Our spring 2012 graduate Commencement ceremony will begin at 4:30 p.m. Friday, June 8, in Magness Arena.

If you plan to walk in this ceremony, you must RSVP for graduate Commencement by:

• Thursday, April 19—Doctoral-degree candidates
• Wednesday, May 9—Master’s-degree candidates

Tickets aren’t required for guests to attend the ceremony. Find information about how, when and where to rent your cap and gown. You can also download detailed graduate Commencement instructions (PDF).

Come prepared to Commencement on June 8 by following these guidelines:

At the Ceremony

Arrive on time.

Please arrive at Hamilton Gymnasium, inside the Ritchie Center, in your cap and gown by 3:30 p.m. Enter through the west doors (across from the Peter Barton Lacrosse Stadium).

Dress appropriately.

You're required to wear official DU regalia throughout the ceremony. Please dress appropriately and fully clothed beneath your cap and gown

Doctoral degree recipients: Drape your hood over your left arm as you walk across the stage to receive your diploma. The provost will vest you with your hood.

For more information about ordering your cap and gown, see our cap and gown rental page.

Follow DU's Code of Student Conduct.

Anyone who violates DU's Code of Student Conduct at Commencement may be removed from the ceremony and/or reprimanded by the Office of Citizenship and Community Standards.

Leave bags, purses and other large items at home.

We don't have a secure place for you to store any items you bring with you, so please plan ahead.

Don't throw your cap or any other objects.

To avoid injuring those around you, please don't toss any objects in the air during the ceremony.

Remove your cap during the National Anthem and Invocation.

Help us properly pronounce your name.

Write the phonetic spelling of your name and your preferred email address on the name card we give you before Commencement.

You'll hand this card to the person who will read your name as you walk across the stage to receive your diploma. We'll use the email address to send you information to order Commencement photos.

Return to your seat, and stay seated for the rest of the ceremony.

Be respectful of other graduates and the audience by staying in your seat before and after you receive your diploma and until those on the Commencement platform exit during the recessional.

After the Ceremony

Return your cap and gown.

Please return your cap and gown to us in Hamilton Gymnasium immediately following Commencement. You're welcome to keep your mortarboards and tassels as souvenirs.

If you're interested in purchasing regalia, contact Diane Phillips of Willsie Cap & Gown at 720-273-7729.

Look for your diploma in the mail.

You'll receive a diploma case in place of your diploma on graduation day.

Visit webCentral to verify your mailing address, and click the "Student" tab to ensure you have no past-due tickets, payments, exit interviews or other obligations.

We can’t issue you a diploma until you have cleared these issues. If you'd like us to mail your diploma to a separate or temporary address, send an email to the Office of the Registrar with the subject line "Diploma Mailing Address."

We'll send diplomas to your mailing address within eight to 10 weeks of Commencement, barring holds.

If you're not joining us for Commencement ...

You must arrange to pick up your diploma case from the Office of the Registrar, which also can provide oversized diplomas. Please visit the DU Bookstore to buy diploma frames.