Attention Students: If you are bringing more than 10 guests, please e-mail Trelle Baker
Graduates should arrive at 1:00 p.m. and faculty should arrive no later than 1:30 p.m. There will be signs and volunteers to direct you. Friends and family should enter into the Grand Hall and be seated. Please leave seats reserved for graduates open.
Get directions to Classic Center.
Parking is available in the parking deck adjacent to the Classic Center.
Parking and Entrance for Disabled and Elderly Visitors
Classic Center parking deck is handicap accessible. Free parking is available on a first come, first served basis.
Please arrange for a friend or family member to be responsible for your personal property during the ceremony as there will not be a location in which to secure it.
Available at the UGA Bookstore.
Available at the UGA Bookstore. Although, they will be available for purchase on the day of graduation, it is highly recommended that you purchase yours prior to this date.
There will be volunteer marshals to assist you in lining up for the processional. Please follow the directions they give. The first person to proceed will be the last one to exit the Grand Hall; hence, the last person to proceed will be the first to exit. Graduates always follow the faculty--never go before them.
MSW, M.A. in Nonprofit Organizations and Ph.D. Graduates: The hood should be placed over your right arm. Students follow the faculty when processing and recessing. Ph.D. recipients you may contact your major professor and if he/she can be present, you can have them perform this ritual for you.
Candidates should enter wearing their tassels over the right eye. You will approach the stage from your right.
We will provide you with a card from the photographer that you can fill out if you want to review your pictures after graduation. On the back of the card we will request that you write your name and any special details about pronunciation. You will give this card to a designated person so that your name can be announced. At this point, MSW, MNPO and PhD graduates will proceed to the faculty member who is assigned to hood you. B.S.W. students will proceed to the B.S.W. Program Director. Next you will walk over to Dean Daniels who will congratulate you. Keep in mind that the photographer will be taking pictures as you are hooded and/or congratulated.
After this, you will exit the stage and return to your seat.
Remember that the last students to come in are the first to leave--the last row will be the first to exit. Please stay in line and leave by rows following each other. This is a formal ceremony so we must leave in an orderly fashion.
The reception will held in the Atrium following the School of Social Work graduation ceremony. Light refreshments will be served.
Diplomas will be mailed to you within ten to twelve weeks after graduation from the Registrar’s Office.
Photographs will be taken by Grad Images. They will be providing cards for you fill out if you wish to purchase your pictures.
A group picture will be taken before the ceremony.
All transcripts must be obtained from the Registrar’s Office. You may call them at (706) 542-4040 after graduation for proof of your degree/graduation.
If you have logistical questions, please contact:
Trelle Baker
Academic Advisor
202 Tucker Hall
Tucker Hall
(706) 542-5420
trelle@uga.edu
For more information, visit: http://www.reg.uga.edu/graduation/undergraduateCommencement.
