Commencement Checklist for Friends and Family
- Are your student’s bills paid? Check out the Bursar’s office website for more details www.ohio.edu/bursar
- For all Commencement information (date, time, location, parking), visit us at www.ohio.edu/commencement
- Be sure your student ordered their cap and gown so they can walk in the Commencement Ceremony. Click here if your student has not yet purchased his/her regalia.
- There aren’t tickets for Commencement, so invite your friends and family members! Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Remind your student to turn off all utilities before moving out of their residence.
- Does your student have insurance lined up once they graduate?
- Your son/daughter is about to be an Alum of Ohio University! Visit the Alumni Association today to see what this means! http://www.ohioalumni.org/
- Hotels in the Athens area are filling up fast! Make your reservations soon! Don’t forget there are rooms available in Nelsonville, Burr Oak, and Hocking Hills.
- During graduation, most restaurants require a reservation. The commencement numbers available, so make your reservations today!
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Graduation from college is a very special occasion.
In addition to approximately 1,600 graduates per ceremony, there will be nearly 14,000 relatives, dignitaries and faculty in attendance at each ceremony. Consequently, candidates need to know what happens at graduation and what is expected of them.
The vast majority of family members and graduates prefer that the ceremony have the dignity of a university graduation. Many parents, guardians and students have made significant financial and emotional sacrifice for a college education. Graduates may decorate his/her mortar board but are discouraged from acts that ridicule the importance of the graduation ceremony.
Items that distract from the ceremony or threaten safety will be confiscated before and during the ceremony.
Please note that there will be no beverage containers of any kind permitted inside the arena or any other time which would detract from the dignity of the occasion.
The graduation ceremony is a big moment in the graduate's life. No one except the graduate can ensure that the celebration will be safe, dignified, and memorable.
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