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Baccalaureate Service The Baccalaureate Service will take place on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. in McFarlin Auditorium. Guest tickets are required for admittance to the main Baccalaureate Service ceremony for undergraduate degree candidates held in McFarlin Auditorium. All undergraduate candidates are entitled to two tickets for their guests. Tickets are not required for the simulcast of the Baccalaureate Service in the Theater of Hughes-Trigg Student Center. Additional tickets for the Baccalaureate Service in McFarlin Auditorium are not available. We ticket the Baccalaureate Service to assure that each undergraduate candidate can have at least two guests in attendance to this religious service which is intended to be a small and intimate ceremony for candidates and their guests. Please see Candidate Information for details on how students may make requests for their two Baccalaureate tickets. Please see the Description of Events page to learn more about the Rotunda Recessional that takes place after the Baccalaureate Service.
Guests With Tickets Doors to McFarlin Auditorium open at 6:45 p.m. Early arrival is advised. All ticketed seats are released at 7:30 p.m. At approximately 7:35 p.m. non-ticketed guests in the queue waiting for available seats will be permitted to choose a seat among those that are vacant. Guests without Tickets Guests without tickets may
wait in a queue for any seats in McFarlin that may become
available. The queue line will be formed beginning at 6:45 p.m.
on the sidewalk at the southeast corner of the front steps to
McFarlin. In the event of rain, the queue will be formed in the
lower lobby of McFarlin. At approximately 7:35 p.m. non-ticked
guest in the queue waiting for available seats will be permitted
to choose a seat among those that are vacant. The seats will be
issued based upon those who arrived fist in line. Guests with Disabilities Guests with disabilities can park in the lot located on the northwest side of McFarlin Auditorium facing Hillcrest Avenue. Entrance to this lot is from McFarlin Boulevard. You may enter McFarlin Auditorium using the ramp on the southeast side of the building, off of McFarlin Boulevard. Ushers will be available for assistance. Guests' current state-issued disabled parking placard and license plates are needed to park in this area. Additional parking passes are not needed. For more information regarding
guests with disabilities please contact 214) 768-3417. |
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Guests do not need tickets to attend the all-University Commencement Convocation ceremony that will be held on May 12, 2012 in Moody Coliseum at 9:30 a.m. Doors to Moody Coliseum open at 8:00 a.m. and guests are encouraged to be seated by 9:15 a.m.
Commencement Convocation Location: For a
detailed description of the Commencement Convocation ceremony,
please visit the
Description of Events
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Where is my Graduate?
If you’d like to see where your graduate will be sitting on the Moody floor during the Commencement
Convocation ceremony, please
click here for a floor layout! |
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Guests with Disabilities Baccalaureate Service Guests with disabilities can park in the lot located on the northwest side of McFarlin Auditorium facing Hillcrest Avenue. Entrance to this lot is from McFarlin Boulevard. You may enter McFarlin Auditorium using the ramp on the southeast side of the building, off of McFarlin Boulevard. Ushers will be available for assistance. Guests' current state-issued disabled parking placard and license plates are needed to park in this area. Additional parking passes are not needed. Commencement Convocation Doors to Moody Coliseum open at 8:00 a.m. Disabled guests are encouraged to be seated soon after the doors open. Disabled guests who are driving themselves may park on Binkley Avenue, the road adjacent to Moody Coliseum. Guests' current state-issued disabled parking placard and license plates are needed to park in this area. Additional parking passes are not needed. Guests with mobility issues riding with family may be dropped off at the Mustang Statue at the corner of Airline Road and Binkley Avenue. No pass needed. Disabled guests should use the northeast entrance to Moody Coliseum at the bottom of the large downward ramp, each guest will be permitted to have one attendant join them. A total of 5 seats for guests and 5 seats for attendants are available on the Coliseum level and a limited number of guest and attendant seats are available on the Moody floor. Seats are first-come first-served and ushers will be available to escort guests to the proper area. Persons with
difficulties climbing stairs may be seated with one attendant in
the first three rows of Sections A, B, C, D, O, P & Q. These
seats are accessible via the front doors of Moody Coliseum and a
total of 142 seats for guests and 142 seats for attendants are
available. Ushers will be available to escort guests to the
proper area. Please contact 214-768-3417 or ceremonies@smu.edu for additional questions regarding guests with disabilities. |
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Diploma Presentation Ceremony Tickets Tickets are not required to attend Commencement Convocation; however, Diploma Presentation Ceremonies at the candidate's school of record may require tickets. Please contact the ceremony coordinator for your student's department for further information. Contact information for the
Diploma Presentation Ceremonies is listed on the
Events Schedule page. |
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Discounted Transportation Air Travel
American Airlines is offering a discounted fare for travel to and
from Dallas-Fort Worth between May 8 and May 15 for persons
attending SMU's Commencement Weekend. When booking your
flight online, enter Promotional Code A2952BL when making your
reservation to obtain a 5% discount. If you need assistance, please
call the American Airlines' Meeting Services Desk at 1-800-433-1790.
Tell the agent that your travel arrangements are for Commencement
Weekend at Southern Methodist University. Automobile Travel
Avis Rent-A-Car is also offering a discount. The Avis Worldwide Discount (AWD) Number is A906399. Use the AWD number when calling Avis directly at 1-888-757-8878 to receive the best possible car rental rates available. |
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Announcements and
Invitations
Personalized invitations and announcements may be ordered at the SMU Bookstore or directly from
http://www.herffjones.com/college/smu. |
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Maps & Parking Those attending Commencement activities at Southern Methodist University on Friday and Saturday, May 11 and 12, may park in any of the University’s parking facilities:
Access to some street-level lots may not be available until 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. Maps showing the location of parking lots and campus buildings, and directions to campus are available at http://www.smu.edu/maps. No parking will be permitted on Bishop Boulevard. Laws and regulations that prohibit parking in fire lanes and limit who may use areas reserved for the disabled are strictly enforced. Please allow extra time to find parking and reach Moody Coliseum as construction activities may affect routes from parking areas to various locations on campus. The University has begun several construction projects to improve service to current students by providing first-rate facilities to remain competitive for the students, faculty, and staff in the coming years. Many facilities also will make SMU’s educational, cultural, and recreational activities more accessible to the community. For
parking information for guests with disabilities, please see the
Guests with Disabilities
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Photographs
Personal photographs may be taken only before and after the Baccalaureate Service and Commencement Convocation
ceremony. No one is permitted in the aisles during the ceremonies.
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SMU Graduation DVDs SMU is partnering with gradmemory.com to provide a professional video of the Main Commencement, Baccalaureate, Cox Business School Undergraduate and Graduate ceremony. This perfect graduation keepsake is available to order now. The Graduation DVD contains the complete graduation ceremony with all keynotes and speeches as well as any candidates walking across the stage (not available for all ceremonies, not all candidates walk across the stage at May Commencement Convocation) For the very first time, the DVD package can also be personalized with the graduate’s name and picture.
To order visit
www.gradmemory.com, complete
this order form and send it directly to GradMemory, our official
video production team. You can contact GradMemory at 1-866-977-GRAD |
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