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The 2008 Hooding Ceremony and Reception for the Moore School Graduate Programs - Participants include students graduating from the IMBA, MACC, MHR, MA Econ, MS BA, EIMBA and PMBA Programs.

DATE and TIME:  Thursday, May 8th at 9:30 a.m.

LOCATION:  USC Horseshoe  (In the event of rain, First Baptist Church, 1306 Hampton St, has been secured as an alternatelocation.)  A reception immediately follows the ceremony on the patio of the Moore School.

SPEAKER:  TBA.

MACC GRADUATES:  Students who graduate in the fall 2007, spring 2008 and summer 2008 terms are welcome to participate.  Most students attend this ceremony in lieu the USC commencement.

INVITATIONS:  Four invitations and envelopes have been put in your mailbox. If you do not plan to use them, please return them in the upper right hand box above the MACC student boxes so others might make use of them.   The number of friends and family you may invite is not limited.  However, please let Tina Poindexter know how many guests you will have by Monday, April 28, 2008. Her e-mail is tpoindexter@moore.sc.edu .

DRESS:  You are required to wear the black graduate robe, business school hood and the cap with tassel.  Men should wear dark dress pants, a short sleeve shirt and dark dress shoes because it may be hot!  Women should wear a short sleeved or sleeveless dress with dress shoes. Caps, robes, hoods, tassels may be purchased at the Russell House Bookstore.

WHERE GRADS MEET PRIOR TO CEREMONY:  Plan to meet NO LATER than 8:30 a.m. in the Belk Auditorium (Lower Level).  Staff will provide additional instructions.  Prior to the procession/walk to the Horseshoe, the group will gather outside for a class photo. After the photo, graduates will be arranged in a line in the lobby in alphabetical order.  Due to limited space, please inform your family not to join you in Belk Auditorium, but to proceed directly to the Horseshoe.

DETAILED INSTRUCTIONS from the Graduate Division are provided below:  

• An index card with your name will be distributed to each individual. 
  • Please make sure to pick up your card and HOLD ON TO IT! (You will give it to "the reader" to call your name at the ceremony). 
  • If your name is incorrect on your card, we will have blank cards on which you can write your name correctly.
  • If your name is difficult to pronounce, you may either rewrite your name phonetically on the card or you may whisper your name to the reader as you approach.
• Stay in alphabetical order as the procession walks to the Horseshoe. 
• Hoods should be carried over your right arm during the procession.
• Deans and faculty lead the procession. They will proceed to the stage.  Graduates should fill the front rows of seats in an orderly fashion. A staff person will be standing at the seats to guide you. DO NOT LEAVE EMPTY SEATS!  Seating is very limited.  
• At the appropriate time during the ceremony, the class will be asked to rise by row.  Participants from first row will be called forward.  Remaining participants should stay seated until there are five people left from the previous row waiting to go onto the stage. The person at the right-hand end of the row will stand and everyone else follows to the stage.
• As you enter the stage area, present your card to the appropriate program reader for your name to be announced. Your program administrator and Dr. Hildy Teegen will then take your hood from your arm.  You should turn and face the audience for them to put the hood over your head. There may be a button inside the hood with a string attached. Make sure this string is unbuttoned or the hood will not go over your head.
• If your cap is knocked off during the ceremony, MAINTAIN YOUR COMPOSURE, wait until after you have received your hood, pick up the cap, place it back on your head after you have returned to your seat.
• Do not rush onto the stage as you are being hooded. There will be a photographer taking indiviudal pictures of each graduate.  Please provide adequate space around each graduate as hooding proceeds.  
• Tassels should be worn on the left quarter of your cap.
• At the end of the ceremony, recessional music will start for you to proceed back to the Moore School.
• There will be a reception following the ceremony at the Moore School patio for graduates, their families and friends.
• Substantial food will be provided for a brunch. If you would like to have a meal with your family, a late lunch is suggested or an early dinner.
• You are responsible for calling your program’s office in the event there is doubt about rain. The decision to hold the ceremony at the alternate location will be made by 8 a.m. on the morning of hooding. 
• Photos will be taken by representatives from Photo Specialties.  Between 8:30 a.m. and the procession to the Horseshoe, they will take group photos by program. During the hooding ceremony ceremony, they will take individual photos.   You will receive information cards prior to the ceremony. It is your responsibility to have it filled out before the day of Hooding. You will bring the completed card with you to turn into the photographer when your program is called.
• Russell House Book Store Prices:  Hood - $21.98, Gown - $22.98, Tassel - $3.98, Cap - $6.98, + Shipping if you have to order, + Tax or Package Deal is $55.96 + shipping + tax.  The bookstore usually keeps most items in stock for those who miss the ordering deadline.