Convocation will take place this Saturday, August 28 at 6pm in Cheel Arena. Please arrive by 5:30 pm and line up on the sidewalk at the back entrance of Cheel on the sidewalk down by the loading dock. Students will enter through the Zamboni entrance first, so be ready to cheer them on when they enter. The Faculty, Cabinet & Stage Party will process after all of the students are seated in Cheel arena.
Procession Preparation – All procession participants are to wear full academic regalia or dress uniform (military personnel).
If you need supplies (Static Guard, bobby pins, etc.), these items plus a full-length mirror, they will be placed in our Cheel Robing room located on the 2nd floor (Cheel 221). If you need to borrow regalia, please email Marcy Bennett at mbennett@clarkson.edu no later than Wednesday, August 25.
Once you are dressed in your regalia, meet on the sidewalk outside of the Zamboni entrance (Back of Cheel) no later than 5:30 p.m. You will be lining up in a self-organized fashion (rather than by academic rank).
Procession Procedures
At 5:55p.m., an announcement will be made that the procession is beginning. You will then be led out onto the arena floor. The Color Guard, the Grand Marshal, faculty and then the stage party. President Collins will be the last person in line.
The procession will proceed up towards the stage where the faculty will start filling the seats next to the stage (Stage right) starting with the front row and the stage party will continue on to the block of seats (stage left). Layout attached. Once everyone is in their place, the audience will be asked to rise for the National Anthem. The Color Guard will present the colors (flags) and the National Anthem will be played.
Recessional Procedures
At the end of the ceremony the Clarkson University Alma Mater will be played. The procession participants will then be asked to rise for the recessional. Grand Marshal will lead the stage party towards the Zamboni door. Once the last stage party member passes the faculty area, the first faculty member of that section will follow, leading the faculty out of the arena.
