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<p class=MsoNormal>The International Student Services would like to
congratulate all of our graduates this Spring 2011 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. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>For information regarding the commencement ceremony please
visit <a
href="http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/admissions/registrar/graduation/default.aspx">http://web.tamu-commerce.edu/admissions/registrar/graduation/default.aspx</a>.
<b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red'> <span style='background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'>P<u>lease be aware that students need to arrive at the
University Fieldhouse AT LEAST 45 minutes prior to the beginning of their
commencement ceremony.</u></span> </span></b>Students arriving late is an
issue each semester and the later you arrive the less likely you will be able
to be prepared to line up which will disrupt the order for the ceremony. <b><u><span
style='background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>PLEASE ARRIVE EARLY TO YOUR
COMMENCEMENT CEDREMONY!</span></u></b> The commencement ceremonies
schedule is below: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><em>Undergraduate
Ceremony - 8:30 AM (Tickets = 9 per student)</em><br>
College of Arts & Sciences<br>
College of Business & Technology<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><em>Undergraduate
Ceremony - 11:30 AM (Tickets = 12 per student)</em><br>
College of Education & Human Services <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><em>Graduate
School Ceremony - 3:00 PM (Tickets = not ticketed)</em><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I would like to also provide all graduating students and
their guests <span style='color:black'>a few important</span> reminders.
Please read over these carefully and let me know if you have any questions or
concerns:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
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</span></span></span><![endif]><b><u>All friends and family are encouraged to
be respectful when a graduates name is called</u></b>. The reading
of the graduating student’s name is a <u>very</u> 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.<b><i> </i></b><span
style='color:black'>Out of respect for all participants and their guests we ask
that all guest please abide by the commencement guidelines.</span><b><i><span
style='color:red'> </span></i><span style='color:red;background:yellow;
mso-highlight:yellow'>It is understandable that friends and family will be
excited when a graduate’s name is called and will want to
celebrate. However, <u>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.</u></span></b><u><span style='color:red'> </span></u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></span></span><![endif]>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.<b><i> <u><span style='color:red;
background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow'>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.</span></u></i></b><b><i><u><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:red'> </span></u></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Again, the ISSO congratulates you on your upcoming
graduation and we wish you the best in your future endeavors. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>John Mark Jones, Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>International Student Services<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Texas A&M University-Commerce<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PO Box 3011<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Commerce TX 75429<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(P) 903-886-5097<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>(F) 903-468-3200<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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