Faculty & Staff | Commencement

Please complete and submit the Faculty/Staff Commencement Participation Form by Friday, May 9th at 5 p.m. if you plan to participate in commencement.

DO NOT RESPOND if you are a member of the stage party, college marshal or a doctoral advisor hooding a graduate.

For questions or additional information about faculty/staff participation, please email Jackie Schluchter at jackie.schluchter@ndsu.edu.

Faculty will lead the processional in order of rank and years of service.
Signs and staff will direct you to the faculty/staff staging area.
All participants must wear academic regalia (cap and gown)—available through the Bookstore.

(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 student candidate, faculty/staff participant, or stage party member needing special assistance and/or reasonable accommodations (wheelchair, physical disability, etc.) should contact Jackie Schluchter at jackie.schluchter@ndsu.edu at least 2 weeks prior to the ceremony to make arrangements
Sign language interpreters are on-stage and interpret throughout the ceremony
Hearing assisted devices may be checked out at the Guest Services desk on the concourse of the Fargodome

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 Fargodome no later than one hour before the start of the ceremony (doors open 1 hour before start of ceremony)
Parking at the Fargodome is FREE for NDSU's Commencement ceremony
Enter the FargoDome through the main EAST lobby and use the escalator or elevator to proceed to the lower level
Signs and staff will direct you to the designated 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.