Candidates for all graduate degrees (Masters & Doctoral) will graduate on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Hughes Memorial Stadium. Candidates and guests are asked to arrive by 8:30 am.
The ceremony will be outdoors, except in the case of severe weather. You do not need tickets, and there are no reserved seats. You may invite as many guests as you wish.
Guest Admit Tickets Required
Guests attending the Graduate School Commencement Exercises are required to have Guest Admit Tickets. Each graduate student who is certified for graduation will be given Guest Admit Tickets to distribute to their guests. Those Guest Admit Tickets will be issued at the end of Rehearsal on Wednesday, May 13, 2020. Guest must present those Guest Admit Tickets for scanning in order to be admitted to Gilliam Concert Hall for the exercises. Ticket scanning provides the University with quick and accurate attendance figures and controls fraudulent, duplicate, or invalid tickets from entering the Concert Hall.
These Guest Admit Tickets are valid only for the Graduate School Commencement Exercise on that date. They are not valid for the Undergraduate Commencement Exercise on Saturday, May 16, 2020.
Guests without Guest Admit Tickets may view the Exercises in the satellite location: the Recital Hall in the Murphy Fine Arts Center. No Guest Admit Tickets are required at the satellite location.
8:30 a.m. Students will assemble in the Academic Quad in front of Holmes Hall and the Welcome Bridge. They will, with the assistance of marshals, assemble by college/school. Please look for the signs for your school/college. The Ceremony usually lasts from 2-3 hours.
Candidates completing degree requirements between _______ and _______ are invited to participate in Spring Commencement. Candidates for all master’s, doctorate, should attend the graduate ceremony. Candidates for all associate and bachelor’s degrees should attend the undergraduate ceremony.
Candidates who have completed degree requirements between _______ and _______ are invited to participate in the Winter Commencement ceremony.
Guest Seating
Guest seating is offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Ushers will be stationed throughout the building to direct all guests to the best possible seats.
Special seating is available for guests in wheelchairs and with limited mobility. Check ADA accommodations to learn more.
The Processional
Will leave the assembly locations and will process into Hughes Memorial Stadium.
Guests should be in their seats by 8:30 am as access to certain areas will be restricted after this time until the processional has concluded.
Graduates should remain standing upon reaching their seats.
Welcome from the President
Invocation
Hymn – “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing“
Welcome from the Board of Regents
Introduction of Commencement Speaker
Commencement Address
Musical Selection
Conferring of Honors
Honorary Degree Recipients
Presentation of Special Awards
Recognition of Commissioned Officers
Conferring of Degrees in Course
Doctorate and Master’s Degree Recipients
The Provost will ask the graduates to rise and will present them to the President. When all colleges have been presented and are standing, the President will confer the degrees.
Awarding of Diplomas
Graduates will rise by rows and move to the platform as directed by the marshals.
Salute of the Graduates
Induction into the Morgan State Alumni Association
Musical Selection
Singing of the Alma Mater
Graduates and guests will be led in the singing of the alma mater.
Benediction
Recessional
Graduates should remain seated until the marshals signal their rows to rise and join the recessional line. The lines will move out after the faculty.
As a courtesy to all those attending commencement, graduates and guests are asked to refrain from using horns and other noisemakers during the ceremony.
for Graduate School Candidates