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Graduation Ceremonies: Spring 2010 Information

General Information

Diploma and gown photo **Please review this site often for updated information.

There are two graduation activities:

SJSU Commencement – (May 29, 2010) held at SJSU Spartan Stadium for all graduates (undergraduate and graduate students)
SLIS Convocation in San José – May 15, 2010

Graduates from August 2009, December 2009 and May 2010 are invited to participate in the SLIS Convocation ceremony either in person or virtually. The names of all graduates will be called.

If you are attending in person, SLIS Convocation tickets will go on sale February 1, 2010 and will be mailed to you. Tickets purchased after April 26, 2010, will be available for pick-up at "Will Call" on May 15, 2010 at the event.
This year's SLIS convocation will be webcast. We invite graduates to join us online. Video and audio of the event will be available at the time of the event (May 15, 2010, 1:00 p.m.). Closed captioning will be available via Elluminate. Additional details about the program with links to the video and captioning will be available at a date closer to the event.
A PDF copy of the "Convocation Booklet" will be available on a date closer to the event. You will be able to go to the virtual convocation webcast site link, to print or save to your computer.
Official diplomas are mailed 2 to 3 months after the event.

Graduates who are attending in person will walk across the stage and must wear a cap, gown, and hood to participate in the ceremony (though you don't wear the hood until you are officially hooded during the ceremony). These will be available for sale through the campus bookstore (or you may be able to borrow one from a friend and then purchase only your tassel). MLIS graduates should purchase the lemon colored hood. The SJSU Spartan Bookstore will be selling regalia from April to May. Students may make purchases in the bookstore or online. Announcements are also available through the bookstore.

SJSU Commencement

SJSU Commencement will be on May 29, 2010. Parking in campus parking garages that day will be free.

SJSU Commencement is held at Spartan Stadium. All graduates, including distance students, are invited to attend. Students who attend the morning ceremony will be able to collect a program from their chairs. The program lists all the SJSU graduates including those in our program. Degree recipients who do not attend the ceremony may obtain a free program beginning the week following Commencement at the President's Office (Tower Hall 206). Read more about the SJSU Commencement at www.sjsu.edu/commencement/.

SLIS Convocation

Business casual attire is encouraged for both students and guests.

Commencement Speaker

The Commencement Speaker will be announced at a later date.

General Information

Graduates do not need a ticket. Your first (1) guest ticket is $10. Each additional ticket is $25, children under 12 years old are $10. There is NO LIMIT to the number of tickets you may purchase. Tickets will be sold at the door, $30 for each adult and $15 for each child under 12 years old. Tickets may be purchased in advance online at our SLIS Store. Children under 18 months may also attend, free of charge.

Tickets purchased after April 26, 2010, will be available for pick-up at "Will Call" on May 15, 2010 at the event.

**Please Note: The $10 "Discount Ticket" will not be available at the door.

You must do steps 1, 2 and 3 below. Step 4 is optional.

RSVP for the San José convocations before April 30, 2010. (link available on Feb. 1, 2010)
Convocation Program Book form. (link available on Feb. 1, 2010)
Send a high resolution JPG "Head Shot" photo of yourself, along with your full name to the following email: Rhonda Dahlgren
Purchase tickets for your guest at the SJSU SLIS online store. (tickets available on Feb. 1, 2010)

NOTE: We accept American Express, MasterCard and Visa in our online store. Sorry, we cannot accept debit cards.

SLIS Convocation in San José

The SLIS Convocation will be held in San José on May 15th, at Parkside Hall. It will start at 1:00 p.m. A reception will follow the ceremony.

Graduates should arrive between 11:30 and no later than 12:30 p.m. to check in and begin lining up. All graduating students must check in at the registration table upon arrival. The processional will begin at 1:00 p.m. The ceremony should last about two hours. The reception begins after the ceremony and will end at approximately 4:30 p.m.

Parkside Hall is located at:

180 Park Avenue
San José, CA 95113
(Next door to the Tech Museum)
www.sanjose.org/visitors/maps/maps/downtown.pdf link outside www.sjsu.edu

Parking is available at the Convention Center for a fee. Alternative parking is available across from the Convention Center. There is free parking in the Market & San Salvador lot at 325 S. Market St. See www.sjdowntownparking.com/parking_map.php link outside www.sjsu.edu . Please be aware parking meters are enforced on Saturdays.

Photographs

Convocation photos will be taken by Bob Knight Photographers. Everyone will be photographed. You will receive an information card to complete on convocation day. GradTrak^TM allows graduates to receive their proofs via email within 24 hours after the end of the ceremony.

For more information and to pre-register on the Bob Knight Photo Web site use the following URL: Bob Knight Photo: Registration Page link outside www.sjsu.edu .

No helium balloons will be admitted into the graduation auditorium or the reception hall.

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