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Gown Rental Fees: |
Online Early-Bird thru Grad Faire Mar 1 – Apr 18 |
Online orders Apr 19 – Jun 2 |
If paid during Gown Pickup Jun 4 – Jun 6 |
Late Rental After June 6 |
If ordering a Souvenir Grad Pack |
FREE |
FREE |
FREE |
FREE |
Doctor's cap, gown and tassel |
$35.00 |
$40.00 |
45.00 |
50.00 |
Commencement Tassel alone |
$5.00 |
$5.00 |
$5.00 |
$5.00 |
Commencement Cap alone |
$10.00 |
$10.00 |
$10.00 |
$10.00 |
Late Pickup Fee for all pre-orders: |
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10.00 |
NOTE: Grad Pack prices remain the same throughout season.
For Grad Pack pricing and/or information on availability of graduation announcements, class rings, and portrait photography, please visit the UCD Bookstore Web site.
Residents:
Your academic attire will be ordered for you by the VMTH Director's office.
DVM students: The academic hood is a symbol of your personal achievement, reflecting your Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of California. The satin lining of the hood is the official colors of the University, while the gray velvet indicates your DVM degree. You will be invested with a School of Veterinary Medicine hood when your degree is conferred at the ceremony. The hoods are property of the School and are loaned free of charge for your use during the ceremony.
MPVM students and residents: The School will loan you a hood signifying your veterinary degree to wear at the ceremony.
Candidates may purchase their own doctoral hoods for use at the ceremony by linking to the UCD Bookstore. Please allow 8-10 weeks to complete your order. For further information, e-mail the Bookstore Commencement Coordinator
How to return: To avoid a late charge, gowns must be returned to the collection staff in the Mondavi lobby immediately following the ceremony, or to the UCD Bookstore no later than Monday, June 16. The cap and tassel are yours to keep. Hoods, which are property of the School, will be collected at a designated table following the ceremony.
ADMISSION TO THE CEREMONY
Tickets to the commencement ceremony are free of charge and will be distributed to candidates in Spring Quarter. Every person (including infants and toddlers) attending the ceremony must have a ticket. Tickets will be for general admission and open seating.
DVM Candidates: Each student will receive an allotment of nine tickets. To obtain additional tickets, classmates can negotiate among themselves for extra tickets and/or request additional tickets from the VMTH Student Affairs Office. Students are urged to return unneeded tickets to the VMTH Student Affairs Office for redistribution.
MPVM Candidates: Each student participating in commencement may request up to five tickets for their guests.
Residents: Each resident participating in commencement may request up to five tickets for their guests.
If space in the Mondavi Center permits, additional tickets will be made available prior to the ceremony.
University policy prohibits the selling of commencement tickets for money or commercial value. Violation will result in referral to Student Judicial Affairs
GRADUATION ANNOUNCEMENTS
The UC Davis Bookstore sells official UC Davis commencement announcements, blank notes, thank-you notes, envelope seals and certificates of appreciation. For personalized announcements, please allow one week for shipment. Personalized announcements may be purchased via the UC Davis Bookstore Web site. If you have questions, or for more information, please e-mail the Bookstore's Commencement Coordinator.
SENIOR PORTRAITS
Students interested in ordering their senior portraits taken last June can email: mediaworks@ucdavis.edu; include name and student ID number in the request. The photo package includes 2 - 8X10 and 8 wallet photos for a cost of $28.50; folders for the 8X10 photos can be added at $2.40 each. Mediaworks will bill orders to student university accounts.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
University policy prohibits possession or consumption of alcoholic beverages at the commencement ceremony.
AWARDS AND HONORS
The School Medal will be presented at the ceremony to a graduating senior in recognition of outstanding academic and clinical performance. Members of the veterinary honor society, Phi Zeta, will wear medallions signifying their academic achievement.
DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES
DVM: Immediately following the ceremony, diplomas will be distributed to candidates who have completed all clinical, school and campus requirements for June degrees.
MPVM: Candidates will receive program participation certificates. Diplomas are available from the Registrar’s Office four months after the end of the quarter in which all degree requirements are complete (including presentation of research project).
Residents: A certificate commemorating the ceremony will be presented to each participant at commencement.
FLOWER SALES
The Cal Aggie Student Alumni Association will be selling flowers at the commencement ceremony, outside of the Mondavi Center. Guests may purchase roses, leis, or mixed flowers for their graduates.
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bob Knight Photo Marketing will take two photos of each candidate: crossing the stage and immediately off-stage. The company will send proofs to graduates along with ordering information.
During the ceremony, photos taken by family or friends will be permitted from their seats. Videotaping the ceremony is allowed as long as the equipment does not obstruct other guests’ view.
PARKING
Parking is free in designated areas for those attending the commencement ceremony. Directional signs reading "Commencement Parking" are placed at all entrances to the campus. A portion of South Entry Parking Structure, ground level is reserved for vehicles displaying disabled person placards or plates. Click here to view the map for parking areas (The parking structure and lots #1 and 2 are the most convenient).
SPECIAL ASSISTANCE
For the convenience of all guests with mobility problems, please ask them to arrive as early as possible to locate their seating. If special accommodations are necessary for unique situations (including sign language interpreters), contact the Student Programs Office at 752-9722.
If an individual has a state disabled parking permit, parking is available in South Entry Parking Structure. For those with mobility problems and no state placard, please contact the VMTH Student Affairs Office or Student Programs Office for a special parking permit. Disabled guests can also be dropped off and picked up in front of the Mondavi center.
ASSEMBLY PRIOR TO CEREMONY
Degree candidates and residents will assemble prior to the ceremony at 9:45 am in the Studio Theater in the Mondavi Center.
ORDER OF THE CEREMONY
The ceremony will include remarks by the dean, student speakers and faculty speaker; the presentation of awards; the conferring of degrees and hoods; and the administration of the Veterinarian’s Oath.
At the appropriate time in the program, candidates will rise for presentation to the chancellor. Following degree conferral, candidates will cross the stage and hand their name cards to the announcer. DVM graduates will be presented to the faculty marshal who will invest their veterinary hoods. Graduates will cross the stage to the chancellor and the dean and then return to their seats to be led in reciting the Veterinarian’s Oath.
The ceremony will last approximately two hours.
RECEPTION
Immediately following the ceremony, light refreshments will be served in the Mondavi lobby for degree recipients, their families and friends, and friends of the School.
ACCOMMODATIONS / VISITOR LINKS
* Davis Visitor's Bureau / Lodging
* Lodging in the City of Woodland
* Lodging in the City of Dixon
References or pointers on this page do not represent endorsement.
OTHER UC DAVIS 2008 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY DATES
School of Law |
May 17, 2008, 10:30 am, ARC Pavilion |
School of Medicine |
June 7, 2008, 10:00 am, Mondavi Center |
School of Education |
June 11, 2008, 4:00 pm, Mondavi Center |
Graduate Studies |
June 12, 2008, 4:00 pm, ARC Pavilion |
Division of Biological Sciences |
June 13, 2008, 10:00 am, ARC Pavilion |
College of Engineering |
June 13, 2008, 3:00 pm, ARC Pavilion |
Graduate School of Management |
June 14, 2008, 10:00 am, Mondavi Center |
College of Letters and Science |
June 14, 2008, 9:00 am & 2:00 pm, ARC Pavilion |
College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences |
June 15, 2008, 9:00 am & 2:00 pm, ARC Pavilion |
MORE INFORMATION
Contact the Student Programs Office, 125 Surge IV, 530-752-1383.
Visit the UC Davis 2008 Commencement Handbook Web site.
