2016 Commencementfor undergraduates and guests Guide Commencement Day is approaching quickly. While it promises to be a wonderful day, your cooperation can make it even better. Please take a moment to review this booklet. It contains important information about the University Commencement. If you have additional questions after reading the booklet, please visit fordham.edu/commencement, email [email protected], call the Office of the University Secretary at 718-817-3010, or contact one of the offices on the adjacent page. We look forward to seeing you on Saturday, May 21! 2 Table of Contents 2 Caps and Gowns 6 Diploma Ceremonies 2 Ordering Your Cap and Gown 8 Campus Map 2 Graduate Salutes 2 Late Distribution Times 11 Severe Weather 3 Wearing Your Academic Attire 12 Travel Information 4 University Commencement 12 Parking 4 Assembly of Candidates 12 Moving out of the Residence Halls at Rose Hill 5 Order of the Academic Procession 13 Directions 5 Broadcast 14 Hotel Information 5 The University Commencement Ceremony 15 General Information 15 Announcements 17 People with Disabilities Important University Contact Information Accommodations for Deans’ Offices People with Disabilities For information about diploma Office of Disability Services ceremonies and award nights, contact [email protected] the appropriate college or school. 718-817-0655 Fordham College at Lincoln Center 212-636-6350 Alumni Relations forever.fordham.edu Fordham College at Rose Hill alumnioffi[email protected] 718-817-4700 212-636-6520 Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies Baccalaureate Mass Information Rose Hill | 718-817-4600 Campus Ministry Lincoln Center | 212-636-6372 fordham.edu/cm Westchester | 914-367-3303 Rose Hill | 718-817-4500 Lincoln Center | 212-636-6267 Gabelli School of Business Westchester | 914-367-3420 718-817-4100 Senior Week Information Enrollment Services fordham.edu/seniorweek fordham.edu/enrollment_services Office for Student Involvement Rose Hill | 718-817-3900 [email protected] Lincoln Center | 212-636-6700 Rose Hill | 718-817-5860 Office for Student Leadership and Community Development [email protected] Lincoln Center | 212-636-6250 Caps and Gowns Ordering Your Cap and Gown Caps and gowns for all undergraduates (FCLC, FCRH, Gabelli, and PCS) are provided by the University. If you placed your order online (fordham.edu/capandgown) before the Friday, March 11, deadline, your cap and gown will be available at the Graduate Salute events listed below, but only at the campus selected while ordering. Be sure to bring your receipt or email confirmation along with your student ID card. When picking up your cap and gown, don’t forget to pick up your announcements and update your contact information with Alumni Relations. At the Rose Hill Graduate Salutes, Senior Week tickets will also be available for pickup. Additionally, Rose Hill students may schedule their senior portraits during this time. Please keep in mind that your student account must be paid in full or appropriate arrangements made before picking up your cap and gown. Also, you must have applied to graduate online through my.fordham.edu or have the permission of your dean. If you did not preorder your gown online, you may still attend the Graduate Salutes at Lincoln Center and Rose Hill and receive a cap and gown on a first-come, first-served basis. (Extras will not be available at the Westchester distributions.) Bachelor’s candidates are given keeper gowns and therefore do not return academic attire. Graduate Salutes Late Distribution Times Lincoln Center Graduate Salutes If caps and gowns are not picked up in Lowenstein, Second-Floor Lounge April, they must be picked up at the Rose (FCLC students begin in the Third-Floor Lounge) Hill campus on the following dates and Wednesday, April 13 | 5 – 7 p.m. times. A $10 late fee (cash only) will be Thursday, April 14 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. charged to all who pick up academic attire in May. Rose Hill Graduate Salutes Rose Hill campus, McGinley Center McGinley Center Ballroom Student Lounge (Basement Level) and Campus Center Lounge Thursday, May 19 | 4 – 7 p.m. Monday, April 18 | 2 – 7 p.m. Friday, May 20 | Noon – 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 | 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Saturday, May 21 | 8 – 10 a.m. Westchester Distributions Room 204 Tuesday, April 19 | 3 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20 | 3 – 7 p.m. 2 Wearing Your Academic Attire The gowns and colors of academic dress indicate the graduate’s level of academic accomplishment, discipline, and school/university affiliation. We ask for graduates’ cooperation in not modifying academic attire with personal items that may distract from the academic ritual. The cut of the gown identifies the degree. The bachelor’s gown has pointed sleeves, while the master’s gown has oblong-cut sleeves. The doctoral gown has bell-shaped sleeves typically crossed with bands of velvet. The length of the hood indicates the level of the degree. The color of the velvet border indicates the field of learning in which the degree was earned and includes white for arts, gold for science, and brown for fine arts. The inner lining of Fordham hoods is maroon, the University’s official color. For the academic procession, graduates carry the hood draped over the left arm with the color that represents the degree clearly visible. Candidates don their hoods after the president has conferred all degrees. The hood should be placed around your neck and shoulders so that the major portion hangs down the back and the velvet is up. The cord in the front of the hood should be fastened to your clothing. The bachelor’s cap is worn with the long point of the shell to the rear and the traditional black tassel to the left. Caps and gowns may also be worn at the Rose Hill Baccalaureate Mass on Friday, as well as to Encaenia and the Gabelli School of Business Awards Night on Thursday. For any questions regarding academic attire, contact Steve Clarke from Herff Jones Inc. at [email protected] or 516-223-2572. fordham.edu/commencement 3 University Commencement Each candidate who has fulfilled the requirements for a degree is encouraged to participate in the University Commencement. Please note that degree recipients are required to wear academic attire. Tickets are not required for admission to the Rose Hill campus or to the University Commencement ceremony on Edwards Parade on Saturday, May 21. Assembly of Candidates All graduates must be at the appropriate line-up site near Keating, Spellman, Tierney, and O’Hare Halls no later than 9:30 a.m. with their caps and gowns. (See pages 8–9 for your school or college’s location.) Signs will be posted that day to assist you. The Victory Bell sounds at 9:55 a.m., and the academic procession begins immediately thereafter. At that point, please proceed under your faculty marshal’s direction. As the oldest of Fordham’s schools, Fordham College at Rose Hill leads the procession. Fordham College at Lincoln Center graduates, when you arrive at the line-up area between O’Hare and Tierney Halls, check in and pick up your calling card prior to the start of the academic procession. The card is needed for you to participate in the diploma ceremony, so please do not lose it. Tables will be arranged in alphabetical order. 4 Order of the The University Academic Procession Commencement Ceremony • The Grand Marshal After everyone has processed in, please • Fordham College at Rose Hill (FCRH) rise for the invocation and remain standing • Gabelli School of Business, bachelor’s throughout the presentation of the colors and playing of the national anthem. • Fordham School of Professional and Continuing Studies (PCS) Honorary degrees are then awarded to • Fordham College at Lincoln Center several candidates who will be announced (FCLC) at a later date. One of the honorary degree candidates will then address the • Graduate School of Religion and degree candidates and their guests. Religious Education, master’s • Graduate School of Education, master’s Next, the dean of each school in the University presents to the president a • Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, scroll containing the listing of names of master’s candidates for degrees. Father McShane • Gabelli School of Business, master’s then asks all candidates for degrees and • School of Law all faculty members to stand. After the • Graduate School of Social Service, PhD conferral of degrees, all graduates are to • Graduate School of Religion and put their hoods over their heads, don their Religious Education, DM and PhD caps, and be seated. One student representative from each school will be • Graduate School of Education, hooded by the dean and receive a diploma. EdD and PhD The doctoral candidates are then called • Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, individually to come forward to receive PhD their diplomas from the president. • The Alumni Father McShane then congratulates all of • The Faculty Senate the graduates. Following a benediction • The Faculty and the singing of the Alma Mater, all • The Administrators students except FCRH students leave • The Platform Party Edwards Parade. Following their faculty When you reach Edwards Parade, please marshals, FCLC graduates walk past the be seated while the procession continues. Cunniffe Fountain, turn left at Cunniffe Remain seated until honored guests and House, and proceed directly to their seats University officials reach Keating Terrace. on the Walsh Family Library Lawn. Gabelli (bachelor’s candidates) and PCS students turn right out of Edwards Parade. Gabelli Broadcast graduates follow their faculty marshals The University Commencement ceremony to their designated line-up area under is broadcast over radio station WFUV the football stadium bleachers. PCS (90.7 FM) and at wfuv.org.