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Campus-Wide Commencement

Class of 2012

Commencement Ceremony

Your big day is about to arrive!

Dean Cheng-i Wei and AGNR Academic Programs would like to offer you early congratulations on successful completion of a rigorous program of study and pass along some information related to this Spring's Commencement ceremonies.

CAMPUS

Congratulations on your upcoming graduation! The University of Maryland will celebrate your accomplishments during a two-day celebration that kicks off with a campus-wide ceremony on Sunday, May 20 at 1 p.m. (with the procession of graduates beginning at 12:15 p.m.) and the individual college and school ceremonies will follow on Monday, May 21 at various times and locations on campus. The campus-wide ceremony allows the university to come together as a community to celebrate our graduates' accomplishments before students are recognized individually at the college and school ceremonies. During the campus-wide ceremony, President Wallace Loh will officially confer the degrees and a commencement speaker as well as a student speaker will address the audience.

For more information on the main commencement ceremony, please visit the main commencement website.



College of Agriculture & Natural Resources

The formal graduation ceremony for the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources will be held at 12:00 p.m., Monday, May 21, 2012 in the university's Reckord Armory. All candidates should be gowned and report to Reckord Armory by 11:00 a.m. Department/Major signs will be posted and candidates will line up in the basement hallway at their appropriate sign in alphabetical order and under the direction of faculty marshals. The processional will begin at 11:45 a.m. with the platform party, which includes the Dean, college officials, and special guests. Following the platform party will be the faculty. The student processional will then enter from the basement, wait until the platform party and faculty are positioned, then process down the center aisle to the front for seating.

At the appropriate point in the ceremony, under the leadership of the marshals, candidates will move forward to be recognized and congratulated. They will return to their seats for the remainder of the ceremony.

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For more information, contact Tim Lapanne

Last updated: 04/30/2012