EVENTS FOR MASTER'S, CERTIFICATE AND DOCTORAL CANDIDATES

The following is a schedule of events for Master's, Certificate and Doctoral degree candidates only, unless otherwise noted. For further information about your Individual Recognition Ceremony, please refer to the contact number listed for that particular event.

Saturday, May 18, 2013

University-Wide Graduate Commencement Ceremony - 9:00 a.m.
Location: SEFCU Arena
*Tickets are not required for this event 

The Ceremony to formally confer graduate degrees will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. Duration of this event is approximately 2 hours 15 minutes. Candidates should arrive for assembly by 8:00 a.m. to the Physical Education building gymnasium.  All degree candidates will be recognized individually as the cross the stage.

Individual Recognition Events
 

Academic departments may require additional paperwork from students to participate in the following ceremonies. Additional, some of these events may require physical tickets for all guests in attendance.  Please monitor all correspondence from your department regarding Commencement. For further detail, please contact the respective department.

Africana Studies - 5:30pm
*Combined Ceremony (Undergraduate/Graduate)
Location: Campus Center Ballroom
Contact: Africana Studies Department, 442-4730
Maximum # of guests: 7 per student

School of Business Graduate Reception
Immediately following the Graduate Ceremony
Location: The School of Business, 2nd floor
Contact: Sally Mills, 442-4272

College of Computing and Information
Information Studies, Informatics & Computer Science
Combined Graduate and Undergraduate Ceremony – 2:30 p.m. 
Location: Page Hall Auditorium, (Dowtown Campus)
Contact: Dean’s Office, 956-8240 / cciadmin@albany.edu
Students must RSVP with their department to participate.

School of Criminal Justice
Graduate Ceremony - 4:00 p.m.
Location: Milne Hall, Room 200 (Downtown Campus)
Contact(s): Diana Mancini and Michele Fox, 442-5214
*See CRJ web-site for further details. 

School of Education Graduate Reception
Immediately following the Graduate Ceremony
Location: SEFCU Arena, Hall of Fame Room
Contact: Elizabeth Norton Skrobela, 442-4991

Geography and Planning – 1:00pm
Ceremony to include Globalization Studies
*Combined Graduate and Undergraduae Event
Location: Performing Arts Center, Recital Hall
Contact: Geography and Planning Department, 442-4636
Maximum # of guests: 3 per student
Students MUST RSVP with their department to participate.

Languages, Literatures & Cultures - 4:30pm
*Combined Graduate and Undergraduate Event
Location: Performing Art Center, Recital Hall
Contact: LLC Department, 442-4100 or 442-4222
Maximum # of guests: 7 per student
Students MUST RSVP with their department to participate.

Latin American and Caribbean Studies – 1:00 p.m. 
*Combined Graduate and Undergraduate Ceremony
Location: Art Museum
Contact: Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Department, 442-4890

College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering Graduate Reception
Immediately following the Graduate Commencement Ceremony
Location: NFE Rotunda
Contact: CNSE Office for Student Services, 437-8686

Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs & Policy
4:30 p.m. Reception / 5:30 p.m. Ceremony
Political Science and Public Administration & Policy
*Light refreshments prior to the ceremony @ 4:30 p.m.
Location: Page Hall Auditorium (Downtown Campus)
Contact: Kara Pangburn, 442-5247

School of Public Health
Graduate Ceremony – 2:00 p.m
Location: The George Education Center, East Campus
Contact: sbernardibain@albany.edu or 408-4231
Maximum # of guests: 5
Tickets are required for all guests and may be picked up at the department.


School of Social Welfare
Graduate Ceremony – 12:30 p.m.
Location: Page Hall, Auditorium (Downtown Campus)
Contact: Candi Griffin-Jenkins, 591-8769
Maximum # of guests per student: 5
Tickets are required for all guests and may be picked up at the department.

Sunday, May 19, 2013

Physics - 12:30pm
*Combined Graduate and Undergraduate Ceremony
Location: Campus Center, Assembly Hall
Contact: Physics Department, 442-4500
Maximum # of guests: 7 per student