College Master's Hooding Ceremony Faculty Hooder Instructions

ARRIVAL/CHECK-IN

  • Arrive at the Lied Center promptly at 9:50 a.m. There is another ceremony preceding ours, so people will be exiting the building. Enter through the pavilion entrance (when facing the main entrance, the pavilion entrance is located down the hill to the right).
  • Faculty donot need to check in at the registration table. Please proceed directly to the pavilion to meet up with your students.
  • Please focus on locating the student(s) you will be hooding as quickly as possible. Line-up instructions will be given at approximately 10:05 a.m. Be sure to stay with your entire group of students, line up together, and sit in the same row of seats in the auditorium. We recommend practicing hooding one of your students prior to entering the auditorium.
  • By 10:15 a.m. all faculty hooders and students must be located in one of the two procession lines.
  • The Marshal will lead the procession into the auditorium and will seat you. Again, ensure all of the students you are hooding are seated in the same row. Remain standing until all students and faculty have entered. You may wear your cap during the ceremony or remove it if you wish.
     

HOODING YOUR STUDENT(S)

  • When the hooding of master’s degree candidates begins, the Marshal will send you row by row up to the stage.
  • Walk ahead of your student(s) onto the stage. When your student hands their name card tothe reader at the lectern,step up on the riser just stage right of the lectern and face the audience. The student will step in front of you while the announcer reads their name and degree.
  • Remove the hood from the student’s arm. Open it with the colors facing you and place it over the student’s head with the white velvet strip in front. Please adjust the hood so the red and blue satin lining is visible. *Please watch the hooding demonstration video below.
  • Shake the student’s hand and remember to smile for any pictures being taken at that moment. Pleasestay where you are until you have hooded all of your students. After you have finished hooding your last student, follow them back to your seat.
     

LEAVING THE CEREMONY

  • After the closing remarks, the University Marshals will lead you out of the venue behind the stage party. There is another ceremony immediately following ours, so please assist the Lied Center staff by promptly exiting the building.

Thank you for agreeing to participate in this important recognition ceremony for your students! 

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