81st Commencement Exercises & Convocation
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Convocation
May 3, 2008
Tickets/Seating↓ | Children↓ | Parking/Shuttle↓ | Physical Disability Accommodations↓ | DVDs↓
Graduates will receive their degrees
in the Convocation ceremony at 9:00 a.m. on May 3 in Founder’s Memorial Amphitorium.
Tickets and Seating
Degree candidates will be given five complimentary tickets; certificate/IBE diploma recipients will be given three complimentary tickets.
The tickets may be used for seating on the main floor or in the balcony. No seats may be held for others. The ushers have been instructed to seat those with tickets by filling in all vacant seats. Ticket holders should enter the main entrance where they will be directed to the balcony or to various aisles on the main floor.
Note: There will be some ticket holders who will have to be seated in the balcony. The tickets guarantee seating in the building, but not in a particular section of the building. Seating on the main floor will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Guests’ Arrival: The Amphitorium doors will open at 8 a.m. Although tickets are good until 8:30 a.m., guests will not be able to get into the building by that time if they do not arrive on the campus in plenty of time to secure parking and get to the Amphitorium.
All guests without tickets should enter the tower doors opposite the Student Center Post Office and Unusual Films.
The ceremony can also be viewed in Rodeheaver Auditorium and Stratton Hall.
Note: Cameras, video or tape recorders, or packages are not permitted in the Founder’s Memorial Amphitorium. These items may be checked in at the ushers’ Camera Check in the lobbies or left in a secure place elsewhere.
Children/Child Care
Children under six years of age will not be admitted to Founder’s Memorial Amphitorium or to Rodeheaver Auditorium. Guests with children
may view the ceremony in Stratton Hall.
Parking & Shuttle Service
Parking will be available in the parking garage, Wade Hampton Mall Lot, Pleasantburg Lot, and various smaller lots on campus (See Parking Map). A shuttle service will be available on the quarter hour between the BJU Press Complex on Wade Hampton and the Rodeheaver Auditorium from an hour and a half before Convocation (7:30 a.m.) and one hour after Convocation ends.
Physical Disability Accommodations
Wheelchair: Guests seated in wheelchairs are to enter the tower door for Aisle 3 (opposite Student Center Post Office) or Aisle 11 (opposite Unusual Films, Rodeheaver Auditorium) and may be accompanied by another individual. No tickets will be needed for a person in a wheelchair or the one person with him who will be seated in a chair next to him.
Hearing Impaired: Guests needing sign language interpretation are to enter the tower door for Aisle 3 (opposite the Student Center Post Office) and will be seated on aisle 1 rows MM or NN. Guests may be accompanied by another individual, and special tickets must be secured at the end of the graduation rehearsal.
DVDs
A complimentary DVD of Convocation will be mailed to each degree recipient. These will be mailed during mid-summer for May graduates and the end of August for August graduates. Additional orders for the recording of the Convocation ceremony may be placed at the Campus Store Customer Service Department. Order forms must be received at the Campus Store by July 1, 2008, for the discounted price; after that date there will be a price increase.