Information for Students

Tickets | Line Up & Procession | Participation | What to Bring | Regalia | Caps & Gowns
Tassels | Honor Cords | Graduation With Honors | Invitations | Photography

Tickets Required for Admission to Commencement

• Tickets will be required for all family and guests attending the ceremonies on December 18 and 19, 2009.
• Dates to pick up tickets - December 1-11, in Charger Central, UC 118 during regular business hours.
• If you cannot pick up your tickets:
  • A family member or friend may pick up your tickets with a signed letter from you and their photo ID.
  • Or you may email the Registrar, Janet Waller, at wallerj@uah.edu to make arrangements.
  • Tickets will not be mailed.
• After December 11, tickets that were reserved but not picked up will be redistributed to students who desire extra tickets.
• Extra tickets will be available for pick up December 16-18, in Charger Central, UC 118 during regular business hours. Extra tickets will be limited per student.

How to Reserve Tickets

1. Click: Enter Secure Area
2. Enter Banner ID and Pin
3. Click: Personal Information
4. Click: Answer Survey
5. Click: Graduation Survey

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Line Up and Procession

Students should report to their college line-up area in Spragins Hall no later than one hour prior to their designated ceremony time. You will receive a line-up card indicating your number in line and be instructed by University staff about when and where to line up. Your line-up card is the key to receiving your diploma.

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Who May Participate in Fall Commencement

• Students who completed all degree requirements in the Summer 2009 semester.
• Students who have applied for graduation and will complete all degree requirements for the Fall 2009 semester.

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What to Bring to Commencement

Degree candidates should purchase their caps and gowns from the University Bookstore prior to the ceremony and should be sure to bring them, along with their tassels, to Commencement.  Students should not bring purses, pagers, cell phones, etc., into Spragins Hall.  Personal items may not be left in the assembly or robing areas during the ceremony.

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Academic Regalia

Commencement is an occasion marking a special time in a student's academic career. Appropriate attire for the occasion is a black academic gown and mortarboard with no personal accessories or messages. Student members of academic honor societies may wear the insignia or honor cord of that academic honor society. Flowers, personal jewelry, pins or cords from social fraternities and sororities are not to be worn on academic robes. (See approved list below). All graduates participating in the Friday, December 18, ceremony must wear their academic regalia.

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Caps and Gowns

Caps and gowns may be purchased at Grad Finale or in the University Bookstore Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.  The last day to purchase caps and gowns is December 18.

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Tassels

White – Liberal Arts
Gold – Science
Orange – Engineering
Apricot – Nursing
Drab – Business
Old Gold – Doctoral

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UAH Honor Cords

UAH Honor Cords for those undergraduates who are eligible have been purchased by the University and will be available at Spragins Hall during the robing process.  Graduation honors are not bestowed upon students receiving Masters or PhD degrees; therefore graduate degree recipients do not receive or wear honor cords.

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Graduation with Honors

Graduation with honors at the baccalaureate level requires a minimum of 60 semester hours at UAH. Honors will be determined by the grade-point average for the last 60 semester hours of coursework taken at UAH or the overall GPA for all coursework taken at UAH, whichever is higher. The academic terms containing the last 60 hours of coursework taken at UAH will be identified, and the GPA of all UAH courses taken during those terms to satisfy graduation requirements will be computed and the honors will be determined as follows:

• If the GPA computed as above is 3.90 or above, the student graduates summa cum laude.
• If the GPA computed as above is 3.70 or above (but below 3.90), the student graduates magna cum laude.
• If the GPA computed as above is 3.40 or above (but below 3.70), the student graduates cum laude.
  
  Graduate students should not wear honor cords. The student’s hood adorned with the college colors represents their academic accomplishments recognized by the university.

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Approved Academic Honor Societies 

Students graduating with university–wide and academic honors who are members of the following organizations may wear the cords, ribbons, collars, jewelry, etc., described below on their robes at Commencement.

University Honors—Gold Cords—Janet Waller

University Honor Societies

Alpha Epsilon Delta—Purple and pink cords—Adriel Johnson

Alpha Lambda Delta—Gold, red, and white cords—Holly Flint

Omicron Delta Kappa—White, Black and blue twisted cords—Troy Skinner

Phi Kappa Phi—Blue and gold cords with fringed tassels—Dr. Jeffrey S Neuschatz

Sigma Xi-Scientific Research Society—Blue and white cords with tassels—Debra Moriarity

Business Administration

            Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting)—Pins – Gene Bryson
            Beta Gamma Sigma (Business)—Blue ribbons—David Berkowitz

Engineering

Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial & Systems Engineering) —White satin and gold stole—Paul Componation

Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical Engineering)—Gold braided cord with royal blue and scarlet tassels—Aleksandar Milenkovich

Omega Chi Epsilon (Chemical Engineering)—White satin collar (officers)—maroon and white cord/rope (members)—James Smith

Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering)—Azure and murrey stole—Don Wallace  

Sigma Gamma Tau (Aerospace Engineering) – Stole with red shoulders and white satin tips – Brian Landrum (4/20/07)

Tau Beta Pi (Mechanical Engineering)—White satin collar and embroidered with bent in orange—Don Wallace

Liberal Arts

Alpha Kappa Delta (Sociology)—Teal cord—Mitch Berbriar

Alpha Psi Omega (Theatre) - Light blue and gold intertwined cords - David Harwell

Kappa Delta Pi (Education) — Teal green and purple cords—Mary Piersma

Kappa Pi (Art) – Purple and gold cords– K. Jill Johnson

Lambda Pi Eta (Communication Arts) —Red and white cords—Kristin Scroggin

Phi Alpha Theta (History)—Madonna red and blue with multi-colored tassel at each end—Molly Johnson

Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science)—Medallions red ribbons—Thomas Williams

Phi Sigma Iota (Foreign Languages)—Purple and gold cords—Peter Meister

Psi Chi (Psychology)—Blue and gold cords—Sandra Carpenter

Sigma Tau Delta (English)—Red and black braided cords, 2” medallion attached to red ribbon—Julie Early

Nursing

            Sigma Theta Tau—Purple and white cords—Lynn C. McClellan

Science

            Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics) Green and ivory tassels and cords—Robert Preece

Invitations

Commencement invitations may be purchased at Grad Finale, or in the University Bookstore or by visiting the Josten's website at http://www.shop.jostens.com/ or calling Josten's at their toll free number: 1-800-353-5299.

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Photography

The Commencement Committee has arranged to have ZAP Photography at the ceremony to take high quality photographs as you receive your diploma. Proofs will be sent to you within seven days after Commencement. There is no obligation to purchase the finished prints. If you order photographs, the prints will be delivered within thirty days or the deadline printed on the order card. If you choose to purchase a print, the cost for 5x7 color prints is $6.95 each. You may also wish to purchase an 8x10 in a folder for $12.95. If you do not want to purchase prints, you may keep the proof provided to you at no cost. ZAP Photography is the only photographer authorized by the University to sell photographs to the graduates.

PLEASE NOTE that to preserve the dignity of the ceremony, members of the audience are not allowed to come up to the stage to take pictures. Each graduate will have the opportunity to purchase prints from ZAP Photography.