May 2012 Commencement

Professor Jeff Jackson explains
how to put on your tam and carry your hood
(2 minute, 15 second WMV file).
Video: Professor Jeff Jackscon explains how to put on commencement regalia.

December 2011 and May and Summer 2012 Graduates:

Lodging in Topeka

Information about hotels and motels in Topeka is available at the Visit Topeka Inc. website (convention / visitors bureau).

Legacy Photos with Relatives of Washburn Law Graduates

Photograph: Washburn Law graduate with his father.If a relative or relatives who graduated from Washburn Law are attending commencement, Alumni Services would like to take a photograph of you with them prior to commencement. A photographer will be available in the Kansas Room (law school, 1st floor) from 5:00-5:30 p.m. to take these legacy photos. If you have not already been contacted by the Alumni Services Office please get in touch with Cindy Stillings at cindy.stillings [at] washburn.edu or (785) 670-1011.

Washburn Law Merchandise

Questions

Law students or family member with questions regarding the Law School graduation events should contact

Washburn University School of Law Commencement will be Saturday, May 12, 2012, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Lee Arena of the Petro Allied Health Center on the Washburn Campus.

A Champagne Reception, hosted by the Washburn University School of Law, will immediately follow the ceremony. The reception will be held in Washburn Rooms A & B in the Memorial Union.

Photograph: Christel Marquardt.The Commencement speaker and Honorary Juris Doctor Degree recipient is The Honorable Christel Trolenberg Marquardt. Learn more about Judge Marquardt.

Note on Special Seating Needs

If you need special arrangements to accommodate an elderly or special needs guest, please e-mail the names and number of guests to Sherilyn Love (sherilyn.love [at] washburn.edu) NO LATER THAN noon, Friday, May 4. She will arrange for special seating for guests using walkers or wheelchairs. Guests with handicapped hangtags may park in parking lot #5, to the south of the tennis courts. Guests without a handicapped hangtag may park in parking lot #4, to the east of Petro Allied Health Center. Guests should go to the south side entrance of Petro Allied Health Center. This is on the same level as the seating for the ceremony. When guests arrive at Lee Arena, they should seek out a staff member or student usher who will have a list of accommodated guests.

Law School Commencement Information

Regalia Distribution

Regalia will be distributed from the Washburn Bookstore. You will receive an e-mail from the bookstore when your regalia is available for pickup. If you ordered late or if you are having someone else pick up your regalia, please call Adrianne Johnson in advance at (785) 670-1921.

Bookstore hours:

Mandatory Practice — Friday, May 11, 2012, 10:30 a.m.

MANDATORY PRACTICE for graduating law students will be held at the north end of Lee Arena in Petro Allied Health Center on Friday, May 11, at 10:30 a.m. Please contact Professor Myrl Duncan (myrl.duncan [at] washburn.edu) with questions about the practice session.

Wichers Photography will be at the practice to handout copies of the Class of 2012 photoboard to graduates.

Graduation Photographs

We have made arrangements with GradImages to have a professional photographer take pictures of all graduates during the ceremony. Note: Individual photos will be taken of each graduate as hooding occurs and congratulations are extended by Dean Romig. Proofs of photos will be sent to each graduate via e-mail from GraduationImages. Visit their website or call (800) 433-0296.

Graduates who wish to take photos with their families should do so before the ceremony.

Saturday, May 12, 2012 — Commencement Day!

Graduates should arrive at Room 120 of the law school no later than 5:15 p.m., Saturday, May 12. Note: Families may want to wait until 5:30 p.m. to drive to Petro Allied Health Center. The guests attending the 3:30 p.m. University Commencement program will need time to leave the parking area.

Note: In case of inclement weather, an e-mail will be sent to law-school-current-graduates@lists.washburn.edu and signs will be posted on the law school outside doors by 3 p.m., Saturday, May 12. If that is the case, we will meet in Room 125 in Petro Allied Health Center. However, plan to arrive no earlier than 5:30 p.m. to avoid conflict with the previous ceremony.

5:15 p.m.

Students robe in Room 120 of the law school.
In case of bad weather, students will robe in Room 125 of Petro Allied Health Center.

A cadet from the Washburn University Police Department will lock Room 120 at the law school OR Room 125 in Petro and remain there with your valuables from the time you leave for the procession until 9 p.m. However, a better solution would be to have a family member take the items, as you may not return to the room until after 9 p.m.

Faculty and platform party will robe in Room 100 of the law school.
In case of inclement weather, faculty and the platform party will robe in Room 221 of Petro Allied Health Center. Please do not leave any valuables in the robing room.

Assigned faculty and staff will assist with robing and other directions for the ceremony.

5:35 - 6:00 p.m.

Students should come up the back stairway (between Room 119 and Law Journal office) and line up for procession in second floor faculty hallway. Marshals will assist.

The procession will leave the law school at 6:05 p.m.

The Kansas Territorial Pipes and Drums will lead the procession. The procession from the law school will include Grand Marshal Professor Myrl Duncan, law school deans and faculty, and law school graduates. Other members of the platform party will join the procession at the entrance to Lee Arena.

Families are welcome to stand as "honor guard" along the procession route and take photos/videos. The procession begins by exiting the north side of the law school, heads east to the northeast corner of Memorial Union, turns south to the northwest corner of Memorial Union, turns east and goes past the south side of Morgan Hall and the north side of Carnegie Hall, and heads southeast and south to the southeast entrance to Petro Allied Health Center. The procession will enter the southeast entrance of Lee Arena.

The procession will halt at the first floor northeast entrance to Lee Arena for 5 to 10 minutes, at approximately 6:20 p.m., to allow guests watching the procession to be seated.

Map: Processional route from law school to Petro Allied Health Center/Lee Arena.

6:30 p.m. (promptly)

Commencement begins with procession into Lee Arena, Petro Allied Health Center.

8:00 p.m.

Approximate end of ceremony.

8:00 to 10:00 p.m.

A Champagne Reception, hosted by Washburn University School of Law, will follow Commencement in Washburn A and B at the Memorial Union. Students should RSVP on the signup sheets located on the table inside the law library entrance and indicate the number of guests attending in their party. Signup no later than Monday, April 30, 2012.

Note: Regalia should be turned in to the Bookstore staff in the W Room to the southeast of the Washburn Rooms in the Memorial Union. Diplomas may be picked up in the W Room after regalia has been returned. Staff will be available until 10 p.m. to assist you.

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