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DETAILED COMMENCEMENT INFORMATIONMEMORANDUM
To:
Class of 2009, Board of Trustees, Faculty, Administrators, Staff and Students
From:
Michael Jinkins, Academic Dean
Date:
April, 2009
Re:
2009 Baccalaureate and Commencement ActivitiesHeld at: University Presbyterian Church, 2203 San Antonio Street
Directions
are provided at the end of this memo.
Regalia for Graduates
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Cap and gown pickup
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Caps and gowns will be available for pickup, upon receipt of the completed graduation checkoutform, from the Registrar=s office during the week of May 18 and until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May22nd (details to follow). Note that gowns will be wrinkled and will require pressing.
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Graduates can make arrangements for someone to pick up their regalia if they are unable to doso.
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Cap, gown, and academic hood return (graduates are hooded during the commencement ceremony)
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All items are rented by the seminary and
must be returned following the ceremony on the dayof graduation
to the library at University Presbyterian Church.
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Failure to return regalia will result in a fine of $300 to cover the cost of the items, and a hold willbe placed on the graduate’s record.
Baccalaureate Service and Celebration of the Lord=s Supper
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Saturday, May 23, 2009, University Presbyterian Church, 6:00 p.m.
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All graduates are expected to attend
the Baccalaureate service, and all other students are encour-aged to attend.
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There is no academic procession at this service.
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Graduates and Faculty will not robe.
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There is no assigned seating.
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Childcare will be provided at the church during the Baccalaureate service for children age 6 andyounger only. Register childcare needs
no later than May 15, 2009
with Mona Minjarez in the Busi-ness Office.Baccalaureate Preacher: The Rev. Dr. J. Andrew DearmanCelebrants: The Rev. Dr. David Johnson and The Rev. Jacquline Saxon
Commencement Service
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Sunday, May 24, 2009, University Presbyterian Church, 2:30 p.m.
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All graduates are required to attend
the Commencement service, and all other students are encour-aged to attend. (To graduate in absentia, one must request permission in writing from the AcademicDean).
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There is an academic procession at this service. Allan Cole will serve as marshal.
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Graduates and Faculty wear academic regalia, including caps.
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There is assigned seating for Trustees, Faculty, and graduating students.
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Childcare is provided at the church for children age 6 and younger only. Register childcare needs
nolater than May 15, 2009
, with Mona Minjarez in the Business Office.Commencement Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Joseph J. Clifford, Senior Pastor,First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas
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