Undergraduate and graduate students who have successfully completed degree requirements in May 2008, January 2008, or August 2007, are invited to participate in the 121st Annual Commencement of Temple University on Thursday, May 22, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at the Liacouras Center, Main Campus, and the Ambler College Graduation Ceremony at 3:30 p.m., at the Ambler Learning Center Auditorium.
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Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, and Community and Regional Planning seniors are encouraged to attend the Commencement at the Liacouras Center May 22 to represent Ambler College. Dr. James W. Hilty, Acting Dean of Ambler College, and many key Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, and Community and Regional Planning faculty will be sitting on the stage at this University-wide ceremony.
Dean Hilty will ask that Ambler College graduates stand and be recognized. It is exhilarating and conveys a sense of pride to have graduates from Ambler College in the audience. Your Graduation day is a very special one. Add to this momentous occasion by standing up for Ambler College!
Graduates, on their own or with family members, can travel to Main Campus and return to Ambler College on special shuttle buses. If you choose to carpool, we will give you a free parking pass.
From Thursday, March 20, through Friday, March 28, graduates may log on and reserve their tickets at www.temple.edu/commencement. Parking passes may be picked up from West Hall Room 109, with tickets - dates for ticket pick-up will be posted soon. |
The required dress for the academic procession at both the Commencement at the Liacouras Center and Ambler College Graduation Ceremony is cap, gown, and the appropriate hood.
Caps and gowns may be pre-ordered and paid for at the Ambler Campus Bookstore from Monday, March 24, through Friday, April 11. Cap and gown pick-up will take place during the week of May 13.
Students may also purchase academic regalia at the Bookstore’s web site at www.templeambler.bncollege.com. Students may begin ordering regalia on March 20 (online) or March 24 (in person). Regalia will be available for pick-up after May 13. Shipped orders will incur an additional $13.50 shipping fee.
All guests of Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, and Community and Regional Planning graduates are required to have tickets to be admitted to the Liacouras Center. Eligible graduates will be able to reserve up to four (4) Commencement tickets between Thursday, March 20, through Friday, March 28 at www.temple.edu/commencement.
Eligible graduates are entitled to five Commencement announcements. They may be obtained when you pick up your tickets and parking pass in the Office of Academic Advising and Career Development (West Hall, Room 109). Additional announcements will be sold in packages of 25 at any of the Temple University Bookstores for $19.98 per package.
Because of the anticipated crowd, Parking Services has designated a parking lot for each school and college. Ambler graduates who drive to Main Campus will be given one free parking pass for the Nicoletti Parking Lot only when they pick up their Commencement tickets.
On the morning of May 22, Temple buses will depart from the Ambler campus Visitors Parking Lot (Lot 1) at 7:45 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. The buses will stop at the Tyler and Health Sciences Campuses and will continue to the Liacouras Center.
Buses will depart Main Campus to return to the Ambler campus at 1:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m., from in front of the Law School on Broad Street (directly across from the Liacouras Center). Please call 267-468-8011 to reserve seating on the bus.
Doors of the Liacouras Center will open at 8:30 a.m. on the morning of Commencement. Graduates are to go to the loading dock entrance of the Liacouras Center, which is near the Cecil B. Moore Avenue side of the building. Graduates should be in academic regalia and ready for assembly. Please form in a single file line behind the sign designating your degree. Look for signs directing you to the proper assembly point.
If you are late and the academic procession has begun, please wait until all schools have entered the arena; then be seated at the rear of the student body. Do not join your school.
For further information on Commencement, visit www.temple.edu/commencement.
At Ambler College, we hold a Graduation Ceremony in the afternoon of May 22, at 3:30 p.m., in the Learning Center Auditorium.
All Ambler College (Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, and Community and Regional Planning) graduates and their guests are invited to attend. Academic regalia is required for graduating students.
Tickets are not needed for this ceremony. You will recieve an invitation and will need to RSVP.
A reception follows the ceremony at 4:30 p.m. in the Formal Gardens (Dining Center in case of inclement weather). Ambler College and Amber campus graduates and their guests are invited.
Family and friends of Ambler College graduates may park in the Learning Center Parking Lot, directly behind the Ambler Learning Center. There is no charge for parking. Once the Learning Center lot is full, guests may park in the Visitors Parking Lot on Meetinghouse Road.
All Landscape Architecture, Horticulture, and Community and Regional Planning graduates participating in the graduation ceremony must report to Dixon Hall Room 101 by 2:30 p.m. Class photographs will be taken on the Terrace of the Formal Gardens beginning at 2:45 p.m. Then all students will be lined up and ready for the 3:30 p.m. processional.
All diplomas will be mailed to your permanent mailing address. Please check OWLnet to ensure that your address is listed accurately. For further information, please call 267-468-8246.
In order to receive your diploma you must clear all holds, including library fines, and complete the Financial Aid exit interview, if applicable. Ambler’s Financial Aid office is located in West Hall, Room 103. The Financial Aid exit interview may be completed online at www.temple.edu/bursar. If you choose to complete the exit interview online, you will need your aggregate borrowing total. You may find this information at www.nslds.ed.gov/nslds_SA.
Show your class pride, make a gift of $10 or more to Temple’s Annual Fund and we will send you a 2008 Temple T-shirt! Your gift may be designated to any area of the University and will be used for student aid, new initiatives, research projects, and more. Make your gift now: visit www.alumni.temple.edu and click on “Class Pride Campaign.”
Undergraduate Only - If you graduated in August 2007, January 2008, or plan to graduate in May 2008, you are eligible to receive the 2008 Templar. Yearbooks will be distributed at the Graduation Reception.
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