Faculty & Staff Commencement Info

Fall 2024 Commencement

Ceremony I: Doctoral Graduates
Friday, December 13, 2024 at 6 p.m.
Waetjen Auditorium

Ceremony II: Undergraduate and Graduate students in College of Arts and Sciences, Monte Ahuja College of Business, Levin College of Public Affairs and Education, Washkewicz College of Engineering and College of Health
Saturday, December 14, 2024 at 1 p.m.
Wolstein Center

 

Fall 2024 Commencement will be here before we know it! As always, faculty and staff play an important part in making sure our students have a successful celebration. 

We understand that commencement occurs during the heavy grading period at the end of the semester, certainly a busy time for all. However, we encourage participants to attend the commencement ceremony to help make the day memorable for our graduates. 

Open rehearsal for our main undergraduate/graduate ceremonies: More details to come 

Visit the main commencement page for complete ceremony details and information.

 

Faculty Attendance RSVP

We invite our faculty to attend commencement in support of our graduates. Those participating should dress in full regalia, as you will be part of the processional and then seated with our graduates on the floor during the ceremony. Please submit your Faculty Commencement RSVP no later than Nov. 26.

 

Assist at Commencement

We need helping hands to make sure our event goes off without a hitch. That means greeters to guide guests and graduates to their destinations, assistance manning our college check-in stations, extra hands to help students don their regalia correctly and anything else that crops up. All commencement assistants will be monetarily compensated for their time. To assist at the event, please fill out the Assist at Commencement form no later than Friday, Nov. 22. Having an accurate headcount before the event allows us to effectively plan how best to support our students. 

 

FACULTy Regalia

Faculty regalia is now available to rent if you don't have your own. If you need regalia, please complete our rental order form no later than 5 p.m. on Nov. 1. Rental orders take a month to process, so our Follet and Herff Jones partners will not be able to accommodate orders after the Nov. 1 deadline.

If you wish to purchase your own regalia, please work with Viking Outfitters directly to facilitate purchase and ordering.  

Once orders are shipped, you will receive notification via email to pick up your regalia at Viking Outfitters or the Wolstein Center.

Please note: 

Doctoral ceremony participants (Dec. 13): robes will NOT be delivered to Waetjen Auditorium. All orders must be picked up from Viking Outfitters by 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13. Viking Outfitters staff WILL NOT be on location to assist.

Main ceremony participants (Dec. 14): regalia orders should be picked up at Viking Outfitters by 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 12. Any orders not picked up will be transferred to the fourth floor robing room in the Wolstein Center for pick up on commencement day. Viking Outfitters staff will be on location to assist.

Reminder: Any rented regalia must be returned to the Viking Outfitters staff at the end of the ceremony. There will be boxes to return your rentals in the robing room for processing faculty. 

 

NEED HELP?

For questions about regalia rentals, please email Viking Outfitters at vikingoutfitters@csuohio.edu.

For questions about the online RSVP form, please email Marketing at h.schlosser85@csuohio.edu.

To request special accommodations for the ceremony, please email Stephanie Meadows at s.meadows40@csuohio.edu.

For any other questions, please contact your college representative: With any questions or concerns you have

• College of Arts and Sciences - artsandsciences@csuohio.edu
• Monte Ahuja College of Business - Mindy Arnold m.j.arnold@csuohio.edu and Maggie Brandt m.c.brandt15@csuohio.edu
• Levin College of Public Affairs and Education - Erica Miller Arpajian e.l.miller@csuohio.edu
• Washkewicz College of Engineering - Joanne Hundt j.hundt@csuohio.edu and Susan Carver s.carver@csuohio.edu
• College of Graduate Studies - Veronica Hill v.berger@csuohio.edu
• College of Health - Bess Antol
• Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Honors College - Rachel Carnell r.carnell@csuohio.edu