INFORMATION FOR GUESTS

• The College of Information Science Convocation is free.
• Tickets are required. Registration is required for students to participate in Convocation, both at the in-person event and for those joining us via livestream. Students will indicate on the registration form how many tickets they need. There is not ticket limit per student, but tickets must be requested with registration.
• No signs, banners or flags of any kind are permitted.
• Please do not bring balloons or other large items that may block the view of guests behind you.
• Noisemakers (air horns, etc.) are not permitted.
• There is a clear bag policy in effect for this event. Please view the policy here.
• Only unopened water bottles will be permitted into the auditorium. 
• Doors open at 8:30 a.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, with reserved seating for students and faculty marked.
• Please do not leave your seats to take photographs of students, as this may disrupt the ceremony. Professional photographers will be on hand and we will make the photos available to graduates at no cost in early January.
• Parking is available in the nearby University of Arizona Tyndall Avenue Garage, a short walk from Centennial Hall. There is a fee for parking. Learn more on the Centennial Hall Directions & Parking page.
• The event will be livestreamed for those who cannot attend in person.

University convocation ceremonies and celebrations are special events for all involved. Please show respect for everyone who has come to share in the experience. Individuals who violate Arizona Board of Regents policies, including engaging in disruptive behavior, may be accompanied outside the celebration area.

INFORMATION FOR MASTER'S & DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Students who graduate in Fall 2024 (if they didn't participate in our Fall 2024 Convocation) and Spring and Summer 2025 are welcome to join us—either at the in-person Convocation ceremony, or via livestream. You must register to participate and have your name called and slide shown, whether in-person or via livestream.

Registration coming March 17, 2025. Registration deadline will be Tuesday, May 6, 2025.

Convocation & Graduation Ceremonies Information Sessions

Convocation and Graduation Ceremonies information sessions will be scheduled. Until then, watch the information sessions from Fall 2024:

• Convocation and Graduation Ceremonies Information Session for International Students
• Convocation and Graduation Ceremonies Information Session for All Other Students

Graduate Student Graduation Checklist & FAQs

• View Graduate Student Graduation Checklist and Frequently Asked Questions (PDF)

Student Registration & Check-in

• Registration is required to participate in Convocation! Register by May 6. Registration coming March 17.
• When you register, you will choose whether you are participating in person or via livestream.
• When you register, please indicate if you need special assistance during the ceremony.
• Students who participate via livestream will have their names announced and slides shown during the Convocation ceremony.
• Student check-in is held in Centennial Hall from 7:45-8:15 a.m. Students arriving after 8:15 a.m. risk not being able to participate. Do not be late! You will enter Centennial Hall on the east side of the building, toward the rear, and not from the front doors, which will be locked.
• No signs, banners or flags of any kind are permitted.
• Regalia must be carried through security and put on after you have checked in.
• The ceremony begins promptly with a procession at 9 a.m.
• Please do not bring valuables to check-in; they cannot be stored. Leave items with your family members.
• Students are required to stay for the duration of the ceremony.
• Water bottles are available at check-in, so please do not bring water with you.

Regalia: Cap, Gown, Hoods, Stoles

• You are required to wear regalia—caps, gowns, hoods and tassels—which are available from the University of Arizona Campus Store: Order Master's Grad Regalia and Order Doctoral Grad Regalia.
• Regalia must be carried through security and put on after you have checked in.
• The College of Information Science stole and tassel are lemon yellow, and are completely optional. Stoles and tassels are available at U of A Campus Store.
• For graduate students who cannot afford regalia, the Graduate and Professional Student Council rents regalia for free. Contact gpsc@email.arizona.edu for availability. The college also has limited regalia available; please contact Kevin Carton at kevincarton@arizona.edu if you need regalia.
• If you would like to donate your regalia following Convocation, we will place a box in our temporary office (Harvill 240). Future students will be grateful!

Hooding

• As a graduate student participating in the in-person ceremony, you will be hooded on stage during the ceremony.
• Master's students are hooded by the program chair or a delegate.
• Doctoral students are hooded by their dissertation advisor or a delegate. When they register, doctoral students are asked to identify the faculty member who should hood them.
• Do not wear your hood before or during the ceremony. Rather, carry it over your arm to hand to the faculty member who will hood you, and they will place it over your head to wear for the rest of the ceremony.
• Be prepared for your hooding: watch a graduate hooding how-to video.

Photos

• Professional photos of students on stage with the dean during College of Information Science Convocation will be taken and made available to all students after Convocation (via Box) for free in late May or early June.

Important: If You Need Assistance

• Students in need of special assistance will indicate their needs on the registration form; please also contact Jana Phillips at jana42@arizona.edu ASAP to request any distability-related accommodations at Convocation, such as ASL interpreting, closed-captioning, wheelchair access or electronic text.

University convocation ceremonies and celebrations are special events for all involved. Please show respect for everyone who has come to share in the experience. Individuals who violate Arizona Board of Regents policies, including engaging in disruptive behavior, may be accompanied outside the celebration area.