Information for Faculty & Staff

Online Registration is Available

Please complete and submit the Faculty/Staff Commencement Participation Form by Friday, December 6th at 5 p.m. if you plan to participate in the Commencement procession.

DO NOT RESPOND if you are a member of the Stage Party, an advisor who will hood a doctoral candidate or a college marshal.

For questions or additional information about the Faculty/Staff Procession, please email Jackie Schluchter at jackie.schluchter@ndsu.edu.

REMINDERS:

  • The order of the procession is determined by rank. Professors are first followed by Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Instructors, and Lecturers. Time in rank followed by years of service at NDSU are the criteria used for order within each rank. Staff will follow the faculty.
  • Signs and staff will direct you to the faculty/staff assembly area.
  • All participants must wear academic regalia (cap and gown)—available through the Bookstore.
  • The final procession list will be posted in the faculty/staff assembly area.

Information for Advisers of Doctoral Candidates

(Ph.D., D.M.A., Ed.D., D.N.P.)

Special Assistance and/or Reasonable Accommodations

  • Any student candidate, faculty/staff participant, or stage party member needing special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations (wheelchair, physical disability, etc.) should contact Jackie Schluchter at jackie.schluchter@ndsu.edu at least 2 weeks prior to the ceremony to make arrangements.
  • Sign language interpreters are on-stage and interpret throughout the ceremony. Please request sign language accessible seating from NDSU Commencement volunteers (wearing white shirts & black pants).

Academic Apparel Information

  • Faculty and staff who wish to participate in the academic procession, will wear caps and gowns. If you need a cap and/or gown, contact Jodi Askew, NDSU Bookstore, (701) 231-7428 or jodi.askew@ndsu.edu

Arrival and Assembly for Ceremony

  • Plan to arrive at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex (SHAC) no later than one hour prior to your ceremony.
  • Parking — Complimentary parking is available in the R, RF & W Lots.
  • Entering through the SOUTH entrance is preferred (as assembly area is located through the west hallway, floor level).
  • Watch for signs and staff directing you to the faculty assembly area on the floor level (coats & belongings will be secured in the assembly area).
  • Faculty and staff are welcome in the candidate assembly area to congratulate the candidates.
  • The order of the procession is determined by rank. Professors are first followed by Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Instructors, and Lecturers. Time in rank followed by years of service at NDSU are the criteria used for order within each rank. Staff will follow the faculty.
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