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GRADUATION FROM EITC
Eastern Idaho Technical College Commencement Ceremonies
Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium
501 South Holmes Avenue
Reception and beautiful backdrop for picture taking (immediately following commencement) in the EITC Cafeteria located in the Christofferson Building.
All EITC Degree, Certificate, and GED Graduates are invited to participate in Commencement and the Reception.
Special Accommodations
Accommodations are available for students and guests with disabilities. We encourage calling ahead to reserve special accommodation seating. The program is available in an alternate format. Please call (208) 524-3000 Extension 3376.
Ceremony Outline
- EITC Processional - EITC Symphonic Concert Band
- Presentation of Colors
- National Anthem
- Pledge of Allegiance led by Student Senate President
- Welcome - EITC President
- Remarks - Idaho State Department of Professional Technical Education
- Remarks and Introduction - EITC Student Senate President
- Commencement Address - Representative Dean Mortimer of the State of Idaho Legislature
- Presentation of Graduates - EITC President, Dean of Instruction,
Division Instructional Staff
- Alumni Message - EITC Foundation member
- Reading of Graduates - Steve Cannon
- EITC recessional - EITC Symphonic Concert Band
The ceremony is approximately 70 minutes.
Eligibility
Degrees and Certificates
Did you…
- Complete all coursework by December 7, 2007
Do you plan to…
Complete all coursework by May 2, 2008
OR
Complete all coursework by July 11, 2008
GED's
Did you...
- Pass all five tests
- Receive your last score between May 1, 2007 and April 21, 2008
Degree and Certificate Checklist
- Have you filled out and submitted an Application for Graduation?
- Have you paid the $10 Application for Graduation fee?
- Do you owe any tickets or fines?
- See the Registrar or Advising Counselor if you have any questions about the number of credits you have.
- Do we have your correct mailing address? Check with Assistant Registrar if you have changes in mailing information. If we do not have your correct address YOU MAY NOT RECEIVE YOUR DEGREE/CERTIFICATE.
It is the student’s responsibility to insure all necessary information is provided to process awards.
Belated Cap and Gown Ordering Information
Lane L. Larsen & Associates
966 East Lincoln Road, Suite 2B
Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401
Phone: (208) 552-9881
Fax: (208) 522-5277
Email: jknappherffjones@msn.com
Instructions for Students
Dress Code
- Dresses should not be longer than your gown and no high collars should be worn.
- It is recommended that males wear light colored shirts and ties.
- No flowers/corsages or jewelry should be worn on your gown.
- Please iron your gown. Be sure to use a cool iron and do not use steam as water may spot the fabric.
- The cap should be worn straight approximately 1” above your eyebrows.
- EITC Associate Degree Graduates’ tassel is royal blue and white and should wear their tassel on the left side of the cap.
- EITC Certificate Graduates’ tassel is royal blue and should wear their tassel on the left side of the cap.
- GED Graduates’ tassel is light blue and should wear their tassels on the right side.
- HONOR CORD: Students completing all of their course work by July 11, 2008 based on their cumulative GPA as of December 2007 are eligible to wear a cord.
Silver Cord: Cumulative GPA 3.50 to 3.749
Gold Cord: Cumulative GPA 3.75 to 4.0
Arriving At the Civic Auditorium
- Graduates are to meet at the Civic Auditorium by 6:15 p.m. PLEASE BE ON TIME.
- Go to the north ticket booth and pick up your name card. Check the card
to insure accurate spelling of your name. If your name is difficult to
pronounce, please make notations on the card that might be helpful to
the announcer.
Keep the card with you. (As you approach the stage
during commencement, hand your card to the Registrar).
- Proceed to the Idaho Falls High School hallway. You will line up in the hall according
to your program. Within each program, individuals receiving a certificate are to be first in line, followed by individuals receiving an associate degree.
Line Up
In the hallway line up by program.
- Accounting Technologies (AAC, ACC)
- Business Technologies (BT, MAM)
- Office Technologies (OFP, OFS)
- Web Development Technologies (WDT)
- Computer Networking Technologies (CNT)
- Electronic Service Technologies (EST)
- Legal Technologies (LGL)
- Dental Assisting (DA)
- Medical Assisting (MA)
- Medical Office Technologies (MOS)
- Practical Nursing (PN)
- Radiation Safety (RS)
- Surgical Technology (ST)
- Mechanical Trades (MAT, MDT)
- Welding Technology (WLD)
- GED
Civic Auditorium Diagram
The Civic Auditorium Diagram shows:
- How to enter the auditorium for the processional
- Where guests, faculty, and administration sit on the stage
- Where students sit
- How to get onto the stage
- Where to stop and give your name card to the Registrar
- Where to stop with the Division to shake hands
- Where to stop and receive the diploma jacket or scroll
- How to exit the stage
- How to return to your seat
- How to exit the auditorium from the recessional
Civic Auditorium Diagram (PDF 25 KB)
The Ceremony
- Administration and faculty will enter the auditorium in a double-file
processional walk beginning at 7 p.m. Graduates will follow.
- When the graduates are asked to come forward, approach the stage
in a single file as shown in the diagram. Please do so one row at a
time as directed by EITC Staff. As the last person
in each row starts up the stairs, the next row should rise and approach
the stage. As each division/program or type of degree/certificate changes
there will be a pause, as directed by EITC Staff. Remember to be very quiet in the halls, on the stairs, and especially approaching the reader backstage.
- Proceed to the side of the stage where a reader will take your name
card to announce your name. Then proceed to be greeted by your Division's Instructors. Then proceed to the EITC President and Dean of Instruction. They will shake your hand and present a certificate cover. GED/HSEC
recipients will be greeted by the Chief GED Examiner and presented a paper scroll (you have/will receive your certificate in the
mail). Go out the stage door and back in the auditorium doors. Go down the stairs and
return to your seat.
- At the conclusion of commencement, everyone will be asked to rise
for the recessional. Students will wait while administration and faculty
exit the stage and proceed out the auditorium in a double-file recessional
walk. Graduates are to follow one row at a time. The first row to exit
will be the one nearest the stage. PLEASE EXIT THE AUDITORIUM BEFORE STOPPING TO VISIT.PICTURES MAY BE TAKEN AT THE RECEPTION AT EITC IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE CEREMONY. BEAUTIFUL BACK-DROP PROVIDED.
Instructions for Guests
We are sorry but…Fire and Safety restrictions WILL NOT allow picture taking or standing in the aisles or in the front of the auditorium during the ceremony.
There will be a backdrop in the Christofferson Building where
you can take pictures at the reception following commencement.
Reception
Graduates and their guests are invited to attend a reception in their
honor on campus immediately following commencement. The reception will
be set up in the cafeteria in the John E. Christofferson Multipurpose Building. |
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