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Graduation
ceremonies will be held in Rome on May 12, 2007, at 10:00 A.M. in
the Floyd County Forum Facility in downtown Rome, #2 Government Plaza
(turn west on 3rd Avenue off Broad Street). This site is centrally located
in downtown Rome and will allow unlimited seating.
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You will not be awarded a degree unless you successfully complete all
requirements.
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Honors status is determined at the end of your last term of attendance
prior to graduation. Honors are calculated on all credit hours earned
at Georgia Highlands College.
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Because we send lists of candidates to the printer to publish the graduation
program and to various media before the final graduation status is determined,
it is important that you remember that the publication of your name
in the paper or in the graduation program does not obligate the college
to award your degree if requirements are not successfully completed.
We make every effort to insure that name and statuses are listed accurately,
but mistakes may happen.
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Caps, gowns and announcements may be purchased in the Bookstore on
the Rome Campus only. We expect these items to be available April
1.
Prior to May 1:
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Pay library fines, parking tickets, and other outstanding fees.
- Email
registrar@highlands.edu if
you do NOT plan to attend the ceremony.
- If
you have had a student loan, check with the Financial Aid Office
regarding your exit interview.
GRADUATION
PROCEDURES
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Report to the Rome/Floyd County Forum no later than 9:00 a.m.,
Saturday, May 12, 2007.
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Dress: Coat and tie not required, but please wear dark
colors with your cap and gown. Also wear comfortable shoes (no tennis
shoes, please, unless absolutely necessary).
- Pick
up your processional card from the registrar's table in the large meeting
room on the left side of the Forum, opposite the entrance to the lower
level of the Forum arena. Instructions will be given for line-up according
to your degree program.
- Graduates
will be lined up in alphabetical order according to degree programs
as follows:
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Associate of Arts
- Associate
of Science
- Associate
of Applied Science
(this includes joint programs with technical colleges, Law Enforcement,
General Business)
- Associate of Science in Human Services
- Associate
of Science in Dental Hygiene
- Associate
of Science in Nursing
- Certificates
- Graduates
will process in following the faculty in alphabetical order, according
to degree programs.
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Presentation of Candidates for degrees: When it is time
to confer the degrees, the Vice
President for Academic Affairs will say: "Will the candidates for
the Associate of *......*
degree please stand. Degree status will be conferred. Then the Vice
President will say: "Will the candidates for the Associate of *......*
degree please come forward to receive your diplomas." This will
be done for each degree program. Please do not stand until your degree
program is announced.
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When arriving on the speaker's platform, please give your processional
card to the reader at the first podium. Your name will be announced.
Walk toward the President, shake hands with your right hand, and take
your diploma in your left. Your may also shake hands with the guest
speaker and the Vice President. When you leave the stage platform,
switch your tassel from right to left side.
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During the recessional, those on the stage platform leave first, then
faculty, then graduates recess in the same order in which you entered.
- Cameras:
Taping of the Georgia Highlands College graduation ceremony for commercial purposes
is strictly prohibited without prior consent of the Office of the President
of Georgia Highlands College.
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