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Volunteer Information

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All university faculty and staff are encouraged to get involved in one of the most important events on campus.  

Signing up for convocation is a commitment. We rely on our volunteers to ensure a successful convocation ceremony and provide familiar faces to our graduands on this exciting day! Please view the current convocation schedule (opens in new window)  for ceremony dates and times.

Volunteer Roles

In this role, you will check-in grads and provide them with their printed Name Reader Card and their gown and hood. Graduand check-in and gowning takes place in the Varsity Court. 

Please check-in at the Volunteer Lounge located on the third floor in the Blue & Gold Room (MAC) 15 minutes before your shift. All check-in and gowning volunteers will receive a volunteer badge to wear during their shift. 

A convocation staff member will greet Graduand Check-in and Gowning volunteers, provide brief ceremony instructions and bring you to the Varsity Court. 

9:30 a.m. ceremony – Your shift will be from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. 
3:30 p.m. ceremony – Your shift will be from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Graduand Line Marshal

In this role, you will line up grads in the Varsity Court before the ceremony and cheer graduands as they process into the Convocation Arena.

Please check-in at the Volunteer Lounge located on the third floor in the Blue & Gold Room (MAC) 15 minutes before your shift. Line marshals will wear gold gowns, provided during check-in.

A convocation staff member will greet Graduand Line Marshal volunteers, provide brief ceremony instructions and bring you to the Varsity Court.

9:30 a.m. ceremony – Your shift will be from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. 
3:30 p.m. ceremony – Your shift will be from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

Graduand Seating Marshal

In this role, you will work within a team, alongside our convocation staff, to process grads to their seats in the Convocation Arena, cue them when it is time to cross the stage, guide them back to their seats and dismiss them once the ceremony has ended. 

Note: additional training will be provided for volunteers in this role. 

Please check-in at the Volunteer Lounge located on the third floor in the Blue & Gold Room (MAC) 15 minutes before your shift.

9:30 a.m. ceremony – Your shift will be from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 
3:30 p.m. ceremony – Your shift will be from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. 

In this role, you will assist the Curriculum Advising staff with handing out award documents to grads after the ceremony.

Please check-in directly to the Varsity Court located on the second floor (MAC) 15 minutes before your shift.

9:30 a.m. ceremony – Your shift will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
3:30 p.m. ceremony – Your shift will be from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. 

Volunteer sign up is now closed.