Subject: PhD Hooding Order & Logistics for Dec 13, 2024
From: Commencement <[email-masked]>
To: Commencement <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Callie Miller (Alumni)" <[email-masked]>, Akash Chaurasia <[email-masked]>, "Arturo Hirata Miyasaki (Student)" <[email-masked]>, "Maryam Alahmar (Student)" <[email-masked]>, "Juliane Brown (Student)" <[email-masked]>, "Cara Clements (Student)" <[email-masked]>, "Vincent Hammer (Student)" <[email-masked]>, "Bahareh Tajdini (Student)" <[email-masked]>, "Faran Vahedian Movahed (Alumni)" <[email-masked]>, "Doandy Wibisono (Student)" <[email-masked]>, "Kevin Scott (Alumni)" <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>,
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 14:54:50 +0000

Hello PhD Advisors, Co-Advisors, and PhD candidates:

The Graduate Commencement is Friday, December 13 in Lockridge Arena beginning at 2 p.m., with check-in/lineup beginning at 1 p.m. until 1:40 p.m. Please review the attached document for specific hooding order information for the ceremony. Below is information that applies to all those hooding, as well as specific check-in details and special hooding instructions for those advisors hooding more than one candidate or seated on the stage. Please read through all instructions.

PhD candidates, please look for the “Know Before You Go” from [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]> for specific details that apply to you, especially regarding your regalia. This email is for informational purposes only regarding who has confirmed their availability to hood you. If your plans have changed, and you are no longer able to attend the ceremony, please notify me and your advisor immediately so we can plan accordingly.

Logistics:

Location: The ceremony is in Lockridge Arena<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftour.mines.edu%2Flockridge-arena%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cagebben%40mines.edu%7Cbd260b132fb648f628f108dd192a98e5%7C997209e009b346239a4d76afa44a675c%7C0%7C0%7C638694393921719907%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=o6rbJlX8q3iFor%2B21sMqR462%2BDu9J%2F8bEVM%2BIYWuC5k%3D&reserved=0>, inside the Student Recreation Center.

Regalia for Advisors/Co-advisors: If you do not have regalia, you can borrow a gown from Academic Affairs. A limited selection of gowns will be available in the Isaacs Room on the 2nd floor of the Student Rec. Center beginning at 1 p.m. Thank you to all those who have requested regalia already.

Procession: Those not seated on the stage will process into the arena with their student. Those seated on the stage will process in with the Platform Party. IGP Directors will line up in Isaacs Room and join up with the Platform Party on the first level before processing into Lockridge. It is possible you will not end up in the same row as your PhD advisor. Because we have to many students participating in the ceremony, we need to utilize every seat possible, which means, you could be seated at the end of a row, and your advisor could be seated at the end of the row behind you. When you approach the stage, you will be lined up with one another again before you go to the hooding area. Thank you for understanding.

Check-in Time: PhD advisors and candidates will check in between 1 p.m. and 1:40 p.m. in the Recreation Gym on the 2nd floor of the Student Recreation Center across from Sub Connection, if you are not a member of the Platform Party. Platform Party members will line up in McNeil Room on the 2nd floor of the Student Recreation Center. IGP Directors seated on stage will line up in the Isaacs Room on the 2nd floor of the Student Recreation Center. If you make it to the 2nd floor and are unsure where you should go, someone will point you in the right direction.

Hooding: Students will carry their hood and Marching Order card to the stage. Students will pick up a diploma cover on their way to the stage. Advisors will take the hood from the student and hood the student on the stage. It is recommended that you practice hooding your candidate while lining up with your student in the Rec. Gym in order to ensure the hooding goes smoothly. We have 59 PhD candidates being hooded during this ceremony. We recognize this is a very special moment, and we want to make sure that hooding is done in a well-coordinated manner. After you hood your candidate, you will have a quick handshake or hug, then immediately move to the handshake line of the President, Provost, Department Head/IGP Director and other executives on the stage.

Photographs: Our professional photographer, Grad Images, will take a photo of the hooding, handshake with President Johnson, and a posed photo after students and advisors both exit the stage. The hooding and handshake are action shots, not posed photos. We will also have two photo booths set up in the lineup gym. You can take photos and download or print these photos at no cost to you. More photos can be taken following the ceremony.

Special Hooding Instructions:

Rick Holz – You are seated on stage. You will hood Callie Miller first to set the example. You will go through the handshake line after hooding Callie, and then return to the handshake line.

Christopher Higgins – You are seated on stage. You will come up to the hooding area to hood Juliane Brown after Junko Munakata Marr hoods Maryam Alahmar. You will go through the handshake line after hooding Juliane, and then return to your seat on stage.

Christopher Bellona – You are hooding two candidates back-to-back. You will process in after Vincent Hammer and before co-advisor, Johan S. Vanneste. You will hood Vincent first with Johan. Johan will exit after hooding Vincent, but you will stay on stage and hood Bahareh Tajdini. You will exit the stage with Bahareh.

Vaughan Griffiths - You are seated on stage and are hooding Doandy Yonathan after John McCray hoods Faranak Vahedian Movahed.  You will go through the handshake line after hooding Doandy, and then return to your seat on stage.

Thomas Monecke – You are hooding two candidates back-to-back. You will process in after Garrett Gissler and before Mario Guzman. You will hood Garrett first and then stay on stage to hood Mario Guzman. You will exit the stage with Mario.

Nanette Boyle – You are seated on stage. You will come up to the hooding area to hood Zachary Sparks after Diego Gomez Gualdron hoods Tsung Wei. You will go through the handshake line after hooding Zachary, and then return to your seat on stage.

Anthony Petrella – You are seated on stage. You will come up to the hooding area to hood Amirreza Lotfolahpour after Ning Wu hoods Xingrui Zhu. You will go through the handshake line after hooding Amirreza, and then return to your seat on stage.

Andrew Petruska – You are seated on stage. You will come up to the hooding area to hood Austin Oltmanns after Anthony hoods Amirreza Lotfolahpour. You will go through the handshake line after hooding Austin, and then return to your seat on stage.

Douglas Nychka – You are seated on stage. You are hooding three candidates back-to-back-to-back. You will come up to the hooding area to first hood Maggie Bailey followed by Matthew Hofkes and finally Juliette Mukangango.  You will go through the handshake line after hooding Juliette, and then return to your seat on stage.

Iris Bahar - You are seated on stage. You are hooding two candidates back-to-back. You will come up to the hooding area to first hood Hoon Seo and then Keyang Yu. You will go through the handshake line after hooding Keyang, and then return to your seat on stage.

Robert Braun – You are seated on stage. You will come up to the hooding area to hood Amogh Thatte after Chioke Harris hoods Noah Sandoval. You will go through the handshake line after hooding Amogh, and then return to your seat on stage.

Eric Toberer – You are hooding five candidates back-to-back and are seated on stage. You will proceed to the hooding area after Neal Sullivan and Ryan O'Hayre hood Charlie Meisel. You will hood Vanessa Meschke followed by Andrew Novick then Moira Miller then Claire Porter, and finally Anica Neumann with co-advisor Emily Warren. You will follow Anica Neumann and Emily Warren through the handshake line, and then return to your seat on stage.

Alexandra Newman – You are seated on stage. You will come up to the hooding area to hood John Ayaburi after Eric Toberer and Emily Warren hood Anica Neumann. You will go through the handshake line after hooding John, and then return to your seat on stage.

Angel Abbud Madrid – You are seated on stage. You will come up to the hooding area to hood Peter Corwin after Neil Dantam hoods Matthew Schack. You will go through the handshake line after hooding Peter, and then return to your seat on stage.

Christopher Dreyer – You are hooding three candidates back-to-back-to-back. You will process in after Timofey Broslav and before Daniel JOhnson. You will hood Timofey first followed by Daniel Johnson and then Ben Thrift. You will exit the stage with Ben.

Thank you. Please let me know if you have any questions!

Megan Welsh (she, her, hers)

Event and Residence Manager

President’s Office

Colorado School of Mines

1500 Illinois St.

Guggenheim, Room 325

Golden, CO 80401

Office: 303-273-3310 | [email-masked]<mailto:[email-masked]>