Commencement 2013

The Office of Student Service is in charge of staging the college's annual commencement ceremony which is traditionally held on the last Friday of May.

The 70th Annual Commencement will take place on:

Friday, May 31, 2013
at 7:30 p.m. in the Gymnasium

Graduates from the previous summer and fall semesters, as well as those graduating in the spring, are eligible to attend the ceremony. Approximately 250 graduates participate in the commencement ceremony each year.

The official graduate invitation was emailed to all graduate on April 4, 2013.

In addition, a separate email was also emailed to only those graduates who are eligible to audition to be the Valedictory Speaker at Commencement. Eligible are students those who have applied and been approved for graduation for summer, fall and spring AND have a 3.5 or higher cumulative GPA. This year's auditions were held on Friday, April 26, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

For questions regarding the general commencement ceremony, please call the Office of Student Services at (707) 256-7363 or stop by Rm 1330.

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Graduates

Make sure to carefully and thoroughly read the

Checklist for Graduates.

IMPORTANT:

Many graduates are asking if there is a way to get or purchase extra tickets for the ceremony. Unfortunately, we cannot give more than 6 tickets to each graduate. The only option graduates have is to ask other fellow graduates if they will not be needing all their 6 tickets and if they have 1-2 to spare. We will make an announcement during the morning rehearsal in case any graduate has tickets to give away. We are limited by the capacity of the gym, so unfortunately we cannot give more tickets.

· Reason for issuing only 6 tickets per graduate: the capacity of the gym is 1700. If we have 250 students participating (which we expect) x 6 tickets, this equals 1500 seats; then we also have to account for the actual 200-250 grads plus the 100-110 faculty members and administrators including the BOT members that participate; 80-90 spots are assigned to other NVC staff that also attend the ceremony and the graduation volunteers that work during the ceremony.

Flowers for Grads

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society will offer flowers for sale at the graduation ceremony. Your purchase during this event is a convenient and wonderful way to celebrate the accomplishments of your loved ones and supports the ongoing endeavors of the honor society at Napa Valley College.

Roses - ½ Doz. $18.00; 1 Doz. $23.00

Double Orchid Hawaiian Leis - $35.00