The University-wide ceremony rehearsals will be held on Friday evening, May 10, 2013 in the Practice Court at the KFC Yum! Center.  Rehearsal will cover the processional and other student concerns, name call cards will be discussed, and your seat and place in the line-up will be confirmed.   

University-wide morning ceremony rehearsal for College of Arts & Sciences, School of Dentistry, School of Interdisciplinary & Graduate Studies, School of Law, School of Medicine, School of Music, School of Nursing, and School of Public Health & Information Sciences will begin at 6:00 p.m. sharp.  Please be on time!   

University-wide afternoon ceremony rehearsal for College of Business, College of Education, Kent School of Social Work, and JB Speed School of Engineering will begin at 7:30 p.m. sharp.  Please be on time! 

Enter the KFC Yum! Center from the Main Street entrance and proceed down the escalator to the Practice Court.  Line-up behind your school/college banner.  Your school/college unit representative will be available to assist you in the line-up room. 

Event level diagram

Your ceremony name/degree call card will be packaged with your cap and gown.

Bring your call card to rehearsal!

Please Note:  Name listing in the Commencement Program Book is generated from the approved degree list. Name call card and line-up/seating arrangements are generated from the online cap and gown order list of participants.


Questions?   email Commencement Staff

Commencement ceremony information will be posted and updated periodically on this web site.