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  • No tickets are required to attend the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences Convocation.
  • The Marriott Center has a no bag policy for all guests. Exceptions are small bags no larger than 5” x 8” x 1”, medically necessary items, and diaper bags. All guests will go through security upon arrival, so please plan accordingly.
  • Seating inside the Marriott Center begins at 10:00 a.m. Family and guest seating is between portals E-M. Please be seated before 10:45 a.m. Seating is first come, first served. Accessible seating is located at each portal entrance and is also first come, first served.
  • Graduates in the History, Political Science, and Sociology departments will enter from the west tunnel.
  • Graduates in the Anthropology, Economics, Geography, and Social Work departments will enter from the east tunnel. Master’s and PhD students will also enter from the east tunnel.
  • Graduates in the Psychology department will enter from the southwest stairs.
  • Graduates in the School of Family Life will enter from the southeast stairs.
  • Respect appropriate decorum by being considerate of graduates. Do not use loud noisemakers, such as airhorns or cowbells, as they disrupt the ceremony and interfere with the ability to hear the students’ names.
  • There will be no professional photographer at the ceremony. There is a designated Family Photo area in sections 14 and 15 for family members to take pictures as their graduate come off the stage.
  • Programs are available online. Physical programs are available upon request.
  • At the end of convocation, graduates will be directed to exit out the same tunnel they entered and walk to the north or south end of the Marriott Center. Please make plans to meet your graduate on either the north side (parking lot side) or the south side of the Marriott Center.