2017 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 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 20! 2 Table of Contents 2 Caps and Gowns 10 Campus Map 2 Ordering Your Cap and Gown 12 Travel Information 2 Graduate Salutes 12 Parking 2 Late Distribution Times 12 Moving out of the Residence Halls 3 Wearing Your Academic Attire at Rose Hill 4 University Commencement 13 Directions 4 Assembly of Candidates 14 Hotel Information 5 Order of the Academic Procession 15 Senior Week Events 5 Broadcast 18 Fordham Legacy 5 The University Commencement Ceremony 19 General Information 19 Announcements 6 Diploma Ceremonies 21 People with Disabilities 9 Severe Weather 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 Gabelli School of Business Lincoln Center | 212-636-6267 718-817-4100 Westchester | 914-367-3420 Enrollment Services Senior Week Information fordham.edu/enrollment_services Office for Student Involvement Rose Hill | 718-817-3900 fordham.edu/seniorweek Lincoln Center | 212-636-6700 Rose Hill | 718-817-5860 [email protected] Lincoln Center | 212-636-6250 [email protected] 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 place your order online (fordham.edu/capandgown) before the Friday, March 24 deadline, your cap and gown will be available at the 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 online to graduate 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 or 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 at the Lowenstein, Second-Floor Lounge Salutes/Distributions, they must be (FCLC students begin in the Third-Floor Lounge) picked up at the Rose Hill campus on the Wednesday, April 26 | 5 – 7 p.m. following dates and times. A $10 late fee Thursday, April 27 | 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. (cash only) will be charged to all who pick up their caps and gowns at the late Rose Hill Graduate Salutes distribution. McGinley Center Ballroom Rose Hill campus, McGinley Center and Campus Center Lounge Student Lounge (Basement Level) Monday, May 1 | 2 – 7 p.m. Thursday, May 18 | 4 – 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 | 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Friday, May 19 | Noon – 3 p.m. Saturday, May 20 | 8 – 10 a.m. Westchester Distributions Room 204 Tuesday, May 2 | 3 – 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 | 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 special maroon Dodransbicentennial tassel you will receive to the left. Caps and gowns should also be worn to Encaenia and to the Gabelli School of Business Awards Night on Thursday, May 18. 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 caps and gowns. Tickets are not required for admission to the Rose Hill campus or to the University Commencement ceremony on Edwards Parade on Saturday, May 20. 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 10–11 for your school’s 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. 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 throughout the presentation of the colors • Gabelli School of Business, bachelor’s and playing of the national anthem. • Fordham School of Professional Honorary degrees are then awarded to and Continuing Studies (PCS) several candidates who will be announced • Fordham College at Lincoln Center at a later date. One of the honorary (FCLC) degree candidates will then address the • Graduate School of Religion and degree candidates and their guests. Religious Education, master’s Next, the dean of each school in the • Graduate School of Education, master’s 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 then asks all candidates for degrees and • Gabelli School of Business, master’s all faculty members to stand. After the • School of Law conferral of degrees, all graduates are to • Graduate School of Social Service put their hoods over their heads, don their • Graduate School of Religion and caps, and be seated. One student Religious Education, D.M. and Ph.D. representative from each school will be hooded by the dean and receive a • Graduate School of Education, diploma. The doctoral candidates are Ed.D. and Ph.D. individually recognized by the president. • Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Father McShane then congratulates all of Ph.D. the graduates. Following a benediction • The Alumni and the singing of the Alma Mater, all • The Faculty Senate students except FCRH graduates leave • The Faculty Edwards Parade. Following their faculty marshals, FCLC graduates walk past the • The Administrators Cunniffe Fountain, turn left at Cunniffe • The Platform Party House, and proceed directly to their When you reach Edwards Parade, please seats on the Walsh Family Library Lawn. be seated while the procession continues. Gabelli (bachelor’s candidates) and PCS Remain seated until honored guests and students turn right out of Edwards University officials reach Keating Terrace. Parade. Gabelli graduates follow their faculty marshals to their designated line-up area under the football stadium Broadcast bleachers. PCS students walk with their The University Commencement ceremony faculty marshals to the Rose Hill is broadcast over radio station WFUV Commons (Rooms 234 and 235) on the (90.7 FM) and at wfuv.org.