Most graduates
choose to attend
final ceremonies
By Julie Naughton
Senior Reporter__
Although a University of Nebraska
Lincoln graduation ceremony can last
longer than three hours, more than 65
percent of each graduating class elects
to go through the ceremony, said
Rodney Moore, assistant director of
the Office of Registration & Records.
Moore said the. university stages
three graduation ceremonies each year.
They arc in May, August and Decem
ber. Students arc required to receive
their diplomas in the period that they
finish their degrees; for instance,
someone that finished his or her de
gree requirements in June would re
ceive a diploma in August, Moore
said.
Traditionally, the largest gradu
ation ceremony is in May. At that
lime, about 2,000 students go through
the ceremony, Moore said. The May
graduation ceremony also is the long
est, as this is the only graduation |
where special awards from the Alumni |
Association are granted and honorary jj
degrees arc awarded. |
The August graduation ceremony, B
Moore said, traditionally is the small- §
p.st About 775 to 800 sindpnK an m
through that ceremony, he said.
“Still, about 65 to 70 percent of |
the students opt to go through the
ceremony,” Moore said. Those that
choose not to go through the cere
mony usually have job-related rea
sons, Moore said.
The December graduation falls in
between the two numbers and typi
cally graduates between 1,1 (X) and
1,2(H) students, Moore said.
All graduates' names arc Irsted in
the graduation program which is dis
tributed at commencement. However,
the only diplomas taken to the Bob
Devancy Sports Center are the diplo
mas of those students w ho attend the
ceremony.
Moore said all graduation candi
dates arc sent a letter about six weeks
before commencement,asking il they
plan to attend the ceremony. They arc
required to respond by a certain date,
and from that, numbers for the cere
mony arc compiled. The graduates
arc arranged by college.
Doctoral students arc the only
students that have their names read
off at the ceremony. Undergraduate
and graduate degree candidates are
given numbers according to their
college and walk to the stage in that
order. This is because of time limita
tions, Moore said.
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a May graduation,” Mtxire said, “The
ceremony would be much longer than
three hours. That would be over 2,()(X)
names, for a typical graduation. ”
All graduation ceremonies include
a speaker, chosen by UNL Chancel
lor and NU Interim President Martin
Masscngalc and an invocation and a
benediction given by a member of the
local clergy; religions are rotated each
year. This year’s speaker is Jack
MacAllistcr, chief executive officer
and chairman of the board for US
West.
As well, each graduation has live
music before and during the cere
mony. The national anthem, gradu
ation recessional and processional and
entertainment music arc played. For
the May and December graduations,
this music is played by the UNL
Concert and Symphony Bands. For
August graduations, the music is played
by theCapitalCity Brass Ensemble, a
group made up of UNL alumni.
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