Union College Commencement 2009

There are 3 plans for commencement based upon weather considerations.

This is the Heavy Rain Plan.Color coded tickets required for indoor seating in campus buildings.

Please see the “In the Event of Rain” page for further information.

See other links on this site for plans dealing with other weather conditions.

Union College Commencement 2009

This is the Heavy Rain Plan.1. Guests with Green Tickets may enter through the main

entrance of Achilles Center.

2. Students should enter at the doors on the south side of Achilles Center. Marshals will distribute seating cards and students will take their seats. Only the Faculty, the Platform Party and the Student Marshals will march.

3. Pipers, Platform Party and Faculty report to locker room area of Achilles Center.

Union College Commencement 2009

This is the Heavy Rain Plan.

4. A video broadcast of the Commencement Ceremony taking place in Achilles Center may be seen in other campus buildings. Each building has limited seating and a color coded ticket is required for entrance. Please see the “In the Event of Rain” web pages for further information about these locations.

Example Seating Card

Your Name Here

You must keep this card with

you

At Achilles Center graduates will not march. Use the card to find your seat and wait for

the ceremony to begin.

This lists your degree

This is where you will be seated

If weather moves the ceremony to Achilles Center you will not march. As you enter marshals will direct you to

your row and seat.

As graduates arrive at the south entrances to Achilles Center the graduates in the first half of the alphabet should enter the right door and proceed to the right to

enter Messa Rink and graduates in the second half should use the left

door and proceed to the left to enter Messa Rink. Faculty

Marshals at the rink doors will hand out seating cards. After receiving a card each graduate

should find his/her seat. Graduates will not march. A

seating card is shown at the right.

Heavy Rain Plans in the Achilles Center

A. A tent for staff to handle admission tickets will be located in front of Achilles Center.

B. BLUE LINE -Students will enter Achilles Center at the South entrances.

C. YELLOW LINEYELLOW LINE -Faculty will enter the front at the lower level.

D. GREEN LINE –Guests with proper “Green Tickets” enter Achilles Center

N

Students

Faculty

Guests

Heavy Rain Plans in the Achilles Center

9:10 – 9:40 am

1. Students [RED LINES] use South entrances.

2. Marshals inside doors in the rink hand out cards, students find seats

3. Guests use main entrance

4. Faculty, pipers, platform party assemble in locker rooms on first level.

Students N-Z enter this door.

Students A-M enter this door.

Heavy Rain Plans in the Achilles Center

9:40 am

5. Student and faculty marshals go to main lobby to join the line of march.

6. Pipers, faculty and platform party come up the stairs to the main lobby.

7. Single file line until through the door and into the rink. Pair up upon entering the rink.

8. Flag and student marshals at the end.

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9:50 am

9. Pipers march down center aisle followed by faculty, platform party and student marshals.

10. Faculty and student marshals take seats.

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11. Pipers march down center aisle to exit.

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Events after the commencement ceremony.

Heavy Rain Plans in the Achilles Center

12. Pipers march down center aisle to lead the Platform Party and the Faculty back down the center aisle.

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Guests

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13. The Pipers reverse direction and lead the Platform Party and Faculty back down the center aisle.

14. The Graduates and guests remain at their seats.

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15. The Pipers remain playing at the end of the rink as the Platform Party and Faculty exit.

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16. The Pipers then return down the center aisle to lead the students from the rink through the Zamboni door.

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17. As the Pipers move down the center aisle the Graduates, beginning at the last row, will enter the line behind the Pipers. The line will exit through the Zamboni door and move to the Fieldhouse entering by way of the Viniar center.

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