Guest speaker will be Mike Mahoney, BBA 1987, CEO of Boston Scientific, a medical device manufacturing company based in Marlborough, Massachusetts. Student speaker will Xin Yie Ng, a double major in finance and business analytics from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Doors will open at 4:00 p.m. Graduates should arrive no later than 4:15 p.m. and proceed to check-in (organized alphabetically by last name) to pick up their name cards.
Tickets are not required; the ceremony is expected to last around 90 minutes.
Congratulations to the graduating class of 2019!
Relive the memories and watch a video playback of the ceremony below.
Information for Graduates
Tickets are not required; the ceremony is expected to last around 90 minutes.
All graduates must wear a cap and gown, which will be available at the University Bookstore, Iowa Memorial Union, during regular business hours, three weeks before the ceremony. Men are expected to wear shirts and ties; jackets are not required. Women are advised to avoid high heels, because floors may be slippery in the lobby when crossing the stage. Flowers should not be worn with caps and gowns or carried into the auditorium.
Beta Gamma Sigma members and Tippie Honors graduates will wear honors cords with their academic attire. Cords can be picked up in the Undergraduate Program Office, C140 PBB.
You may purchase personalized announcements specifically designed with the University of Iowa's school crest and customized with your name, degree, major, time, date, and place of the ceremony.
The ceremony will take place at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Doors will open at 4:00 p.m. Graduates should arrive no later than 4:15 p.m. and proceed to check-in (organized alphabetically by last name) to pick up their name cards.
After check-in, you will be able to reconnect with your guests on the concourse.
At 5:00 p.m. graduates will process from the concourse to the arena floor where they will take their seats.
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The ceremony begins with a welcome and introduction of the platform officials, comments from an invited speaker, comments from the student speaker, and conferral of degrees. Next, the marshals will direct graduates to walk across the stage. You will hand your name card to a college representative who will scan your card so that your name appears on the live streaming broadcast of the ceremony. Then, you will hand your card to another college representative who will read your name as you proceed across the stage to shake hands with officials, and exit the stage to pick up your diploma cover and graduation gift and have your photo taken.
At the conclusion of the ceremony, your marshal will dismiss each row in an orderly manner. You will proceed through the auditorium in the same way you entered. You can rejoin your guests in the lobby.
Professional photographers will be taking two photos of each candidate at the ceremonies: a more formal "posed" photo taken prior to being recognized on stage and a "candid" photo taken while shaking hands with a university official.
To receive a complimentary proof (with no obligation to purchase), students must complete the address information on the back of the name card, which is filled out at check-in. This photo name card will be handed to the reader as each student is recognized on stage. Complimentary proofs will be mailed and emailed to the graduates within 10 days of the ceremony.
You will receive a complimentary diploma cover the day of the ceremony. Diplomas will be mailed to your residing address after a final audit confirms that all requirements have been met. Participation in the ceremony is not a validation of graduation.