{"id":405,"date":"2025-02-03T15:20:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T20:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/?page_id=405"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T16:58:59","slug":"important-information-for-graduates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/graduates\/important-information-for-graduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Information for Graduates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Before the Ceremony<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Order your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/businessservices.ufl.edu\/services\/uf-bookstore\/graduation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">regalia<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Come up with a plan for day-of parking for you and your guests.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read all Stephen C. O\u2019Connell Center polices, especially the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oconnellcenter.ufl.edu\/general-information\/security-policies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">&nbsp;prohibited items list<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Remember to check your&nbsp;<strong>UF email<\/strong>&nbsp;frequently as you will receive important information leading up to the day of the ceremony.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Share this website with your friends and family!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Day of the Ceremony<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Arrive at Gate 4 at the time that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/commencement-ceremony\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">your ceremony&#8217;s doors open<\/a> at the Stephen C. O&#8217;Connell Center. You must be dressed in your regalia (cap &amp; gown), and remember any cords or medals (if applicable). You will also need your cell phone with your Tassel StagePass.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staff will be available to assist you with where to go to line up with your major. List of engineering majors with department abbreviations:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AE: Aerospace Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ABE: Agricultural &amp; Biological Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CCE: Civil &amp; Coastal Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ChE: Chemical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BME: Biomedical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CpE: Computer Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CISE: Computer &amp; Information Science &amp; Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DA: Digital Arts &amp; Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ECE: Electrical &amp; Computer Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>EES: Environmental Engineering Sciences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ISE: industrial &amp; Systems Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MSE: Materials Science &amp; Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ME: Mechanical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NE: Nuclear Engineering<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Once in the correct student line-up room, line up and prepare for the processional.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our staff and faculty marshals will give you directions from there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic-Related Graduation Questions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Please direct any questions with regards to graduation requirements or status to Debbie Jones at <a href=\"mailto:djones@eng.ufl.edu\">djones@eng.ufl.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the Ceremony Day of the Ceremony Academic-Related Graduation Questions Please direct any questions with regards to graduation requirements or status to Debbie Jones at djones@eng.ufl.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2592,"featured_media":0,"parent":417,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/page-section-nav.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-405","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=405"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/405\/revisions\/685"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eng.ufl.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}