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All fees and other financial obligations to the College must be paid in order to graduate. If you think you are delinquent in any manner, contact the Business Office (617-879-7902) for tuition and fees or student loan payments and/or the Library (617-879-7108) for library fines. If at any time you have ever received any type of guaranteed student loan through the College, you must attend an exit interview PRIOR to graduating. Please contact the Financial Aid office (617-879-7847) if you have any questions about this requirement. Transcripts with degrees posted will be available after Commencement.
Candidates that require ADA accommodations (interpreter for the deaf, wheelchair access, etc.) for the ceremony should report their needs to Mercedes Evans in the Office of Civil Rights Compliance and Diversity at 617-879-7060 before May 1. Her office will need time to fulfill any requests by commencement day.
Tickets are NEEDED to enter the gymnasium for an INDOOR ceremony (if it is raining). TICKETS WILL NOT BE MAILED and must be picked up IN PERSON by the candidate after May 1. The Pozen Theatre, with its live video/audio broadcast of the ceremony, can be accessed without a ticket by any additional guests you may have.
All candidates need a black cap and gown, available for purchase in the MassArt Supply & Bookstore after May 1. Additionally, MSAE and MFA candidates need to prepay for their appropriate degree hood (which is then presented at the commencement ceremony). Minor adjustments and customization are acceptable (ideas are placed on the MassArt website in the commencement section).
Bachelor and Master of Fine Art degree candidates should report in academic cap and gown, with tassel hanging from the left front of the cap, to the rear of Evans park (for an outside ceremony) or Tower 2nd floor (indoor ceremony) beginning at the mini café at least 45 minutes prior to the ceremony. Appropriate signage and commencement staff will direct you where you need to go.
Please do not bring purses or other extraneous items with you in line, as you are not permitted to carry them in the procession.
Commencement staff will organize the candidate procession. When you arrive, report to the staff member located by the sign for your major (any dual or open majors are located at the end). You will be given a card with your name and position number on it. It is very important that you not lose this card. When you are directed to do so you will line up in numerical order in front of your major section. MSAE and MFA candidates line up in front of BFA students and have their own section and staff person from the Graduate Office.
Candidates will be escorted single file into the park (outdoor ceremony) or gymnasium (indoor ceremony) by a commencement staff member. When you reach your chair, please remain standing until instructed to sit by the Academic Vice President onstage.
During the ceremony, candidates will rise one row at a time when requested to do so and head toward the platform for the conferring of degrees. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR NAME CARD. When you reach the ramp to the platform, you must give your name card to the staff member collecting them. Then, when your name is announced, you will enter the platform area and receive your proxy diploma (see #11 below).
Upon completion of the ceremony, the Platform Party will be first to exit followed by faculty as announced by the Academic Vice President. All graduates will follow the faculty.
After the ceremony, you have fulfilled your requirements for the day and are free to continue celebrating with family and friends in your own way. Any artwork you have in the senior exhibition may be removed as you leave, or MUST be picked up the following Monday from 10:00am - 5:00pm in the gallery. (NOTE: Artwork will not be stored after Monday)
Diplomas are mailed out to graduates in early Fall to the address listed on the proxy diploma that you receive on the platform during the ceremony. If you do not plan to attend the commencement exercise, you must notify the Registrar’s office in writing, giving the exact address to which the diploma should be mailed.