Commencement Ceremonies Moved to Apogee Starting 2015

1) I hope the AD has plenty of personnel at these pushing tickets.

2) I do wonder how they are going to handle bad weather.

interesting...

but what if it rains?

This does not seem like a good idea for December.

I am glad i had an August ceremony.

Not a bad idea at all. But, there will be no contingency plan with such a location.

2) I do wonder how they are going to handle bad weather.

interesting...

but what if it rains?

Not a bad idea at all. But, there will be no contingency plan with such a location.

It's not like most other major universities that hold commencement in their stadiums have not thought of this before... Perhaps ask?

The FAQs. http://www.unt.edu/commencement/changes-faq.htm

Cornell

Army West Point

Duke

Oregon State

Michigan

This does not seem like a good idea for December.

I am glad i had an August ceremony.

There is no December. The letter says May only. For the entire academic year.

Great idea. This is what large universities do, and I have been wondering why we continued doing it different for so long. Jealous I did not get to experience this, but happy for future graduates!

Sadly, this may be the first time many of them go inside the stadium. Might be our first sell-out too.

1) I hope the AD has plenty of personnel at these pushing tickets.

Yeah right!

Rick

Cornell - Average temperature on May 25th: 15 degrees cooler than Denton

Army West Point - 12 degrees cooler than Denton

Duke - 5 degrees cooler than Denton

Oregon State - 16 degrees cooler than Denton

Michigan - 16 degrees cooler than Denton

Adding some useful info here.

I split time in high school between Georgia and the metroplex. GA high school did outdoor graduations... MISERABLE. Metroplex high school did graduations at the Super Pit. Pleasant!

Should make for a neat graduation atmosphere... Until the first hot spring.

EDIT: to add that I'm not criticizing this idea. But, honestly... I'm glad it won't be me sitting in the May sun in a black robe for however many hours it takes to get through the ceremony.

First sellout at Apogee?

Will RV claim credit?

Question. No answer.

My thoughts exactly... May/June in Texas.... Shirt & tie under your black cap n gown. Someone one is gonna pass out, bank on it.

Adding some useful info here.

I split time in high school between Georgia and the metroplex. GA high school did outdoor graduations... MISERABLE. Metroplex high school did graduations at the Super Pit. Pleasant!

Should make for a neat graduation atmosphere... Until the first hot spring.

EDIT: to add that I'm not criticizing this idea. But, honestly... I'm glad it won't be me sitting in the May sun in a black robe for however many hours it takes to get through the ceremony.

When I taught college, we always had it outdoors. If it rains, they hold it at a nearby venue. Always a backup plan.

Nice pictures, but this is Texas.

Usually in mid May, highs are in the high 80s. Not terrible.

The thunderstorms are what is scary.

I hope the weather cooperates better for this group of graduates than it did for our group. We were scheduled to graduate at Fouts Field in an evening service. We practiced at Fouts that morning then the weather changed and it rained harder than I have ever seen before or since. We moved our graduation event to Men's Gym. We sat in folding chairs on the gym floor with our parents and friends in the stands. North Texas was MUCH smaller in those days so we were able to make it work. The school is a lot larger today so the event would have to be broken up if moved to The Super Pit. Most high schools that I know have moved their graduations to an indoor facility due to the uncertainty of weather at that time of the year. I hope this works out but I have my doubts.

Will the Athletic Dept. charge the University for the use of Apogee? Doesn't the AD pay the university a fee for using the Super Pit for basketball?

Edited December 9, 2014 by DeepGreen

My thoughts exactly... May/June in Texas.... Shirt & tie under your black cap n gown. Someone one is gonna pass out, bank on it.

First sellout at Apogee?

Will RV claim credit?

Question. No answer.

Students think creatively?

Too hot?

Hit the Hill and party like game day.

Shade trees, cold beer.

Have diploma mailed.

In May, if rain is all you get during inclement weather, you're lucky.

OU does theirs outside. So does UT. And Arizona State.

Pretty hot places. This will likely be at 7pm. Or maybe 8, give the sun a chance to dip more and not fry the people at the top of the student section at Apogee.

There is no December. The letter says May only. For the entire academic year.

How am I reading this incorrectly? Is a college recognition ceremony different from a graduation, perhaps?

We will hold college recognition ceremonies twice a year in May and December. We will no longer hold August commencement and those who expect to graduate in the summer can participate in May or December ceremonies, depending on how close they are to graduating.

Cornell

Army West Point

Duke

Oregon State

Michigan

If only we had a baseball team.

I graduated high school outside in south Texas in June and I lived (sorry my UNT90 just came out).

I'm more concerned about the length of the ceremony since they will not be having multiple commencements. Seems like it may take a long time to gradate everyone at once.

We practiced at Fouts

.You practiced? If there's anything I learned at my commencement ceremony, it's that anybody, and I mean anybody, could walk up the day of, without any practice whatsoever, give their name to the coordinator person, and "graduate" along with everybody who'd earned degrees. No cross checking, no rehearsals, nothing. Just line you up, you write your name on an index card, which they then give to the president, you walk on stage, he reads the names, you get some unsolicited five thousand dollar photograph taken, and you're on your way.