COMMENCEMENT 2022
Guelph Collegiate Commencement June 27, 2022
Assigned Ceremonies at 3, 3:30, 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6, 6:30, 7
- Information for Graduates
Arrival Time and Gowns for your Ceremony
Arrive AT LEAST 15 MINUTES early for your Ceremony. You have been emailed your Ceremony Start time.
Enter at the Blue Doors near the Accessible Entrance (Yorkshire St. Parking lot) to get a gown and join your ceremony group.
During the Ceremony
Once you’ve descended the staircase and received your diploma, out of respect for the other graduates and their families, you will be seated at the bottom of the stairs until the full commencement ceremony has ended. Your grad cap will be waiting for you on your chair. You may choose to put this on when you are seated.
Leave Personal Belongings with a Guest or in your pocket so your hands are empty
Please leave items such as purses and phones with a guest. You do not want these items in your grad photos. Electronic devices should be turned off during the ceremony.
Professional Pictures
As our gift to you, a professional photographer will capture your graduation. Photos will be available at no cost in a password-protected gallery later this summer. The link to this gallery and password is on your diploma envelope.
After the Ceremony
We hope you take photos at the Arch or elsewhere on the grounds. We ask that you keep the noise to a respectful level as other graduates will be having their ceremony immediately following yours on the front lawn. You may watch your peers graduate from the front lawn as well! Please return your gown to the Math Doors (Yorkshire Street parking lot). At this time you will be given your real diploma.
- Information for Guests
Arrival Time
Please arrive 15 minutes before the ceremony start time at the Yorkshire Street parking lot.
Check In and Seat Tickets
Guests will check in at the Event Waiting Area near the Office Doors beside the Yorkshire Street parking lot. This is where you will pick up your 2 seat tickets and be ushered to the tent at the ceremony start time. Please note: There is seating in the tent for two guests per graduate. All other guests may watch, standing, from the front lawn.
Parking
There is no onsite parking for this event. We encourage you to take transit, walk or park on the side streets. Guelph CVI address is 155 Paisley Street, N1H2P3.
Ceremony and Photos
Please remain seated during the thirty minute ceremony. If you take photos, do so from your seat and do not obstruct the view of other guests. As our gift to the grads, we have a professional photographer taking photos of the ceremony. These photos will be available at no cost on a password-protected gallery later this summer.
Phones
Please turn your phone off or to silent mode during the ceremony.
After the Ceremony
Please exit the tent to the left. We need to prepare for our next ceremony immediately. We hope you take photos at the Arch or elsewhere on the grounds. We ask that you keep the noise to a respectful level as other graduates will be having their ceremony on the front lawn.
Speeches
The address from the Board and our Valedictorian will be posted on the GCVI website. We encourage you to watch these speeches together with your graduate after the ceremony.
Questions/Concerns
If you have any questions, please contact Guidance or the Front Office.
Thank you and we look forward to celebrating with you!
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