The graduates’ guide to a successful graduation day!

Helpful Graduation Tips

Parking

• Try to arrive at least an hour prior to your graduation

ceremony

• Be familiar with designated parking areas • Check UM Commencement website for parking info in

advance www.commencement.olemiss.edu

• Carpooling is encouraged.

• Shuttles are primarily for guests requiring assistance

• Call 662-915-7235 or 602-915-5203 for assistance.

Convocation Details

Accountancy — Lamar (Old Law School)Applied Sciences — Farley HallBachelor of General Studies (BGS) — Natural Products Center/Thad Cochran Research CenterBusiness — Union PlazaDoctoral Candidates — Faser HallEducation — Natural Products Center/Thad Cochran Research CenterEngineering — Lamar (Old Law School)Journalism — Farley HallLaw — E. F. Yerby CenterLiberal Arts — Ventress HallLiberal Arts-Masters Degree –Ventress HallPharmacy — E. F. Yerby Center

Convocation starts promptly at 9:00 a.m. in The Grove

Report to your Academic College’s designated location by 8:30 a.m.

Check UM commencement website for the school map www.olemiss.edu/commencement

*Graduates are an essential to the formal processional.

Attire Advice• Wear shoes that are comfortable and easy to

maneuver in, especially if attending outside events

• Firmly secure the cap with hair pins on top of your

head, not the back of your head

• Wear attire with pockets (to carry keys, phone &

camera)

• We recommend leaving wallets or purses at home

or with your guest

• Check the weather so you can dress and prepare

accordingly

• Wear something sleek (so your clothes will wear

comfortably under the robe)

Restroom Access• Be sure to visit the restroom BEFORE coming to any ceremony, there

will be lines, and please tell your guests to do the same. The lines

can become long outside the facilities.Restroom availability:Brevard Hall Lyceum

Carrier Hall Shoemaker Hall Farley Hall Student UnionHume Hall

• All ceremony venues are equipped with restroom accommodations.

Tassel• Undergrad students’ tassels

specifically correspond to the students’ area of study. Color varies by discipline.

• Usually you are prompted to change your tassel from right to left during the ceremony.

• Graduate students wear their tassels to the left throughout the ceremony.

• See commencement website for the list of tassel colors www.olemiss.edu/commencement

Things to Remember• Make sure you have your name card/reader card with youReader cards are distributed by each school/college. Please refer to your dean’s office for this process.

• The reader card is used by the reader/announcer as you walk across the stage. It is the only way anyone will know who you are. Graduate’s names are NOT read from a list.• Don’t forget to return your gown

There will be a covered truck and/or boxes for depositing your caps and gowns as you exit the ceremony facility

CONGRATULATIONS!

We wish you the best in all of your future endeavors!

For more information, visit olemiss.edu/commencement