For information on the May 2008 Commencement Convocations, please see the information below. Classes of 2007 and 2008 Class of 2009 and beyond Diplomas Diploma Frames RU Graduating??? Senior Week Activities

Classes of 2007 and 2008

Information about who will be permitted to participate in each of the following ceremonies will be posted when it is available.

DOUGLASS COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION

Thursday, May 22, 2008
10:00 am, Antilles Field
Rain or shine
Douglass Commencement website

LIVINGSTON COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION

Thursday, May 22, 2008
1:30 pm, Louis Brown Athletic Center
Rain or shine
Livingston College Commencement website

For more information, contact:
Dean Tim Grimm, tgrimm@echo.rutgers.edu, or
Dean Paul Herman, paherman@rci.rutgers.edu

RUTGERS COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION

Thursday, May 22, 2008
1:15 pm, Voorhees Mall
Inclement weather:
Friday, May 23, 2008
1:15 pm, Voorhees Mall
Rutgers College Commencement website

For more information, contact
Dean Michael Stillwagon, mstillwagon@echo.rutgers.edu

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT CONVOCATION

Friday, May 23, 2008
7:00 pm, Louis Brown Athletic Center
Rain or shine
University College Commencement website

For more information, contact
Ms. Kay Lynch, kalynch@rci.rutgers.edu

NOTES:

• Rules regarding eligibility to participate in the above Commencement Convocations will be posted on this site when they are determined.

• School of Arts and Sciences students

  Graduates who have formally converted to the degree requirements for the School of Arts and Sciences (from Douglass College, Livingston College, Rutgers College, or University College) will attend the ceremony of the college above with which they were last affiliated.

  Graduates who transferred into Rutgers University as within the past two semesters as a School of Arts and Sciences student, or who completed a school-to-school transfer from a Rutgers University school other than Douglass College, Livingston College, Rutgers College, or University College, may choose the ceremony in which they would like to participate.

• The University-wide Commencement will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 1:30 pm on Voorhees Mall. This ceremony, presided by President McCormick, confers graduate degrees and represents students from all academic units in Newark, New Brunswick, and Camden. This is NOT the event in which undergraduates from Douglass, Livingston, Rutgers, and University Colleges participate. You are welcome to join the audience, but you do not dress in academic regalia or participate. 

• This site will be updated with additional information about Commencement as it becomes available.

• Graduates from October 2007 and January 2008 are invited to participate in the May 2008 ceremony.

• Caps and gowns may be purchased in April.

• Non-academic obligations such as financial debt or immunization hold will result in a hold placed on your diploma and transcript, although you may participate in Commencement.

• Students are frequently contacted via home address during senior week.  Please be sure the address on record is accurate.  Changes can be made at the Registrar’s Office or online.

Class of 2009 and Beyond

We have not yet made a determination for 2009 and thereafter.  There is currently a committee meeting that includes faculty, staff, and students addressing graduation ceremonies for 2009 grads.  It has not been decided if there will be separate college ceremonies or one SAS ceremony or both.  The committee will hear from constituencies and address the issue of resources and staffing required to maintain multiple graduation ceremonies.

Diplomas

College diplomas will say the college name and be signed by the current presiding dean (college deans for 2007, SAS dean for 2008 and beyond).  SAS diplomas will say School of Arts and Sciences and be signed by the presiding SAS dean.

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