Graduation can be a time of stress as well as one of relief for all university seniors, especially those attending Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Graduates are faced with making a multitude of decisions including where to find announcements, how to get a cap and gown and the details of the commencement ceremony itself. This commencement ceremony is not any different than those held in the past, however, some students still find the process of graduating a bit confusing.
According to the A&M-Commerce Web site, the commencement ceremony will be held on May 12, 2007 beginning with the College of Arts and Science at 8:30 a.m. this ceremony will also be combined with the College of Business and Technology. Students will be receiving eight tickets.
The second undergraduate commencement ceremony will be the College of Education and Human Services, which will be held at 11 a.m. Students participating in this ceremony will receive 11 tickets.
The last ceremony will be for Master’s and Doctoral students at 2:30 p.m. and each student will be getting eight tickets each.
This year’s commencement ceremony will be held at the university Field House and parking passes are not required to park on campus during the ceremony.
Seniors can also order invitations, announcements, certificates of appreciation, thank you notes and address labels with the official university seal on them at the Lion Card office located in the Memorial Student Center.
“The deadline for these things is May 1,” Vickie Haddock, ID specialist who is in charge of printing the invitations said. “Otherwise we cannot guarantee that students will get the min time for graduation.”
Students should purchase invitations or announcements to inform family and friends and to let people know what they have accomplished, Haddock said.
“Also, many times people will mail graduating seniors a gift so that is an added benefit,” Haddock said.
Up to this point, Haddock has printed invitations and announcement for over 200 student that are graduating.
“We also print invitation for those graduating from our other campuses, especially Navarro,” Haddock said.
Official A&M-Commerce rings are also available for seniors through the Lion Card office and come with a student’s degree on one side and the year of graduation on the other.
“One thing that is great is that if a student buys a ring for their bachelor’s degree, Balfour [the ring company] will change the date to match their master’s degree date for free if they go on to get their master’s degree here,” Haddock said.
Caps, gowns and tassels can be purchased by A&M-Commerce seniors at the Texas Book Company located on the bottom floor of the student center.