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Commencement Ceremony 2008

How to Participate When & Where
Get your Cap & Gown Guest tickets
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NOTE: Participation in Commencement is not required to receive your degree, certificate or high school diploma. 

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It is NOT too late to participate in the commencement ceremony, but it IS too late to have your name appear in the program. To participate in the ceremony -

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When & Where is Commencement?

  • When: Thursday, June 12, 2008  at 3pm
  • Where: WaMu Theater (next to Qwest Field in Seattle)
    1000 Occidental Ave S  (map and directions)
    Seattle, WA 98134
    (206) 381-7555

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How to Participate

  • An Invitation Letter to participate in Commencement will be mailed in early May to graduation applicants only. If you do not receive an Invitation in May, please contact Registration.

    To Participate you must

    •  have applied for graduation. You will not receive an invitation unless you have applied for graduation. Application for Graduation

    • make sure we have your current address on file with Registration and Records. Check your address here.

  • You may participate in Commencement 2008 if you graduated or plan to graduate in the following quarters:

Summer 2007
Fall 2007
Winter 2008
Spring 2008
Summer 2008

  • Upon receipt of the Invitation Letter in May, you must RSVP if you plan to participate in Commencement. Instructions will be in the Invitation Letter. (Participation in Commencement is not required to receive your Degree, Certificate or High School Diploma as they are mailed at a later date.)

  • Included with the Invitation Letter will be further instructions:

    • When and where to pick up your Commencement Packet which includes cap, gown, tassel, announcements and guest tickets. (Please note there will be a charge of $30 plus tax.)

    • You will get an "Instructions for Graduates" brochure which will contain detailed instructions for graduates and their guests, including maps, for the day of commencement.

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Cap and Gown

  • Available for purchase at the Bookstore:  cap, gown, tassel, 10 announcements and 8 tickets to the event
  • Cost: $30

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Guest Tickets

  • Each graduate will be given eight (8) guest tickets.

  • If you need more tickets, sign up to get your name on the waitlist  Extra guest tickets are on a first-come first-served basis

  • If you do not need all your tickets, please turn in the extras to Student Programs. (HSU, building 8, 3rd floor)

  • Please do not ask for tickets in the Registration and Records office or the Bookstore as we will not have any tickets.

 

Last updated: June 19, 2008


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