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SUMMARY:2025 Commencement
DESCRIPTION:The 55th Commencement will be held on Saturday\, May 17\, 2025 
 at noon in the gymnasium located in the Donald Shook Student Center (DSSC)
 .\n\nWatch the 2025 Commencement Livestream\n\nRehearsal\nCommencement Reh
 earsal will be Friday morning\, May 16th at 11:00am. Check-in will take pl
 ace in the Library/Learning Center in Buescher Hall in Union. Graduates 
 will line up and run through the processional\, abbreviated ceremony\, and
  recessional. The rehearsal should take approximately 45 minutes. The comm
 encement rehearsal is optional but recommended.\nGraduate Check-In\nGradua
 tes will check in and line up in the Library/Learning Center in Buescher H
 all by 11am on May 17th. Graduates will not be able to return to the Libra
 ry after the ceremony. Valuables should be left with guests. Tickets shoul
 d be given to guests prior to checking in.\nGuests\nGymnasium Seating (Tic
 keted)\nThe 2025 Commencement Ceremony is anticipated to be the largest in
  91ԭƬ’s history. To ensure each graduate will have guests in the gym with
  them\, tickets will be required for entry into the gym. Each graduate had
  the opportunity to request up to 6 tickets. Please check with your gradu
 ate regarding tickets prior to the ceremony. Due to the large number of p
 articipants\, there will not be any additional tickets available beyond th
 e initial tickets requested per graduate.\n\nDoors will open to the gymna
 sium in the Donald Shook Student Center at 11:00 a.m. The ceremony will l
 ast approximately 1.5 hours. Guests in the gym should be at their seats an
 d keep the walkways clear during both the processional and recessional of 
 graduates and faculty. Please be aware that there will be confetti cannons
  at the end of the ceremony to celebrate the graduates. These cannons will
  make noise which may startle some guests.\n\nThere are separate tickets f
 or floor and bleacher seating. Floor seating is for guests who cannot sit 
 in bleachers. Graduates indicated the need for this type of seating when s
 ubmitting their RSVP. Please check with your graduate regarding tickets p
 rior to the ceremony. Small children who will be sitting on the lap of a 
 ticketed adult will not require a ticket.\n\nPlease prearrange a meeting l
 ocation outside the building in order to find your graduate after the cere
 mony.\nOverflow Seating (No Tickets Required)\nGuests without tickets will
  be invited to overflow seating with live-streaming. There will be three o
 verflow seating options on campus: the cafeteria on the first floor of th
 e Donald Shook Student Center\, the reception tent just outside the Donald
  Shook Student Center\, and inside the John Edson Anglin Performing Arts 
 Center (Theatre) located in Hansen Hall. All guests will be invited to cel
 ebrate with their graduate at the reception tent following the ceremony.\n
 \nMore information can be found at the Graduation page.\n\n&nbsp\;\n\n&nbs
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