CELS Commencement Instructions

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CELS Commencement Instructions
Please review the following information regarding
the commencement ceremony
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Fire lane
Bathroom in Greenhouse
Bio Sci dept.
Graduates lined up by department and major (see
next slide)
PLS dept.
Pergola
Podium - Associate Dean Nixon
Guest seating
Guest seating
Guest seating
Faculty Department Chairs
Photographer
Faculty
Dean Seemann
Guest seating
Faculty
Diploma Table Associate Dean Rhodes
CEEC Center
Bathrooms
Refreshments

• 230 Procession into the Botanical Garden
• At 200 p.m. you will be asked to line up by
  department and major in the fire lane between the
  gardens and the Greenhouses (see next slide for
  list of departments).
• Faculty will process down the center aisle and
  take their seats.
• Plant Sciences Graduates will then lead the
  procession through the pergola down the center
  aisle.
• Turn left at the stage and return to your
  original position in the fire lane.

Upper College Road
East Alumni Avenue
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Graduates are lined up by department and major
Biological Sciences Biology (B.A.) Biological
Science Marine Biology Cell Molecular
Biology Clinical Laboratory Science Microbiology
Environmental Natural Resource
Economics Environmental Economics
Management Resource Economics
Commerce Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary
Sciences Aquaculture and Fishery
Technology Animal Science Technology
Geosciences Geosciences Geology and Geological
Oceanography Landscape Architecture Landscape
Architecture (B.L.A.) Marine Affairs Coastal
and Marine Policy Studies (B.A.) Coastal and
Marine Policy Management Natural Resources
Science Environmental Science
Management Wildlife Conservation
Biology Nutrition Food Sciences Nutrition
Dietetics Plant Science Environmental
Horticulture Turf Management
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Bathrooms in Greenhouse
Graduates lined up by department and major (see
next slide)
Fire lane
Podium - Associate Dean Nixon
Guest seating
Kim
Guest seating
Guest seating
Faculty Department Chairs
Photographer
Dean Seemann
Guest seating
Faculty
Diploma Table Associate Dean Rhodes
CEEC Center
Bathrooms
Refreshments

• 1. Welcome-Associate Dean Rhodes
• 2. Congratulatory Address-Dean Seemann
• 3. Awarding of degrees
• For the awarding of degrees, the Biological
  Sciences Graduates will lead onto the stage where
  you will hand your index card to Associate Dean
  Dennis Nixon, who will read your name.
• Walk across the stage to Dean Seemann. Shake
  with your right hand and take diploma with your
  left.
• We will have a photographer to capture a photo of
  you as your receive your diploma on stage.
• Walk off the stage to shake hands with your
  department faculty.
• Proceed down the center aisle.
• Please have guest remain seated as a courtesy to
  those students who do not walk until later in the
  program.

Commencement Ceremony
Upper College Road
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A SPECIAL REQUEST
Please limit your guests to 4 as space in the
garden is extremely limited. Thank you.
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REMINDER

• Please remember your 3 x 5 card.
• Please notify Kimberly Anderson if you are using
  disability services for special needs.

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Make Plans for Rain Arrangements
In the event of rain, the main commencement
ceremony will be held in the Ryan Center and
admission tickets will be required. Due to fire
code regulations, only two tickets per graduate
can be issued. These will be provided at the URI
Bookstore when you purchase your cap and gown.
Guests exceeding the two-ticket limit may view a
simulcast of the ceremony at the Mackal Field
House. Should the Rain Plan go into effect the
CELS Graduation Ceremony will take place in the
Ryan Center along with the College of Arts and
Sciences (AS) immediately following the main
ceremony. Following the conclusion of the main
ceremony, and after the guests and graduates of
the other colleges have left, all AS and CELS
guests will be allowed into the Ryan Center.