[Intl-stu] Commencement ceremony this Saturday

[International Students]

The International Student Services would like to congratulate all of our
graduates this fall 2010 semester.  We are excited and very proud that
you have chosen our university as your alma mater and we wish you the
best in your personal, academic, and career pursuits in the future.  

 

I would like to provide all students who plan to attend the graduation
(commencement) ceremony on Saturday, December 18 a few important
reminders.  Please read over these carefully and let me know if you have
any questions or concerns:

*         All friends and family are encouraged to be respectful when a
graduates name is called.   The reading of the graduating student's name
is a very cherished moment during the commencement ceremony for both the
graduate and their guests.  If audience members are celebrating
excessively and loudly this may prevent the next graduate's name from
being heard.  Out of respect for all participants and their guests we
ask that all guest please abide by the commencement guidelines.  It is
understandable that friends and family will be excited when a graduate's
name  is called and will want to celebrate.  However, please limit the
celebration to a few seconds to avoid disrupting the calling of the next
graduate's name.  Excessive celebration may cause the friends and family
of the next graduate to not hear their name called.  

 

*         Over the past few commencement ceremonies there has been an
issue of friends and/or family members of graduating students relocating
to multiple seats around the auditorium during the ceremony.  I have
been in attendance and noticed this as well to the point I have had to
encourage attendees to stop moving around.  As you can imagine getting
up and moving to another seat in another location multiple times can be
very disruptive to the other guests and the participants.  We strongly
encourage any friends or family that attend the ceremony to arrive early
enough to find a good seat and please limit their moving to another
location during the ceremony.

 

Again, the ISSO congratulates you on your upcoming graduation and we
wish you the best in your future endeavors.  

 

 

 

John Mark Jones, Director

International Student Services

Texas A&M University-Commerce

PO Box 3011

Commerce TX 75429

(P) 903-886-5097

(F) 903-468-3200

 

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