Office of the Registrar

Commencement Event Outline

	Ceremony will last 1.5-2 hours from when the ceremony begins
30 minutes before ceremony begins	Students arrive in the Burke-O'Mahoney Room to pick up seating cards
30 minutes before ceremony begins	Students line-up for Processional
15 minutes before ceremony begins	Ceremony Processional begins
On the hour	Commencement ceremony begins
	Call to Order
	Singing of the National Anthem
	Invocation
	Greetings from Board of Trustees or designee
	Special Recognitions
	Introduction of Speaker
	Commencement Address
	Presentation of students for degrees
	Conferral of degrees
	Singing of America the Beautiful
1.5-2 hours after ceremony began	Recessional (Time Approximate)

Office of the Registrar
University of the Incarnate Word
4301 Broadway, CPO 304
San Antonio, TX 78209
Phone: (210)-829-6006
Fax: (210)-829-3922