Southern Miss Commencement

Hattiesburg Campus

Virtual Rehearsal for

Baccalaureate and Masters/Specialists

Students

Payne Center Check-In Materials

• Materials needed• Name Card with contact information completed (back

side)

• Student ID Card (Students will be required to swipe ID Card to check in)

• Cap & Gown worn (Tassel on the right side for baccalaureates)

• Comfortable shoes due to standing and walking for long periods of time

• Materials NOT needed• Purses

• Coats

Payne Center Line Up

• Students will be seated in the Payne Center in the exact way you will be seated in the Coliseum.

• After you check in, proceed to the Gym Floor and find your row number.

• Your row number is located on the top right corner of your seating card.

Processional from Payne Center

• Just prior to the ceremony, staff will line students up along the wall in two lines so that you are paired up with another graduate. Make sure to stay with your pair the entire processional.

• Students will exit the Payne Center in two lines through the EXIT DOOR shown on the next slide.

• Stay in PAIRS to ensure proper seating placement in the coliseum

• Walk to WEST tunnel (ramp) entrance of Reed Green Coliseum

• Students will process

• in PAIRS down the West tunnel onto the coliseum floor,

• down the left side of the floor seating to the back of the student section,

• walk up the center aisle toward the stage to the directed row,

• split to the left and right (West and East),

• go to the end of the row filling in each seat, and

• sit immediately to ensure seating for all students.

Processional Chart

Exit Door

West Tunnel(ramp)

Stage

Payne Center

Reed Green Coliseum

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Awarding Degrees

• Students will exit the row to the right with the NAME CARD visible.

• Enter the stage ramp from the speaker’s left.

• Exit the stage right

• Stop for a picture.

• Return to the row from the left.

Recessional from Reed Green

1. President and Platform Party exit stage right to the East Tunnel.

2. Faculty exit through East and West Tunnels.

3. Students exit through East and West Tunnels 2-3 rows as directed.

Stage

Faculty Seating

West Tunnel (ramp)

East Tunnel (steps)

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Exit Order

CONGRATULATIONS GRADAUTES!

Gowns may be returned in either the East or West Tunnel as you exit, or at any of the

designated photo locations throughout campus*.* See map on next slide