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School of Communication and Information Graduation Convocation 2023
If you are a SC&I undergraduate major or master's student with a 2023 degree - whether January, May, or August - this is the ceremony where your name will be called and you will walk across the stage and be congratulated individually. Doctoral candidates with August 2022, January and May 2023, graduation dates are eligible.
- Graduates must arrive by 9:00 a.m. inside Jersey Mike’s Arena to line up for the processional.
- Guests should plan to arrive in time to be seated by 9:45 a.m.
- The ceremony itself will run from 10:00 a.m. to noon. You can count on us to begin and end promptly.
- A small reception will follow the ceremony.
- If you have guests who cannot come to campus but want to watch, they will be able to view the ceremony through streaming, see below for the link.
Tickets and Invitations
Students: You do not need to RSVP to come to SC&I’s graduation. We look forward to greeting all graduates!
Guests: We have seating for as many guests as you want to bring, and they do not need tickets.
For graduates who have guests coming from abroad who need a letter to accompany their visa application, please contact your international student adviser.
Souvenir Invitations: Download our invitation to share with your family and friends.
Cap and Gowns
Academic regalia is recommended for SC&I's event (and is required for the Commencement event at SHI Stadium on Sunday, May 14).
Visit the Barnes and Noble Rutgers University Bookstore website for information about ordering regalia. You’ll be able to order online and have it shipped to you if you prefer, but you must order by April 17.
There will also be a Grad Fair on April 5-6 when you can purchase class rings, personalized announcements, diploma frames, and much more!
If you are an undergraduate, you should purchase a gown based on your four-year Rutgers college (e.g., SAS, SEBS). You will wear a white hood for a B.A. degree.
If you are a graduate student, make sure you get a black cap and gown and the appropriate colored hood: for MCM it is crimson; for MHCI it is white; for MI it is lemon yellow; for Ph.D. it is a deep blue. Doctoral students who are planning an academic career may consider having a custom set of regalia made. This takes four to six weeks so order early!
Day of Graduation
Program Booklet Available for Download
Photography
A photographer will take photos of every graduate who walks across the stage. The vendor, Island Photography, will email you shortly after the ceremony with a link so you can review and purchase your photos. Or, click here to register in advance to view your photo gallery (especially if you are no longer using your Rutgers email). You can enter your own email and up to six emails of family and friends with whom you would like to share your photos. Images will be posted within 72 hours of the ceremony. Purchase is optional, of course.
For questions and more information, contact
Island Photography
800-869-0908
custserv@islandphoto.com
Food and Drink
Drinks will be available for sale at the concession stands within the stadium. SC&I will host a small reception immediately after the ceremony in a tent outside.
Flowers
Flowers will be on sale at our event.
Diploma
Your Rutgers diploma will be mailed to you at the address you gave the Register when you completed the Online Diploma Application during your last semester of classes. It takes about six weeks for the diploma to be sent to you.
Directions
Jersey Mike’s Arena is at 83 Rockafeller Road in Piscataway, NJ, on the Rutgers-New Brunswick Livingston Campus. Use our link for directions.
Parking
For the SC&I ceremony on May 11: No special parking tags are needed. Follow directions to Jersey Mike’s Arena and as you get close, signs and attendants will direct you to park. See below for special needs parking information.
(Note that for parking at SHI Stadium for the Sunday Commencement event, you will need to register for parking and get a special hangtag. We will link to their information when it is available during early spring 2023.)
Graduating Students and Guests with Special Needs
Graduating Students with Any Special Needs
If you are a graduating student who needs accommodations of any kind for yourself at the ceremony, please send an email to Associate Dean Karen Novick as early as possible or call 848-932-8820 to make arrangements.
Parking for Special Needs
Parking
The best place for a guest to park who has accessibility issues is in the Green Lot near the RAC. There will be golf cart shuttles running from the parking lot to the door of the stadium. If someone else is driving the guest with special needs, they can drop the guest off relatively close to the front door and then go and park.
Guest Seating for Special Needs
Seating
SC&I ceremony: There is special needs seating inside the arena and there is no need to register separately for access to it. One member of your group will be able to sit with the person who has special needs; the rest of the group will be directed to regular seating.
You Can Film a Shout-Out Video
JMS students film a commercial.
What Else You Need to Do
Make sure you applied for a diploma!
If you have not applied to graduate through completion of a diploma application, please contact our Office of Student Services immediately.
Tell us your post-graduation plans
Please complete this quick survey to let us know what you plan to do next.
Other Ceremonies You Can Attend
All Students
Everyone is invited on Sunday, May 14 to SHI Stadium for the Rutgers University–New Brunswick and Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences Commencement! Check the University Commencement website for more information. This is a celebratory event for all of Rutgers New Brunswick and RBHS, but no individual student names are called.
Undergraduate students
Undergraduate students: Click here for information about ceremonies associated with your SAS, SEBS, or other Rutgers-New Brunswick school. While SAS students with a SC&I major are eligible to attend either SAS or SC&I, you are generally expected to attend just the SC&I event.
Masters students
Masters students: The SC&I ceremony is the only one where your name will be called.
Doctoral students
Doctoral students: You may participate in both the SC&I and School of Graduate Studies ceremonies. You will be hooded at both, although at the SC&I ceremony we will read your dissertation title and you will be hooded by your adviser.