{"id":54812,"date":"2025-04-30T15:53:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T15:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=54812"},"modified":"2026-04-13T17:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T17:19:22","slug":"day-of","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/commencement\/day-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement Day of Instructions"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li>Check in between 4:30 and 5:45 p.m. at the U.S. Bank Stadium. Enter through the Legacy Gate.\n<ul>\n<li>Bring your graduate ticket and wear your regalia.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pick up your name card from the Augsburg staff on site. You must have the name card in order to participate in the commencement ceremony.\n<ul>\n<li>Make notes on the card as needed, so your name is pronounced correctly on stage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Line up in the processional line. Proceed to your seat when directed.\n<ul>\n<li>Procession lines are divided by undergraduate and graduate programs. Follow signage to your designated line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Proceed to the stage when the faculty\/staff marshal invites your row to advance.\n<ul>\n<li>Bring your name card with you.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>While lined up to walk on stage, you will have the opportunity to take a photo.<\/li>\n<li>Give your name card to the person next to the podium where the reader is.<\/li>\n<li>Proceed to shake hands with a university representative. You will be handed your diploma cover and a photo will be taken of you.<\/li>\n<li>Use the center ramp to return to your seat.<\/li>\n<li>Your degree will be ceremonially conferred after everyone returns to their seats.\n<ul>\n<li>Remain seated to be respectful of your fellow graduates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>When prompted, exit your row.\n<ul>\n<li>Proceed to the lobby or plaza outside of U.S. Bank Stadium.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Questions? Contact &#x63;o&#x6d;&#109;e&#x6e;&#99;&#x65;&#x6d;e&#x6e;&#116;&#64;&#x61;&#117;&#x67;&#115;b&#x75;&#114;g&#x2e;&#101;&#x64;&#117; before May 7. The commencement email will not be checked on May 7.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1pDSBZsfIT7p5jJeTgGiaIPnyBo8uINaG\/view?usp=sharing\">&lt;&lt;Download PDF Version&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check in between 4:30 and 5:45 p.m. at the U.S. Bank Stadium. Enter through the Legacy Gate. Bring your graduate &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":514,"featured_media":54819,"parent":54909,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54812","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/514"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54812"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55009,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54812\/revisions\/55009"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.augsburg.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}