2006 University-Wide Commencement Ceremony

The University-wide Commencement Ceremony will be held on the Homewood Field of the Homewood campus at 9:15 a.m. on Thursday, May 25, 2006. Those eligible to participate are degree candidates from all the schools of Johns Hopkins University. Diplomas will be issued to those Doctoral candidates who have been formally approved by the respective Faculty Boards prior to Commencement. Degrees will be conferred for all candidates.

 
Essential Information about Commencement

Date: Thursday, May 25

Time: Candidates must report to their robing locations by 7:30 a.m. as outlined below. The Processional will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.

Place: The ceremony will take place on Homewood Field, University Parkway.

 
Cap and Gown Information

Cap and Gown Orders for Arts and Sciences, Engineering and SPSBE

Order at the On-Campus Graduation Center- Johns Hopkins Book Center, Gilman Hall, Homewood Campus. Deadline to order is April 5, 2006.

Monday, April 3 — 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

Tuesday, April 4 — 11:00 am to 6:00 pm

Wednesday, April 5 — 11:00 am to 3:00 pm

Or, order online at www.herffjones.com/college/graduation.

Download the Cap Measuring Tape to help you complete the order form.

Cap and Gown Orders for All Other Schools

Graduating students of Medicine, Public Health, Nursing, Peabody and SAIS, will receive separate cap and gown information according to their school.

Cap and Gown Pick-Up

If you ordered your cap and gown online and chose the Home Delivery option, your cap and gown will be delivered to the address you gave for delivery.

If you have reserved a cap and gown you may pick them up in room 10 of Gilman Hall (near the Book Center) on the following dates and times:

Note: Individuals must present ID to pick up their rental.

Saturday, May 20, 10:30am - 2:30pm
Monday, May 22, 9:30am - 6:00pm
Tuesday, May 23, 9:30am- 6:00pm
Wednesday, May 24, 9:30am - 6:00pm
Thursday, May 25, Commencement Day - JHU Book Center on Homewood Campus will open at 7:30 am

Cap and Gown Returns

Doctoral candidates may return their regalia to the truck located on the circle outside the Athletic Center or to Room 10 in Gilman Hall following the ceremony and before 6:00 p.m. Medical institutions should follow instructions from your Book Store. Peabody Conservatory will be sent instructions from the Peabody Office of Student Affairs. Regalia returned to the Book Center after June 1, 2006 will be subject to a $10.00 late fee.

Bachelor and Master candidates may keep their regalia and all may keep the tassel from the mortarboard.

Doctoral candidates will return rental regalia to Room 10, Gilman Hall Lower Level on Thursday, May 25. Purchase of any cap and gown or hood may be done at that time by cash or check.

School of Medicine will return regalia at the Meyerhoff

School of Nursing will return regalia to Room 10, Gilman Hall on Thursday, May 25

School of Public Health will return regalia at the Meyerhoff

Peabody and SAIS will return regalia following the ceremony.

 
Robing Locations

 
Academic Procession

At 8:55 a.m. the groups of candidates will move in sequence from the Athletic Center onto Homewood Field as guided by Marshals and staff from the Homewood Registrar's Office. Candidates will then march down the center aisle, to the appropriate row in the seating area. Candidates will remain standing until after the Invocation. Men will remove their caps before the Invocation and replace them when they rise for conferring of degrees.

 
Conferring of Degrees

During the ceremony the appropriate officers will present to the President of the University the candidates for degrees. As each group is presented, that group will stand while the President confers the degree. All doctoral candidates will proceed to the stage individually, according to degree, as their names are called, where all except Doctors of Medicine will be given their diplomas. (Doctors of Medicine receive their diplomas at 2:30 p.m. in the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral Street, on Thursday, May 25, 2006).

 
Diploma Distribution

 
Severe Weather Plan

Unless there is severe weather (torrential rain, thunder/lightning), the ceremonies will be held outdoors on Homewood Field. In case of severe weather conditions that make it unsafe to hold a ceremony outside, there may be an abbreviated ceremony.

If it becomes necessary to cancel the morning or afternoon ceremony, announcements will be made no later than 6:30 a.m. for the morning ceremony and no later than noon for the undergraduate ceremony, on the University's website www.jhu.edu and the Weather Emergency Line, (410-516-7781).

If the morning ceremony is canceled, the doctoral candidates who had planned to attend may pick up their diplomas in the Goldfarb Gymnasium in the White Athletic Center between the hours of 9:00am - 11:00am. All other degree recipients will be instructed to attend the diploma ceremonies for their respective schools.

 
[Updated 21Apr06]