INFORMATION FOR GUESTS

• The School of Information Convocation is free.
• Tickets are required, and are requested by graduating students when they register. Registration is required for students to participate in Convocation, both at the in-person event and for those joining us via livestream. Each student may invite up to 4 guests unless other arrangements have been made.
• Doors open at 9 a.m. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, with reserved seating for students and faculty marked.
• Please do not leave your seats to take photographs of students, as this may disrupt the ceremony. Professional photography will be available to purchase through GradImages, 800-261-2576. 
• Paid parking is available in the nearby UArizona Park Avenue Garage, located on Speedway Blvd. and Park Ave. View the vicinity map.
• The event will be livestreamed for those who cannot attend in person.

INFORMATION FOR MASTER'S & DOCTORAL STUDENTS

Congratulations, graduating master's and doctoral students! We are excited to share this milestone event with you, and celebrate your hard work and success!

Students who graduate in Summer 2023 and Fall 2023 are welcome to join us—either at the in-person Convocation ceremony, or via livestream. You must register to participate and have your name called and slide shown, whether in-person or via livestream.

Student Registration & Check-in

• Registration is required to participate in Convocation! Register by 11:59 p.m. on December 1.
• Registration is also required to request tickets for your guests. Students are limited to 4 tickets per student, though may request additional tickets which will be provided if available.
• When you register, you will choose whether you are participating in-person or via livestream.
• Graduates who participate via livestream will have their names announced and slides shown before the students who cross the stage and are hooded.
• Student check-in is held at Crowder Hall from 8:45-9:30 a.m. Students arriving after 9:30 a.m. risk not being able to participate. Please arrive in your regalia (but do not wear your hood, as that will be placed on you during the ceremony).
• The ceremony begins with a procession at 10 a.m.
• Students are required to stay for the duration of the ceremony.

Regalia: Cap, Gown, Hoods, Stoles

• You are required to wear regalia—caps, gowns, hoods and tassels—which are available from the University of Arizona BookStores: Order Master's Grad Regalia and Order Doctoral Grad Regalia.
• The iSchool stole is yellow, and is completely optional. Stoles are available at UArizona BookStores.
• For graduate students who cannot afford regalia, the Graduate and Professional Student Council rents regalia for free. Contact gpsc@email.arizona.edu for availability.

Hooding

• As a graduate student participating in the in-person ceremony, you will be hooded on stage during the ceremony.
• Master's students are hooded by the program chair or a delegate.
• Doctoral students are hooded by their dissertation advisor or a delegate. When they register, doctoral students are asked to identify the faculty member who should hood them.
• Do not wear your hood before or during the ceremony. Rather, carry it over your arm to hand to the faculty member who will hood you, and they will place it over your head.
• Be prepared for your hooding: watch a graduate hooding how-to video.

If You Need Assistance

• Students in need of special assistance should contact Jana Phillips at jana42@arizona.edu.

Register Here by 11:59 p.m. on December 1