Faculty & Staff

Online Registration is Available

Please complete and submit the Faculty/Staff Commencement Participation Form by Friday, December 5th at 5 p.m. if you plan to participate in the Commencement procession.

DO NOT RESPOND if you are a member of the Stage Party, an advisor who will hood a doctoral candidate or a college marshal.

For questions or additional information about the Faculty/Staff Procession, please email Jackie Schluchter at jackie.schluchter@ndsu.edu.

The order of the procession is determined by rank. Professors are first followed by Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Instructors, and Lecturers. Time in rank followed by years of service at NDSU are the criteria used for order within each rank. Staff will follow the faculty.
Signs and staff will direct you to the faculty/staff assembly area.
All participants must wear academic regalia (cap and gown)—available through the Bookstore.
The final procession list will be posted in the faculty/staff assembly area.

(Ph.D., D.M.A., Ed.D., D.N.P.)

Doctoral advisors do not register, as the doctoral student has included the advisor in the student RSVP
Follow student instructions for line-up and assembly
Assemble and be seated with Doctoral candidates

Any faculty/staff participant or stage party member needing special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations (wheelchair, physical disability, etc.) should contact Registration and Records at ndsu.registrar@ndsu.edu at least 2 weeks prior to the ceremony to make arrangements
Sign language interpreters are on-stage and interpret throughout the ceremony

Faculty and staff who wish to participate in the academic procession, will wear caps and gowns. If you need a cap and/or gown, contact Jodi Askew, NDSU Bookstore, (701) 231-7428 or jodi.askew@ndsu.edu

Plan to arrive at the Sanford Health Athletic Complex (SHAC) no later than one hour prior to your ceremony.
Parking — Complimentary parking is available in the R, RF & W Lots.
Entering through the SOUTH entrance is preferred (as assembly area is located through the west hallway, floor level).
Watch for signs and staff directing you to the faculty assembly area on the floor level (coats & belongings will be secured in the assembly area).
Faculty and staff are welcome in the candidate assembly area to congratulate the candidates.
The order of the procession is determined by rank. Professors are first followed by Associate Professors, Assistant Professors, Instructors, and Lecturers. Time in rank followed by years of service at NDSU are the criteria used for order within each rank. Staff will follow the faculty.