2008 Commencement Ceremony
Baccalaureate Mass and
Commencement Information
Baccalaureate Mass
Friday, May 9, 2008
St. Joseph Chapel
All graduates and their guests are welcome to celebrate Mass with Holy Cross faculty, staff, administration and Board of Trustees.
All graduates, Trustees, faculty, and staff wear graduation regalia to the Baccalaureate Mass.
- 4:35 Graduates assemble in the Basil Hall Student Union for robing and line-up.
- ATTIRE—The cap (tassel on the left front) and gown. Due to the barbeque immediately following Mass, formal clothing is not recommended.
- 4:45 Students receiving their associates degree will line up first, two by two. Students receiving their bachelor’s degree will line up behind the AA graduates, also in pairs.
- 4:55 Procession begins.
Commencement
Saturday, May 10, 2008
St. Joseph Chapel
- 1:15 p.m. Graduates assemble in the Vincent Lounge (Max) for robing and line-up.
- ATTIRE—The cap (tassel on the left front) and gown.
- Students will line up alphabetically, with the assistance of Registrar, Rick Sullivan and Dr. Holland. Associate degree recipients will line up alphabetically first, with the baccalaureate students assembling alphabetically behind them.
- 1:55 Procession begins. Students will process to the chapel in pairs. Rick Sullivan will marshal students to the appropriate pews inside the chapel.
- RECEIVING YOUR DEGREE—When your name is read, stand from your seat, approach the stage, take the diploma in your left hand and shake the hands of the President and Chairman of the Board with your right. Return to your pew and be seated. In the unlikely event that you receive the wrong diploma, see Jodie Sweet-Przybysz or Dorene Muszer immediately following the exercises for an exchange.
- ORDER OF RECESSION: The stage party will lead the recession, followed by faculty, baccalaureate graduates, and the associate graduates. The procession will disband outside St. Joseph Chapel.
- Regalia should be returned to the cap and gown return table located outside the reception.