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  • FAMILY & GUESTS
    • No tickets are required to attend the College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences Convocation.
    • Please arrive no earlier than 10:00 a.m. and be seated no later than 10:45 a.m. 
    • Guests will pass through metal detectors, as at all Marriott Center events. The Marriott Center has a no bag policy for all attendees. Exceptions are small bags no larger than 5” x 8” x 1”, medically necessary items, and diaper bags. 
    • Seating for guests is at Portals E–M and is first come, first served.
    • Accessible seating is located at each portal entrance and is also first come, first served.
    • A program is available online at socialsciences.byu.edu/convocation.
    • The processional will begin at 10:50 a.m. and the ceremony will begin promptly at 11:00 a.m.
    • Undergraduates in the History, Political Science, and Sociology Departments will enter from the west tunnel.
    • Undergraduates in the Anthropology, Economics, and Geography Departments will enter from the east tunnel. Master’s and PhD students will also enter from the east tunnel.
    • Undergraduates in the Psychology Department will enter from the southwest stairs.
    • Undergraduates in the School of Family Life will enter from the southeast stairs.
      Graduation
      Photo by Donovan Kelly/BYU
    • We are pleased to have over 1,300 graduates and we want each of them to hear their name being read — each graduate deserves their moment of glory! The announcement of names will occur at a steady pace. Please be considerate and hold cheering and applause until the end of each group or department of graduates. 
    • There will be no professional photographer at the ceremony. If you would like to take photographs, please use the designated area at the bottom of Sections 14 and 15 and accessible from Portal Q. We ask that you stay in the stands, minimize congestion by not coming down too early, and be considerate of everyone’s desire to capture this moment. 
    • At the end of convocation, graduates will be directed to exit out the same tunnel they entered and walk to the northeast corner of the Marriott Center.
    • Please make plans to meet your graduate on the northeast lawn outside the Marriott Center.
    • Additional printed programs may be available north of the Marriott Center following the convocation.