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Graduation 2007

[Information to assist you before and on the day of your ceremony]  [What you can expect at your ceremony] [Seating Arrangements] [Tickets] [Dress Code]  [Photography]  [DVDs]

DATE: 8^th December 2007

VENUE: Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre

TIME: 6:00 pm - until

LOCATION:  http://www.cascadiahotel.com/contact/location.htm

INFORMATION TO ASSIST YOU BEFORE AND ON THE DAY OF THE CEREMONY [Top]

• Remember to bring your tickets and camera or video camera. 
• Remember to bring your academic wear (i.e. gown, graduation cap and hood).  We suggest you bring a few spare pins/hairgrips to help attach the hood and hat.
•  Print off the map of Cascadia Hotel and Conference Centre to ensure you know where you need to go.
• If you are arriving at the ceremonies with luggage, please make your own personal arrangements for its safekeeping. We recommend that you leave luggage in your car/at the front desk or hotel room if possible for security reasons.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AT THE CEREMONY  [Top]

The ceremony is formal in nature, and is an occasion for Graduates to celebrate their success with their family and friends and the CTS College of Business and Computer Science Limited and University of Hertfordshire.

The ceremony will start promptly at 6:00 pm and will last no more than 3 hours.

All graduates are asked to meet at the Cascadia Hotel & Conference Centre at 4:00 pm (2 hours before the starting time). 

Graduates and Guests of Graduates with tickets should enter the entrance of the conference room.  An usher will escort the guests to their seats once they present their tickets.

Please take your seat no later than 30 minutes before the start time of the ceremony, in time for the register to be taken. If you are not present at this time, we will assume that you are absent and your name will be removed from the list of graduates in attendance.   It is usual practice to take this register a number of times as it is vital that graduates are seated in the correct place.

Graduates will be assigned a seat number on their ticket.  You will be seated in the order of how you will be presented and you may only sit in your named, reserved seat with your fellow graduates. You will not be seated with your guests until after the ceremony. You will find a programme with your name on it on your seat to indicate your place.

At the beginning of the awards ceremony, everybody will be asked to stand while the Academic Procession enters the conference room. The Academic procession is comprised of members of the Academic Board and Faculty staff led by the Secretary & Registrar (or nominee), who carries the University of Hertfordshire mace, and followed by the Vice-Chancellor.

There will be an opening address by the presiding officer and at most ceremonies, a presentation of a Fellowship or Honorary Degree.

The presentation of degrees will commence. Graduates are presented by their respective Chair or senior member of their Board of Examiners, Head of Department or the Dean of Faculty. Awards are presented firstly in hierarchical order within a department and then in alphabetical order by surname. Ushers/Staff from the CTS College of Business and Computer Science Limited will guide you from your seat to stand at the bottom of the stage and will guide you onto the stage when your name is read out. Please do not carry anything with you onto the stage as you will shake the hand of the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor or Pro Chancellor and receive your certificate.

You will be assisted from the stage and guided to walk across the stage and return to your seat.

We respectfully ask you to remain quiet in your seat while the presentation continues for your fellow graduates.

Once all Graduates have been presented with their awards, there will be a closing address by a member of the platform party, followed by a vote of thanks by a selected Graduate.

This marks the conclusion to the formal proceedings and you will be asked to stand while the Academic processions are seated at their dinner table.

A toast will be make to the graduation class of 2007.

SEATING ARRANGEMENTS [Top]

TICKETS [Top]

Each graduate is allowed to bring a maximum of 3 guests to the ceremony and dinner & dance.  As the proceedings are formal in nature and last for up to two hours or more, we suggest that you will not find the ceremony suitable for children.

Tickets will be on sale from 1^st November.

Graduate - $200.00 for a ticket.  A ticket entitles the following:

• Dinner and drinks
• Robe, Hood and graduation cap
• Photographs
• DVD of the ceremony

Guest - $200 for a ticket.  Each ticket entitles only dinner and drinks.

Confirmation of attendance and number of guests by Saturday 20^th October, 2007. Even if you are not attending please still let us know by Saturday 20^th October 2007. 

Deadline date for collection and payment of tickets is 8^th November 2007.

No late payments would be accepted because all confirmations for Cascadia  MUST be made by 9^th November!

DRESS CODE [Top]

Academic dress

It is compulsory to wear academic dress - robe, hood and graduation cap.  It is appropriate to wear smart dress for the ceremony.   The robe is included in the cost of the ticket

(Handy tip for females: wear a top with a button to help attach the hood!)

All academic wear should be collected 2 days before the Ceremony and must be returned 2 days after the ceremony.

Formal Wear

Ladies

• No short dresses (Dresses should not be shorter than 1 inch above the knee). 
• No slippers/sneakers
• No caps

Gentlemen

• All gentlemen should wear a suit.
• No slippers/sneakers
• No caps

PHOTOGRAPHY [Top]

Photographic studios will be available on the date of the graduation.   The pictures are included in the cost of the ticket.  Each graduate will received 3 photos of various sizes.

The photographic studios will close 45 minutes before the start of the ceremony to allow graduates to make their way to their seats in the Conference room.   Please ensure you allow yourself plenty of time to have photos taken as the busiest times are obviously just prior to the ceremony.

Please note this company is independent of the CTS so any further questions you may have regarding your order should be addressed directly to them and not the CTS.

DVDs [Top]

CTS College of Business and Computer Science Limited is making a DVD recording of the graduation which will show you receiving your award.  The DVD is also included in the cost of the ticket.