Faculty Participation

Many faculty members simply attend the ceremony to show their support for their students and celebrate their achievements. In this role you will participate in the Academic Procession. You will be seated in a designated area during the commencement exercise.

Grand Marshals play a key role at the beginning and the end of the commencement ceremonies. 

• The Grand Marshal is selected and notified of this selection by the President’s office.
• You will carry the mace and lead the processional in and/or out of the arena.
• You will be seated on the stage during the ceremony.
• When you report to the VIP dressing room, the registrar staff will walk you through your responsibilities.

Faculty Greeters assist with greeting, helping, and guiding candidates up the stairs.

Registrar staff will line up the Faculty Greeters and lead the group in the processional to the seating area in the arena.

• You meet and get dressed in the Black Box Theatre.
• You will get lined up by registrar staff in the Black Box Theatre for the processional.
• Registrar staff will direct you to the stage when your group is called, you will walk forward and stand at the top of the stairs at either the left or right side of the stage.

Faculty Hooders place the doctoral hoods on the doctoral candidates after their name is announced. 

Registrar staff will line up the Faculty Hooders and lead in the group in the processional to the seating area in the arena.

• You meet and get dressed in the Black Box Theatre.
• You will get lined up by registrar staff in the Black Box Theatre for the processional.
• You will be paired with another faculty member to work together at a hooding station. This information will be listed in the final script that will be sent to commencement committee members who should share this information with you.
• When your group is called, registrar staff will direct you to the stage. You and your hooding partner will come forward and walk to stand at your assigned hooding station mark.

Faculty marshals assist in setting the tone and decorum for candidates on the day of their commencement. Marshals will lead candidates into the ceremony and then join them on stage while they are being recognized by the university president and dean.

Registrar staff will line up the faculty marshals and candidates and lead the group in the processional to the seating area in the arena.

After you are dressed, you will walk to the RecPlex (basketball court behind the rock wall) on the 2^nd floor of the UC to line up with your respective group of candidates. Marshals need to be in the RexPlex and lined up with their student group 45 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony.

On Commencement day, faculty members are encouraged to wear their personal regalia as a proud statement of your academic accomplishments and an encouragement to NSU graduates to continue their own educational journey. 

If you need regalia, after submitting your Faculty Commencement Participation Form, you will automatically be redirected to the NSU Bookstore/Oak Hall Cap & Gown website. Follow the prompts to complete the order for appropriate regalia. Write out your degree (no abbreviations) to assist bookstore personnel in providing you with the correct color hood. 

Immediately following the ceremony, borrowed regalia can be returned to the NSU Bookstore table in the Black Box Theatre. Borrowed faculty regalia must be returned to the NSU Bookstore within seven (7) business days of the ceremony.

For additional questions regarding your regalia, please contact the NSU Shark Store at (954) 262-4799.

Faculty should park in the Public Library and Student Main Parking Garage located on Ray Ferrero, Jr. Blvd (directly across from the Carl DeSantis Building). The Rick Case Arena at the University Center is located 200 yards south of the parking garage. There are handicap accessible parking spaces located on every level of the garage near the elevators. Golf carts will be in operation before and after the ceremony to transport faculty with special needs to and from the parking garage and the UC.