Commencement 2013 : Procession Instructions
Time and place of formation
Graduates, Bag Piper, Gonfalon and ROTC Color Guard, Mace Bearers, Grand Marshal
10:00 a.m. - Cantrell Hall Banquet Room (former cafeteria)
10:15 a.m. - Line up according to the seating instructions
Position of Tassel on Caps: Seniors wear on right side.
Move to left at end of Chancellor’s pronouncement conferring
your degree.
11:00 a.m. - Processional begins
Faculty
10:15 a.m. - Chapel of All Faiths
Instructions provided by Faculty Marshals
11:00 a.m. - Robed and ready to march behind students
Cabinet, College Board, Platform Party
10:30 a.m. - Cantrell Hall, first floor (Student Life area)
11:00 a.m. - Robed and ready to march behind faculty
Order of March
1. ROTC
2. Grand Marshal with College Mace
3. Bag Piper
4. Gonfalon
5. Faculty Marshals
6. Poor Farm Society Mace Bearer
7. Graduates
8. Faculty Marshals
9. Faculty
10. Chancellor's Cabinet
11. UVa-Wise College Board
12. Platform Party
Graduates: Will march according to their place on the list which the Faculty Marshals
will have. You will be seated in a reserved section in front of the stage.
Faculty: Seated in a reserved section on the lawn, as directed by Marshals.
College Board/Cabinet: Seated in reserved section on the lawn, as directed by Marshals.
Platform Party: Seated on the stage.
Recessional
Reverse order of march.