The MPA Hooding Ceremony will be held at the Costantino Recreation Center, aka the CRC or the gym. A future e-mail with a pdf map and best routes will go out shortly.
PLEASE NOTE: To be a part of the official 2015 cohort graduation photo, please be in the CRC no later than 9:40AM. It is hoped that an official photographer will take individual shots of each graduate. Please do NOT take any selfies on the graduation stage. You are encouraged to have friends and family take photos but self photographing does not work for the flow of the event. Thank you in advance for observing this request.
An e-mail will be sent out shortly asking you to confirm the spelling and reading of your name for the MPA Hooding program. FYI your name will appear in 4 places as it is currently listed in official Evergreen records. If you have had a name change since you entered Evergreen but you have *not* yet updated your Evergreen records, you need to submit this form to get your name updated for your diploma: http://www.evergreen.edu/employment/forms/Name%20Change%20Request%20Form%20revised%208-4-11.pdf
- Walk in the Spring 2014 campus Commencement ceremony on Friday, June 12th (1pm start)
- Note that you can participate in the campus Commencement ceremony but we cannot guarantee that names submitted after April 30th will appear in the campus Commencement program
- Walk in the MPA Hooding Ceremony on Friday, June 12th (10-12noonish, in the CRC/gym)
- Note that you can participate in Hooding ceremony but we cannot guarantee that names submitted after April 30th will appear in the Hooding program.
After the Hooding Ceremony, light refreshments will be served, and graduates and their guests are welcome to hang out, take photos, etc. Graduates who wish to participate in the campus-wide Commencement ceremony proceed to the “Graduation Line-Up” between Lab 1 and the Lecture Halls by 12:30, and their guests proceed to Guest Seating in Red Square.
- The campus Commencement ceremony begins at 1:00pm Red Square. Graduate students from all three programs (MPA, MES and MIT) and undergraduates will line up to form a procession and be seated. Graduate students are seated together by their program, and after a series of speakers, they are called to receive their “diploma” (actually a diploma cover) ahead of the undergraduates. In order to cross the stage to receive your diploma cover, you are *required* to have a yellow “Check in Card” — we will have all yellow Check in Cards at the MPA Hooding Ceremony. Your name will be preprinted on the card, and you will hand the Check in Card to a reader who will use the card to announce your name as you cross the stage. You can bring an unlimited number of guests to the campus-wide Commencement ceremony. Parking is always a challenge on graduation day, so be prepared by arriving before the crowds. If you decide to attend the campus Commencement ceremony, you may leave after your name is called – there are no requirements on attendance.
Caps and gowns etc. (graduation regalia) — order through the Evergreen Bookstore
MPA graduation regalia includes a cap, gown, hood and tassel. Wearing graduation regalia is optional, for both the Hooding Ceremony and the Commencement ceremony. Historically, some MPA grads come in full regalia, some in partial regalia, some in nice clothes, and some “come as they are” — it’s up to you (it’s Evergreen)!
Order graduation regalia and other graduation related “stuff” (invitations, diploma holders, etc.) through the Evergreen Bookstore.
If you don’t want to buy regalia, here are some options — contact Jan Hays, MPA Office Assistant by Wednesday, May 27th.
- MPA has a few complete sets of regalia (cap/gown/hood/tassel) that graduates can borrow for the day
- MPA also has several hoods that students can share to use while being hooded
If we have more requests than we can accommodate, we’ll choose names at random in time for graduates to buy regalia if need be.