Advanced Degree Commencement Ceremony, Friday, May 2, 7:00 p.m., Breslin Center, KEYNOTE SPEAKER botanist Peter Raven, president of the Missouri Botanical Garden. ADMISSION TICKETS ARE NOT REQUIRED. Commencement ceremony is TWO HOURS.
For ordering ANNOUNCEMENTS,
visit the Commencement
Connection.
For CAP AND GOWN, visit the Commencement Connection; deadline applies to rental of academic apparel
for doctoral degree candidates. Questions about announcements or cap and gown, please call the cap and gown office at (517) 355-5116 or email capgown@msu.edu.
INSTRUCTIONS to ADVANCED
DEGREE CANDIDATES participating in the commencement ceremony (and includes information for FAMILIES) Word Doc - Adobe PDF
SHUTTLE
BUS SERVICE to the Breslin Center from selected
lots will be provided without charge. We strongly recommend that graduates
and their guests use the shuttle bus service. Shuttle buses will be in service
5:30-10:30 p.m. and will run every 15 minutes from: Lot 79 south of the Spartan
Stadium Lot , stopping on Shaw Lane for passengers; Ramp 5 (Trowbridge
Road access to the ramp at the Communication Arts Building), stopping in
front of the ramp for passengers; and from Lot 89 (Commuter lot), northwest corner of Mt. Hope and Farm Lane. Please note that during the commencement weekend, FARM LANE WILL BE CLOSED FROM MT. HOPE RD. TO WILSON RD. Shuttle buses are accessible. Diagram (Adobe PDF).
Hooding
Instructions for Faculty and Doctoral Students
Information about the MSU Alumni Association New Grand Gathering Hospitality Tent. Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3, from 11:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Behind the Spartan Statue.
President's Reception at
the Cowles House for graduates. Invitations
to graduates are sent out mid-March.