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Support our upcoming graduates by volunteering for commencement!

Learn about available opportunities by choosing a position title below.

• Student check-in

  Seated position.

  Will help with getting students their walking card prior to entering the ceremony space.

• Hooding of master level graduates

  Standing, bending, and walking position. 

  Will help master level and doctoral candidates with hoods. There will be a training on how to do this.  

• Directing student traffic

  Standing and walking position. 

  Will help direct students to their seats. Seats are numbered. Student's walking cards will have seat numbers. This position will help them find their seat.  

• Set-up/Take down

  Standing, bending, and walking position.

  This is a position that would be perfect for someone who is helping with student check-in and wants to help after the ceremony. Help with removal of walking numbers on the back of the chairs; remove gonfalons and flags; put up diploma tubes.

• Faculty marshal

  Faculty will walk down both the left and right aisle and will sit in the chairs on the ceremony floor in the back. Faculty marshals will be responsible for dividing faculty into two lines before the ceremony, leading them into the ceremony, and leading them out of the arena once the ceremony is finished.

• Right front and rear marshal

  These marshals will be positioned on the right side of the ceremony floor (if facing the stage). They will help students line up during the ceremony. Student traffic flows right to left (if facing the stage). This marshal will direct students from their seats to the sideline of the arena and prompt students when to walk to the Card Verifier.

• Center front and center rear marshal

  These marshals will be positioned in the center of the quadrant that makes up the ceremony floor. This position will direct the left half of the ceremony floor to the right sideline to line up before walking across the stage. This position will work with the Right Marshals to help line up graduates.  

• Left front stage marshal

  This position is located on the left side of the stage and will direct students after they have walked across the “stage.” Students will need to be directed to Backstage Marshal for their official commencement ceremony photo.

• Left front and rear marshal

  This position is on the left of the ceremony space. These marshals will direct graduates back to their seats once graduates finish their photo. These marshals will also assist in helping graduates return and remain in their seats.