COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY Friday, May 18, 2018 8:45 a.m. Bowman Gray Sadium
WINSTON-SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY Friday, May 18, 2018 g 8:45 a.m. Bowman Gray Sadium g 1250 Souh Marin Luher King, Jr. Drive g Winson-Salem, Norh Carolina (Rain Sie: LJVM Coliseum) GENERAL INFORMATION There are no gues limis or icke requiremens for he ceremony. The graduaion ceremony will begin promply a 8:45 a.m. and i is expeced o las approximaely wo hours. We anicipae here could be as many as 800 undergraduae and graduae sudens paricipaing in he 2018 Commencemen Ceremony, including hose who compleed heir requiremens in Augus and December 2017, as well as sudens who applied for May 2018 graduaion. The Commencemen Ceremony will be held a Bowman Gray Sadium wih graduaes and faculy seaed on he field. Guess will be seaed in he sands. As in previous years, we ask ha sudens RSVP o help us deermine he number of graduaes o expec for Commencemen. Eligible sudens who will no be paricipaing in Commencemen should also respond o he survey and indicae ha hey will no be aending. Addiionally: Say up-o-dae wih Commencemen news and evens on Facebook and Twier (#WSSUGRAD18 and #WSSU18) Email commencemen@wssu.edu wih any quesions. Please be sure o include your banner ID on he subjec line of all Commencemen-relaed correspondence. The Commencemen speaker his year will be Byron Pis. Known for his hough-provoking coverage and his commimen o excepional soryelling, Byron Pis is a muliple Emmy award winning journalis and is a co-anchor of ABC s Nighline. In 2013, Pis became an anchor and he Chief Naional Corresponden a ABC. Prior o working for ABC, Pis was he Chief Naional Corresponden for CBS Evening News Wih Kaie Couric. He was also CBS lead corresponden a Ground Zero immediaely following he Sepember 11h aacks and won an Emmy for his coverage. Pis aended Ohio Wesleyan Universiy. Wih he help of his roommae and a college professor, Pis found he suppor and encouragemen necessary o pursue a career in broadcas journalism a field ha demands excellence in wriing and speaking. By saying focused, seing simple and achievable goals and finding srengh in faih, Pis overcame powerful odds. He graduaed in 1982 wih a BA in Journalism and Speech Communicaion. Pis lives Weehawken, N.J. Inclemen weaher is always a possibiliy so arrangemens have been made o move Commencemen o Lawrence Joel Veerans Memorial Coliseum if necessary. Should ha happen, a broadcas email will be sen o all sudens, faculy and saff; a recorded message will be placed on he Universiy Weaher Line (336-750-3456); and informaion will be posed on he WSSU websie, Facebook page and Twier. GRADUATES INFORMATION Graduaion Degree Requiremens include a suden having me all academic requiremens (summer 2017, fall 2017 or spring 2018) and no have any pending charges, acive suspensions or dismissals by he Suden Honor Cour.
The graduaion fee of $50 is auomaically charged o suden accouns. Graduaes mus clear wih he Suden Accouns Office, 200 Thompson Cener by Friday, May 11, o make sure here are no ousanding charges. Sudens also need o check wih Campus Police and he O Kelly Library o clear any ousanding fines or debs. I is mandaory for seniors who have received a suden loan o complee he exi counseling quesionnaire on line. The enire loan counseling session will probably ake abou an hour. The websie hps://sudenloans.gov is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. If you have quesions regarding repaymen or loan forbearance, please conac he Deparmen of Educaion a 1-800-433-3243. For furher informaion, please conac he Financial Aid Office a 336-750-3296. Exi inerviews for seniors who receive funds from he Federal Perkins and Universiy Loans need o be compleed online a www.mappingyourfuure.org. For furher informaion, conac he Suden Accouns Office, 200 Thompson Cener, or call Mrs. Carrie Barnes a 336-750-2812 o schedule an appoinmen. Compleing he Graduaing Senior Survey is also required prior o graduaion. Responses help he universiy beer undersand he suden experience a WSSU. Diplomas will no be mailed o graduaes unil he Graduaion Survey is compleed. Graduaing seniors on 16 campuses of he Universiy of Norh Carolina sysem paricipae in his survey which is a SENIOR SURVEY (Undergraduae Sudens Only). Please conac Insiuional Assessmen and Research a 336-750-8036 if you have any quesions. Pos-Graduaion Plans Survey-as you embark on his exciing new chaper in your life, he Office of Career Developmen would like o hear abou he pah you have chosen o ake afer graduaing from WSSU. The Firs Desinaion Survey is a brief online survey ha asks abou wha graduaing sudens are doing or plan o do upon graduaing from WSSU. Wih he informaion you share, we will work o enhance services provided o all WSSU alumni as well as curren and fuure RAMS o help you reach your career and pos-graduaion goals. If you have any quesions abou he survey, please conac Winson Miles a 336-750-3244 or mileswi@wssu.edu. Graduaing sudens mus regiser wih he Winson-Salem Sae Universiy Alumni Relaions Office. For furher informaion, conac Ms. Caherine Snipes a 336-750-3491 or a snipesc@wssu.edu. The office is locaed in he Simon Green Akins House. Aached is a link o he GRADUATION CLEARANCE FORM. Commencemen rehearsal will be held on Thursday, May 17, and aendance is mandaory for all graduaes paricipaion in he ceremony. Rehearsal will from noon unil 4 p.m. a Bowman Gray Sadium, weaher permiing. Rain sie will be he Lawrence Joel Veerans Memorial Coliseum. The schedule for rehearsals will be: Ars and Sciences undergraduaes a noon Business and Educaion undergraduaes a 1 p.m. Healh Sciences undergraduaes a 2 p.m. Graduae programs a 3 p.m. All graduaes should bring heir caps and assels o rehearsal and docoral candidaes should also bring heir hoods. Parking for rehearsal will be available in he Souh and Eas Los beginning a noon (see sadium map for locaion). Conac Dr. Shirley Manigaul a manigauls@wssu.edu or Dr. Dennis Felder a felderd@wssu.edu if you have any quesions. Suden parking will be in Los BB, CC, DD, VC, Q, Y and Z (see campus map for locaions) wih shules o he sadium beginning a 6 a.m. on he morning of Commencemen. The shules will be on a coninuous 10-minue roaion o pick up passengers a he bus shelers as well as hose in he Anderson Cener parking lo only, bu i will no pick up anyone on Marin Luher King, Jr. Drive. The shules will coninue running unil he even is compleed and everyone has cleared he sadium.
Sudens paricipaing in he Commencemen processional should begin arriving by 6:30 a.m. Since raffic will be heavy, please leave enough ime o park and ake a shule o he saging area which will be in he norh parking lo adjacen o he field house. The processional will begin promply a 8:45 a.m. SPECIAL NOTE: Since graduaes will be seaed on he grassy field, please do no wear high-heeled shoes. Flas, wedges and low heels are accepable. Honor cord pick up will be Monday, May 14, 2018 from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Tuesday, May 15, 2018 from 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. in he Chancellor s Privae Dining Hall, Anderson Cener. Pick up will be Thursday, May 18, 2017 before rehearsal from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. a he Bowman Gray Fieldhouse and afer rehearsal from 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Cords will be available for pick up Friday, May 19, 2017 from 6 a.m. - 7 a.m. a he sadium. The Honors designaion in he Commencemen program will be based on he cumulaive GPA earned by Fall Semeser 2017. Miliary Honor Cords are available for graduaes who were honorably discharged U.S. veerans, are currenly serving in he miliary (acive duy, Naional Guard or Reserves), or are an ROTC suden commissioning upon graduaion as a way for he universiy o honor heir service. The Miliary Honor cord pick up will be he same as honor cord pick up imes ancaions. Graduaes will need o bring a WSSU ID card and eiher a copy of heir DD-214 or a valid miliary idenificaion card. Informaion on pre-graduaion evens may be found in he schedule on he las page. Diploma disribuion will be following he ceremony behind he Field House a Bowman Gray Sadium. No diplomas will be disribued before he official end of he commencemen and he processional has lef he venue. All graduaes are asked o remain seaed unil he end of he ceremony. Diplomas ha are no picked up afer Commencemen will be sen cerified mail o he address provided on he graduaion applicaion. An official phoographer will be on sie. Gradimages will be aking phoographs of all graduaes a he Commencemen Ceremony. They will be locaed on he field as you exi he sage. You may pre-regiser your informaion prior o he ceremony a heir websie, www.gradimages.com, or you may order phoographs afer he ceremony eiher online or by call 800-261-2576. By regisering early, phoo samples will be provided o you as soon as hey are available afer he even and you can ge a $5 off coupon on orders of $25 or more. Afer Commencemen, all residence halls will close a 12 noon on Saurday, May 19, 2018. Graduaes keep heir WSSU email accoun, along wih heir OneDrive, for life. Graduaes are encouraged o visi RAMware-The Academic Sofware Sore o download heir free sofware if hey have no done so already. FACULTY INFORMATION Faculy regalia, including cap and hood, is required for paricipaion in he Commencemen Ceremony. If you need o order academic regalia, please visi he Herff Jones websie o place your order. Normal delivery for online orders is six weeks, so you may need o use express delivery which can ake 10 business days. Faculy parking will be in Los BB, CC, DD, VC, Q, Y and Z wih shule service o he sadium field house. Shules will begin running a 6 a.m. and be on a coninuous 10 minues roaion unil he even is complee and everyone has cleared he sadium. Be reminded ha aendance a he ceremony is expeced o be high, so please leave enough ime o park and be shuled o he saging area. Faculy paricipaing in he processional will line up in he sadium field house parking lo by 8:00 a.m. and he processional will begin promply a 8:45 a.m. No one will be seaed once he faculy is on he field. Because i is a grass field, please do no wear high heeled shoes. Flas, wedges or low heels are requesed.
GUEST INFORMATION There are no gues limis or icke requiremens for he ceremony. Gaes a Bowman Gray Sadium will open a 6:30 a.m. Due o new raffic paerns, normal Friday morning raffic, and he number of Commencemen aendees expeced, guess are urged o leave pleny of ime o ge o he sadium, park and walk o he seaing areas. Commencemen will begin promply a 8:45 a.m. Gues parking is free and will be in he Eas and Wes Los a he sadium, as well as on campus. Parking will no be permied in he businesses near he sadium. There will be handicapped parking in he sadium s Souh Lo and handicapped seaing on he wo paios adjacen o he press box on he wes side of he sadium on a firs-come, firsserved basis. One gues will be allowed o si wih a wheelchair siing person. The op wo rows of he enire sadium will also be reserved for hose guess wih mobiliy issues. A limied number of wheelchairs will be available for free checkou wih valid idenificaion. There will be an inerpreer on sage for he hearing impaired. The inerpreer will be visible on he large screens. The concession sands on he sadium concourse will be open for sof drink and waer service only. Guess will be allowed o bring sadium seas, bu coolers and backpacks are prohibied. Guess will be permied o bring in unopened boled waer. Addiionally, umbrellas, balloons or anyhing ha will obsruc someone s view of he ceremony will no be allowed. (See complee lis of prohibied iems on he sadium map page). Informaion on lodging, dining, shopping and enerainmen is available a www.visiwinsonsalem.com
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ARGONNE EAST PARKING LOT gues parking MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DRIVE Eas Gae Direcions Bowman Gray Sadium 1250 S. Marin Luher King, Jr. Drive Winson Salem, NC 27107 Field House BOWMAN GRAY STADIUM Press Box Wes Gae Souh Gae WEST PARKING LOT gues parking SOUTH PARKING LOT handicapped parking available WILLIAMSON PROHIBITED ITEMS Alcoholic beverages Fireworks or any explosive Illegal drugs Illegal weapons Pes (excep service animals for he disabled) Coolers/conainers (unless conaining medical supplies) Wrapped presens Umbrellas Balloons or any oher iems ha obsruc view ALLOWABLE ITEMS (ALL BAGS/CONTAINERS WILL BE SEARCHED) Unopened bole waer Cell phones Cameras Chair backs / sea cushions Srollers / wheelchairs / walking canes CHARLOTTE I-85 norh o 52 norh, exi Sprague Sree (exi 108-A), follow signs STATESVILLE I-40 eas o 52 norh (exi 193-B), exi Sprague Sree (exi 108-A), follow signs GREENSBORO I-40 wes, o NC 109/Thomasville Road (exi 195), follow signs HIGH POINT 311 wes, o I-40 wes, o NC 109/Thomasville Road (exi 195), follow signs NORTH WILKESBORO 421 eas, o I-40 eas o 52 norh (exi 193-B), exi Sprague Sree (exi 108-A), follow signs THOMASVILLE Highway 109 o Winson-Salem, follow signs (Bowman Gray is on 109) LEXINGTON 52 norh o Sprague Sree (exi 108-A), follow signs MOUNT AIRY 52 souh o Sadium Drive (exi 108-C), follow signs
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS NOW May 11, 2018 May 14, 2018 May 15, 2018 May 16, 2018 May 17, 2018 May 18, 2018 Order Academic Regalia and/or announcemens a www.herffjones.com Sudens who received federal suden loans, complee exi counseling a www.sudenloans.gov Complee financial clearance process by his dae Complee Surveys: Undergraduae Senior Survey Pos-graduaion Plans Survey Regiser wih Alumni Relaions Office Miliary and Honor Cord Pick Up 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Anderson Cener-Chancellor s Privae Dining Hall Paricipan Lanyard Pick Up 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Anderson Cener-Main Lobby and Dining Room Miliary and Honor Cord Pick Up 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. Anderson Cener-Chancellor s Privae Dining Hall Paricipan Lanyard Pick Up 12 p.m. - 7 p.m. Anderson Cener-Main Lobby and Dining Room The College and School of Healh Sciences celebraions for graduaes (Time/locaion TBA) School of Healh Sciences Pinning Ceremony, 10 a.m. K. R. Williams Audiorium ROTC Commissioning Ceremony 2 p.m. Miliary and Honor Cord pick up from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Bowman Gray Sadium Paricipan Lanyard Pick Up 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 4 p.m. - 5 p.m. Bowman Gray Sadium Mandaory Commencemen rehearsal a Bowman Gray Sadium (Rain sie: LJVM Coliseum) Ars and Sciences undergraduaes a 12 noon Business and Educaion undergraduaes a 1 p.m. Healh Sciences undergraduaes a 2 p.m. Graduae programs a 3 p.m. Commencemen exercise begins promply a 8:45 a.m. Bowman Gray Sadium