Class of Fall 2024

Student Information for the day of Convocation

Graduates should arrive at the Ceremony by 2:45 PM MST

Paid parking is also available at Cornell Parking Structure for $1.75/half-hour. Automated pay machines accept VISA, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. Cash payments are only accepted at pay stations located on the third floor of the Cornell Structure (these machines only accept $1, $5, and $10 bills and do not give change).

Checking in and picking up name cards

• Upon arriving, each student will be provided with a "name card," which contains their name and any information that will be read about them when they walk across the stage.
• Students must keep their name card with them. Students will hand it to the Marshal as they walk across the stage.
• Students may only pick up their own name card. Picking up cards for friends can lead to confusion.

Student line up

• After picking up name cards, students will wait in the lobby to process in.

Degree recognition

• Students are seated directly in front of the stage and, once directed by the Marshals, will stand and process across the stage to be recognized.
• When approaching the stage, the Marshal will take the student's name card. This is how the Assistant Dean on the stage will know which name to call.
• DNP or PhD students will then be hooded by their Chair.
• While on stage, students will have a professional photo taken of them as they shake hands with the Dean. Photos will be available for free on the College of Nursing graduation webpage a few weeks after the ceremony.
• After walking across the stage, students will receive a gift from the Office of Advancement.
• Students then continue to follow the instructions of the Marshals and sit back down until the end of the ceremony.

End of ceremony

• Leadership and faculty on the platform will leave first.
• The Marshals will then cue the students when the ceremony ends and it is time to leave the arena floor.