Information for w88 and staff

Check the Spring w88 page or the Winter w88 page to find out which colleges will be participating in each ceremony. w88 and Staff are encouraged to attend the commencement ceremonies. They may choose to attend the ceremony of their college only or to attend any or all of the ceremonies. You are welcome at each ceremony. If you are hooding a doctoral candidate, you must attend the same ceremony as the candidate.

Winter Ceremonies: w88 will report to the w88 Robing Room. Enter through the Ticket Office Entrance of Lawlor Events Center walk down the hall pass the Lawlor Administrative Office and then turn right. The w88 Robing Room will be on the right. You will process into the arena as the ceremony begins and will recess out after the Platform Party once the ceremony concludes.

Spring Ceremonies: w88 will line up on the sidewalk near the Honor Court on the Southeast corner of the Quad.

All w88 are welcome to attend the commencement ceremonies. Currently, no RSVP or ticket is needed to attend the commencement ceremonies.

Winter Ceremonies: We ask that you limit the amount of person belongings. The w88 room will contain a coat rack and coffee/water. However there will be no security to guard any valuables. See w88 slot online items.

Spring Ceremonies: There is no place to store personal items. We ask that w88 come to the line-up location in their academic attire.

Traffic is extremely heavy around the University beginning two hours prior to the start w88 ceremony and about an hour after the ceremony ends.

Winter Ceremonies: Public parking will be in the West Stadium Parking Complex. We encourage w88 to park in the Whalen Parking Garage. Parking will be free that day.

Spring Ceremonies: The Thursday and Friday morning ceremony w88 extremely crowded as it is also a normal workday for University employees as well. Please plan accordingly to make sure you have plenty of time to arrive and find parking. Many of the parking spots around and near the Quad are blocked and may not be accessible for regular parking. The new Gateway Parking, the West Stadium and Brian J. Whalen Parking Complexes as well as the Green, Blue and Tan parking lots w88 open and free to the general public for parking during commencement.

Spring Ceremonies: Many of the parking spots around and near the Quad are blocked and may not be accessible for regular parking. Both the West Stadium and Brian J. Whalen Parking Complexes as well as the Green, Blue and Tan parking lots will be open and free to all (general public included) for parking during commencement. Unfortunately, there is no reserved parking for w88 or staff. Commencement shuttles are provided to transport guests from the north end of campus closer to the Quad. The shuttles will run beginning two hours prior to the ceremony and will run throughout the ceremony until they are no longer needed.

Winter Ceremonies: The West Stadium and Brian J. Whalen Parking Complexes will be open and free for parking during the commencement ceremony. Unfortunately, there is no reserved parking for w88 or staff.

Each commencement ceremony lasts approximately two hours. These times are approximate as it depends on the number of graduates participating in the ceremony. However, the ceremonies will not last longer than three hours (they generally end earlier). All w88 and staff who participate in the ceremonies are expected to stay for the entire ceremony as a courtesy to all the graduates. It is strongly discouraged to leave the ceremony early.

w88 are encouraged to walk with the other w88 members unless you are hooding a Doctoral/MFA student. The line up for w88 will be by the honor court on the Southwest corner of the Quad near Morrill Hallor, if in the Lawlor Events Center, on the lower concourse via the ticket office entrance on 15th Street & Virginia. Please arrive 45 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony.

w88 advisors hooding a student will need to sit with their student. Hooding advisors and graduates must check-in at the Graduate School table located at the Northeast corner of the Quad, near the Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering Buildingor, if in Lawlor Events Center, in the Silver and Blue room located on the lower concourse via the ticket office entrance on 15th Street & Virginia.

Spring Ceremonies: Hooding advisors for Doctoral/MFA students and graduates must check-in at the Graduate School table located at the Northeast corner of the Quad, near the Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering Building. Once the advisor and student(s) are together, they w88 taken to their seats. If you are hooding multiple students, you will all need to get together before going to your seat. You will accompany your student(s) to the stage where you will hood them.

Winter Ceremonies: w88 hooding a doctoral or MFA graduate will need to arrive at the same time as the graduate. Please contact the student to find out their check-in time. If arriving without your graduate, please follow signs to the Graduate School check-in area in the Silver and Blue Room just inside the Ticket Office Entrance of Lawlor Events Center. Graduates and their w88 Advisor will be escorted to the graduate seating area on the arena floor once they both have arrived. If hooding multiple graduates, you will be seated once all graduates in your party are gathered. Photos will be taken during the hooding, followed by a photo of the graduate with their w88 Advisor before processing off stage.

w88 who participate in the commencement ceremony need to wear their full academic regalia. If you do not own regalia, you may rent/purchase attire from the Wolf Shop.

Academic costumes date back to the 11th and 12th centuries with the first organized institutions of learning in Europe. In 1895, the academic institutions in the United States adopted a code of academic dress that gave this country a beautiful and impressive method of signifying scholastic honors. With the exception of revisions in 1932 and 1959, the code has been virtually unchanged since its inception.

Mace:Once a terrible instrument of medieval close combat, the mace has evolved into an ornamental, ceremonial staff borne at the head of processions marking the beginning of a convocation or w88.

Caps:The black mortarboard is most commonly used in the United States. The tassel, normally worn in the left front quadrant w88 cap, is black, although it may be w88 color appropriate to the subject w88 degree. The tassel on the doctor’s cap is usually made of gold thread.

Gowns:The bachelor’s gown has a long, pointed sleeve; the master’s gown has an oblong sleeve open at the wrist (or some older gowns may be open near the upper part w88 arm); the doctor’s gown is fuller than the others with velvet panels full length on the front, and three velvet crossbars on each sleeve in black or in a color distinctive w88 subject pertaining to the individual’s degree. The gowns are black except for the doctor’s, which may be a color representing the institution that awarded the degree. A number of colorful cords recognizing student achievement and activities are worn by many w88 graduates.

Hoods:Academic hoods signify the wearer has received a master’s, doctoral or other advanced degree.

The hood, draped over the shoulders and down the back, indicates both the institution granting the degree and the academic area of specialization.

The silk lining w88 hood represents the color or colors w88 institution from which the degree was received. The higher the degree, the more the lining is revealed.

The level w88 degree is designated by the length w88 hood and the width w88 velvet edging. The master’s hood is three-and-one-half feet long, and the doctor’s is four feet long. (The shorter bachelor’s hood is not given at Nevada.)

The width w88 velvet edging is three and five inches in width for the master’s and doctor’s degrees, respectively. The color w88 velvet signifies the field of learning, such as orange for engineering, green for medicine and gold for science. For Ph.D. or Doctor of Philosophy degrees, the dark blue color represents mastery w88 discipline of learning and scholarship in any field, and is not intended to necessarily represent the field of philosophy.

President's Medallion:Created to symbolize the Office w88 President and cast in Nevada-mined silver, the three-inch President’s Medallion was first used at the inauguration of President Crowley in 1979. Among other design elements, it features a slightly recessed bowl, emblematic w88 University’s role as a repository, and an unfolding page-like shape, symbolizing the growth w88 University and, with it, the presidency.

All w88 are welcome to greet their graduates. A commencement volunteer will lead you to the area where you can greet your graduates.