Faculty

NSU Commencement is a very special occasion that is held annually and publicly recognizes your graduating students for their hard work, intellectual efforts, and academic achievements. Faculty members are strongly encouraged to attend their appropriate commencement ceremony in order to demonstrate support on this joyous occasion.

Grand Marshal

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 Marshals

Faculty marshals play a key role 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 your student group 45 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony.

Faculty Greeters

Faculty Greeters play a key role in greeting, helping, and guiding the 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

Faculty Hooders play a key role in placing the hoods on the doctoral candidates on the day of their commencement.

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 with your 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.

General Faculty

Participate in the Academic Procession and are seated in a designated area during the commencement exercise.

Ways to Participate

Faculty may participate in the commencement ceremonies by filling out the Faculty Participation Form (FPC) once prompted to do so by the program office. Please click on the link seen in this paragraph if you wish to participate in the commencement ceremonies. Faculty Commencement Participation Form.

Faculty Regalia

Faculty reserve their seats at commencement and order regalia by submitting the online Faculty Commencement Participation Form. It is important that any faculty member who plans on attending commencement completes the electronic participation form, even if you have your own regalia.

On Commencement day, faculty members are encouraged to wear their personal regalia as a proud statement of your significant academic accomplishments and an encouragement to our graduates to continue their own educational journey. Faculty may also rent Doctoral regalia at ($119.00 plus tax) or buy it at ($460.00 plus tax) Master's regalia can be rented at ($94.00 plus tax) or buy it at ($359.00 plus tax) from the NSU Bookstore if they do not have their own. Check with your college regarding regalia purchase assistance.

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, please) to assist bookstore personnel in providing you the correct color hood. There will be no pick up option. All regalia will be mailed to the address you provide at the time of renting or purchasing regalia.

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

Parking

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 Don Taft 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.

Enter the Don Taft University Center through the north entrances directly across from the Alvin Sherman Library and proceed to the faculty staging area – The Black Box Theatre.

Academic Procession for Faculty

The academic procession consisting of the candidates and faculty are led into the Rick Case Arena by the Grand Marshal. The procession begins approximately 20 minutes before the start of the ceremony.

Faculty will enter the Don Taft University Center and go directly to The Black Box Theatre, which is located on the first floor on the north side of the University Center (UC), in the Performing and Visual Arts (PVA) wing, directly inside the north entrance. Light refreshments, chairs, and full-length mirrors will be available for your convenience. A bookstore representative will also be on hand for regalia distribution.

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.