Schedule

Graduate Hooding and Recognition Ceremony: Friday, May 18, 9 a.m., McAlister Auditorium.
This ceremony is for students receiving Master's degrees and PhDs from the following schools: Liberal Arts, Science & Engineering, Professional Advancement and biomedical sciences in the School of Medicine.

School of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Ceremony: Saturday, May 19, 2018, 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m., Mercedes-Benz Superdome (Main Floor), with reception to follow in the St. Charles Club Lounge until 3:30 p.m.
This ceremony will recognize Liberal Arts and Newcomb-Tulane College August and December 2017 graduates and May 2018 graduating seniors who are eligible to participate. Diplomas are not distributed at this ceremony, as graduates will receive diplomas via FedEx delivery three to four weeks after commencement. 

Students should report no later than 11:30 a.m. to the St. Charles Club Lounge with academic regalia (cap, tassel, gown) for instructions and line-up for the ceremony. Graduating students entering the Superdome from outside should enter at Gate C or A plaza level and proceed up to the club/loge level. Students proceeding from the Unified Ceremony on the Superdome floor should proceed up the escalators at Gate A to the club/loge level. Complimentary light refreshments will be provided for graduates. Superdome concessions will be available for purchase on the plaza level.

Guests should proceed up the ramp on Poydras or up the stairs from the parking garage to the Plaza Level and enter at Gate C or Gate A. Guests in wheelchairs or who need wheelchair assistance should enter at Gate A ground level and proceed by elevator to the plaza level seating area (near Gate C); ideally, guests should bring their own wheelchair and assistance for the best experience in the Dome. Guests should note the Unified Ceremony precedes the Liberal Arts ceremony and will end around 11:00 a.m. on the main floor. Guests who are not participating in the Unified Ceremony should time their arrival accordingly, after the Unified Ceremony participants have exited the building, as it is difficult to navigate the area when those guests are exiting.

Photographs: Candid Campus Photography, the School of Liberal Arts' official undergraduate ceremony photographer, will photograph graduates receiving their diploma covers on the ceremony stage and immediately after graduates leave the stage. A proof order form will be sent out approximately 5 to 7 days following graduation; this form may be used to order official photographs by mail. Liberal Arts graduates should pre-register at www.candidcampusphoto.com/tuliberalarts to receive their proofs as quickly as possible following the graduation ceremony. For faster service, order online. Photographs can be viewed and ordered within 48 hours after the ceremony at www.candidcampusphoto.com. For customer service, please call Candid Campus Photography, Inc. at 1-800-233-3686 or e-mail customerservice@candidcampusphoto.com.

Parking will be available at the Superdome for $15 (cash only). Free shuttle service will run continuously from the uptown campus (between the Reily Center and Diboll Garage) to the Superdome (dropping off at Gate A ground level entrance and ramp leading up to the plaza level entrances) and back until well after the post-ceremony reception ends around 3:30pm.

For more information about the Liberal Arts Undergraduate Ceremony contact Tara Hamburg via email to tara@tulane.edu or by phone at 504-865-5225.