340. College of Marin students seeking academic adjustments should contact (415) 485-9406.