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Prelude- University of Maine at AugustaWieldGet Info Courses Online Donate My UMA Search for: Academics Academics Programs & Degrees Course Guide Honors Program Academic ThemeUnstipulatedEducation Libraries Hours Services Policies Off-Campus Library Services Student Support Learning Success Advising CounselingPowerlessnessServices TRIO Scholars Resources Academic Calendar Bookstore Checksheets Registrar Prior Learning Assessment Moose Guide Research at UMA Institutional Review Board Research & Pedagogy Research in Progress GroupTicketAdmissions ProcessWieldto UMA Activate Your AccountWieldfor Financial Aid Select ClassesShepherdOrientation Resources Request InformationTicketStaff Placement Testing International Students Veterans Transfer to UMAUnshutHouses & Campus EventsUnshutHouses Information Sessions Visit Us New Student Orientation Financial Services Costs Billing Tuition & FeesUnstipulated& Course Fees NEBHE Third Party Sponsorship Financial Aid Applying For Aid Scholarships Grants Loans Financial Aid Refunds Policies Financial Satisfactory Academic Progress Add/Drop & Withdrawal Residency Student Appeals Student Life Activities Athletics Clubs & Organizations Student Government Fitness Centers Events Student Life EventsPreludeConvocation Safety & Security Emergency Alerts UMAVellumAnnual Security Report Dean of Students Student Handbook Student Conduct HousingWell-nighUMA Our Locations Augusta Bangor Brunswick Center East Millinocket Center Ellsworth Center Houlton Center Rockland Center Rumford Center South Paris Center Saco CenterWell-nighUMA News Employment Events Student Consumer Information President’s Office Advancement Alumni Join Benefits Alumni Association DonatePolityHolocaust & Human Rights Center New Ventures Maine Danforth Gallery SeniorHigherMaine Women’s Hall of Fame French @ UMA DirectorySenseAdministrative Offices Human Resources Search for: Academics Academics Programs & Degrees Course Guide Honors Program Academic ThemeUnstipulatedEducation Libraries Hours Services Policies Off-Campus Library Services Student Support Learning Success Advising CounselingPowerlessnessServices TRIO Scholars Resources Academic Calendar Bookstore Checksheets Registrar Prior Learning Assessment Moose Guide Research at UMA Institutional Review Board Research & Pedagogy Research in Progress GroupTicketAdmissions ProcessWieldto UMA Activate Your AccountWieldfor Financial Aid Select ClassesShepherdOrientation Resources Request InformationTicketStaff Placement Testing International Students Veterans Transfer to UMAUnshutHouses & Campus EventsUnshutHouses Information Sessions Visit Us New Student Orientation Financial Services Costs Billing Tuition & FeesUnstipulated& Course Fees NEBHE Third Party Sponsorship Financial Aid Applying For Aid Scholarships Grants Loans Financial Aid Refunds Policies Financial Satisfactory Academic Progress Add/Drop & Withdrawal Residency Student Appeals Student Life Activities Athletics Clubs & Organizations Student Government Fitness Centers Events Student Life EventsPreludeConvocation Safety & Security Emergency Alerts UMAVellumAnnual Security Report Dean of Students Student Handbook Student Conduct HousingWell-nighUMA Our Locations Augusta Bangor Brunswick Center East Millinocket Center Ellsworth Center Houlton Center Rockland Center Rumford Center South Paris Center Saco CenterWell-nighUMA News Employment Events Student Consumer Information President’s Office Advancement Alumni Join Benefits Alumni Association DonatePolityHolocaust & Human Rights Center New Ventures Maine Danforth Gallery SeniorHigherMaine Women’s Hall of Fame French @ UMA DirectorySenseAdministrative Offices Human ResourcesPreludeConvocation Terry Plunkett Poetry FestivalPreludeHome /Well-nighUMA / Events /PreludeCongratulations 2019 Graduates! Saturday, May 11, 2019 – Augusta Civic Center 10:00 am All of the UMA polity congratulates our graduates as they unzip this milestone.  To ensure a memorable event for our graduates, their family and friends, to know where you need to be and when, and to wordplay some typical questions, graduates and their guests are strongly encouraged to read through this information.Increasinglydetails for UMA’s 2019Preluderecurrence will be shared as they wilt available.  What Graduates Need to Know Applying for Graduation Students who wish to wield for candidacy for graduation must file a graduation card, or use the online Candidacy for Graduation Form, by December 1 for December completions and April 1 for May and August graduation. Students should meet with their sense advisors first to stave any unfortunate surprises in the spring; however, students are ultimately responsible for stuff enlightened of program requirements which are published in the UMA catalog. Information is moreover misogynist through the Advising Center,HigherOffices, Academic Advisor, or University Center.PreludeExercises:  Where, When, What, and WhoPreludeis scheduled for Saturday, May 11, 2019.  All stratum candidates must report to the Fort Western Room in the North Wing of the Augusta Civic Center by 8:45 a.m.  At that time, line up for the Exercises will uncork and last-minute “marching orders” will be given. PreludeExercises will uncork promptly at 10:00 a.m.; the length ofPreludeis often 2 hours.  It is suggested that you make arrangements ahead-of-time to meet your guests without the recurrence in a pre-arranged location. Please be enlightened that traffic delays can occur the closer you get to the Augusta Civic Center.  Graduates and guests may want to leave older to victorious on time for line up and seating.  Childcare is not provided.  If you have small children peekaboo commencement, please provide for superintendency for them during the ceremony. Graduating students needing accommodations for disabilities should contact Ariel Cassista, for increasingly information at 621-3350/1-877-862-1234, ext. 3350, or e-mail ariel.cassista@maine.edu, no later than April 30.PreludeSpeaker:  TBD Student Speaker:  TBD Dexter Distinguished Student Award Recipient:  TBD Distinguished Alumni Award:  TBD Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Recipient:  TBD   Caps and Gowns Please visit the Graduation link on the UMA Bookstore website to order your cap and gown. Be sure to select the location where you would like to have your cap and gown delivered. Graduates’ caps and gowns will be woebegone with a undecorous and white tassel. Questions should be directed to the UMA Bookstore at 621-3467 or 1-800-621-0083. Graduates must have the woebegone cap, gown, and tassel to participate in thePreludeExercises. Cords Students who have achieved a minimum grade point stereotype of 3.25 or higher at the end of Fall 2017 will be honored by wearing a gold braided string virtually the necks of their gowns.  Cords will be distributed during line-up.  Those students who have completed the requirements for the Honors Program may be likewise recognized by medallions (please contact the director of the Honors Program for medallions). Diplomas If you completed your stratum requirements as of December 2019, your stratum has been mailed to you.  Students who well-constructed their requirements as of May 2019 will have their diploma mailed to their home by the end of July.  Students completing their requirements this summer will be mailed their diploma once the grade is on their transcript.PreludeProtocol Because of the large number of folks peekaboo Commencement, it is suggested that you make arrangements to meet your guests without the recurrence in a pre-arranged location. Cell phones and pagers should be turned off.  When this is not feasible due to urgent circumstances, the device should be set to vibrate or soft tone.  Graduates should refrain from texting. All graduates and their guests are asked to remain for the unshortened recurrence out of respect for all of the graduates. Please seePreludeProtocol (under What Guests Need to Know). Receptions (Commencement and Programs)PreludeReception:  There will be a reception with light refreshments immediately pursuit the recurrence on the UMA Augusta Campus Green (between the Randall Student Center and Jewett Hall).  Please join faculty, staff, guests, and your fellow graduates in this celebration. This is a five to ten-minute walk from the Civic Center, or there is closer parking misogynist in the Randall Student Center parking lot. Information and Library Sciences Reception:  TBD President’s Reception: TBD Alumni Organization Once graduated, you wilt an alumnus of UMA.  As an alumnus, you are eligible for many alumni benefits and discounts. Please well-constructed the UMA Alumni Contact Form, so we can stay in contact with you without graduation. You can moreover join the Alumni Association or opt in to receive monthly e-newsletters Moose News. Membership in the UMA Alumni Association is free, so join and see what we have to offer! If you’re interested in getting increasingly involved in UMA alumni activities – and we hope you are – the UMA Alumni Association has regular monthly meetings that you are welcome to attend. Updating Your Addresses Please be sure to notify the University of any changes in your mailing write and/or your e-mail address.  You can initiate this by contacting the UMA Enrollment and Information Services at 621-3185 or 1-877-862-1234.  You can moreover transpiration your address, phone numbers, e-mail addresses online by using MaineStreet. FERPA/Confidentiality The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records.  “If a student has requested that directory information not be released, no information will be released to any requestor, including insurance companies and prospective employers, without the expressed written consent of the student.  Nor will the student’s name be included in the published Dean’s List, student directory, prelude brochure or any other institutional publication or printing release.”  If a student wishes to remove this restriction, s/he must submit written passport to UMA Enrollment and Information Services (621-3185 or 1-877-862-1234). Directions If coming from the south, take Interstate 95 north to exit 112. Protractoff ramp (from ramp, you will be validness right).  At the first traffic light, turn right.  If coming from the north, take Interstate 95 south to exit 112.  At the end of the ramp, there is a light.  Take a left into the right-hand lane to protract straight.  At the third traffic light, turn right.  The Augusta Civic Center will be directly in front of you.  Facing the front of the Civic Center, the North Wing archway is on the far right.  Graduates should enter through there; guests should enter through the main archway of the Civic Center (middle doors).  Traffic will be heavy, so be sure to plan uneaten time for delays. Mementos Announcements Traditional (non-personalized) graduation announcements are misogynist from the UMA Bookstore on the Augusta Campus, as well as through the Student Life Office on the Bangor Campus.  You may moreover purchase personalized announcements directly from Balfour, a visitor that offers official graduation products.MatriculationRings UMA matriculation rings are misogynist through Balfour, a visitor that offers official graduation products.  Balfour offers many options and styles of upper quality higher jewelry. Imprinted UMA Items UMA Bookstore staff will be located just outside the Civic Center auditorium selling imprinted memorabilia and souvenirs to gloat your achievements.  Items misogynist for purchase will include diploma frames, t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, drinkware, and stuffed animals. The UMA Bookstore, located in the Richard J. Randall Student Center, will be unshut on Graduation Day from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., where our full line of collegiate memorabilia will be misogynist for purchase. FlowersMisogynistfor Purchase Two student organizations, C.A.U.S.E. (Community of Artists for UMA Social Empowerment) and J.M.G. (Jobs for Maine’s Graduates) Career Association, will have flowers misogynist for purchase surpassing prelude in the Augusta Civic Center main lobby. DVD ofPreludeAn unedited recording (DVD) of the 2019Prelude(after May 19) will be misogynist through the UMA Bookstore for the forfeit of $20.  Price includes standard shipping within continental US. What Guests Need to KnowPreludeExercises:  Where, When, What, and WhoPreludeis scheduled for Saturday, May 11, 2019, at the Augusta Civic Center.  Guests should enter the Civic Center through the main, front doors.PreludeExercises will uncork promptly at 10:00 a.m.; the length ofPreludeis often 2 hours.  Guests will not be seated once the processional begins (when graduates march into the auditorium); late arrivals must wait until the processional ends. Because of the size of the crowd, it is suggested that you make arrangements ahead-of-time to meet your graduate without the recurrence in a pre-arranged location.  Please be enlightened that traffic delays can occur the closer you get to the Augusta Civic Center.  Graduates and guests may want to leave older to victorious on time for line up and seating.PreludeSpeaker:  TBD Student Speaker:  TBD Dexter Distinguished Student Award Recipient: TBD Distinguished Alumni Award:  TBD Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Recipient:  TBD  PreludeProtocol The University of Maine at Augusta’sPreludeis an important, exciting, and proud day for the graduates, their families and friends, and for UMA’s faculty, administration, and staff.  It is the University’s desire that the tone of the prelude recurrence be one of honor, respect, and dignity.  Thus, policies of the graduates and their guests should be resulting with the significance of the occasion.  To that end, we ask the following: The recurrence will uncork promptly at 10:00 a.m.  Guests should remain by their seats while the graduates enter. No one is permitted to stand in the aisles or to woodcut the view of flipside regulars member. Cell phones and pagers should be turned off.  When this is not feasible due to urgent circumstances, the device should be set to vibrate or soft tone. It is requested that guests stay in their seats and not place themselves in the recurrence by drawing sustentation yonder from the graduates, calling directly to them, using noisemakers or signs, or unescapable the graduates to take pictures. Guests should remain by their seats until the graduates, faculty, and staff have all marched out of the auditorium. Seating There is no limit on the number of guests per graduate.  Tickets are not required for admission. Guests will not be seated during the processional; late arrivals must wait until the processional ends surpassing stuff seated. Elevators are misogynist off of the main lobby to wangle the upper levels.PowerlessnessAccommodations for Guests In order to have the recurrence go as smoothly as possible for guests, designated seating areas for individuals with disabilities are available. Family members and guests needing increasingly information well-nigh accommodations should contact Ariel Cassista, for increasingly information at 621-3350/1-877-862-1234, ext. 3350, or e-mail ariel.cassista@maine.edu, no later than April 30. Please note we are not worldly-wise to seat unshortened families in the special seating designated areas; normally only one member of your party can trailblaze the guest requiring special seating.  In order to unbend those who require this seating, spare guests must sit in the unstipulated seating areas. Wheelchair wieldy seating and special seating for guests with mobility impairments, the elderly, and people with hearing and visual disabilities is available. A sign-language interpreter will be on the stage during the ceremony.  Folks needing the services of the interpreter should indicate this to an usher.Powerlessnessseating will be on a “first-come, first-serve basis;” seating cannot be reserved. Please victorious early.  We recommend that guests needing accommodations victorious by 9:30 a.m. to indulge zaftig time to arrive, park at the Augusta Civic Center, and to find seating in the auditorium.  Handicapped parking is located near the Civic Center.  Also, family and friends who cannot walk a loftiness can be dropped off at the front of the Civic Center. Upon inrush to the Civic Center auditorium, guests needing special seating should tideway an usher.  Ushers wear UMA undecorous stoles and nametags and will squire guests to the appropriate, designated seating areas. Wheelchairs are misogynist to use at the Civic Center; however, they should be used by guests to transport individuals to their seats and immediately returned to the main lobby for others to use. A Special Word well-nigh Photography UMA is single-minded to ensuring that family and friends are worldly-wise to hear the name of their graduate tabbed and watch them receive their diploma as they navigate the stage. For families who desire to take a photo during the ceremony, we strongly request that you follow the rules unelevated in order to minimize the disruption to others: Photos during the recurrence may only be taken from your seat or from the designated photography zone located to the far right of the stage as indicated by the sign. Please do not woodcut the view of other guests. Please be as quiet as possible as you move to take a photo, most expressly if you are sitting in the metal bleachers. Please moreover know that there are three spanking-new alternatives to taking your own photos during the ceremony: Arrangements have been made for professional photographers:  LifeTouch Studios will be present to take photos of the graduates, as each crosses the stage and as each stands in front of the logo imprint without leaving the stage.  Proofs will be misogynist well-nigh a week later and graduates should be contacted via email and given the web page write to view the proofs. Families are welcome to take photos in front of the podium pursuit the ceremony. A special photography zone has been set up in front of the Gazebo on the Commons, where thePreludeReception will be held for all graduates and their families. FlowersMisogynistfor Purchase Two student organizations, C.A.U.S.E. (Community of Artists for UMA Social Empowerment) and J.M.G. (Jobs for Maine’s Graduates) Career Association, will have flowers misogynist for purchase surpassing prelude in the Augusta Civic Center main lobby.  Surprise your graduate with fresh flowers! Reception There will be a reception with light refreshments immediately pursuit the recurrence on the UMA Augusta Campus Green (between the Randall Student Center and Jewett Hall).  Please join your graduate, faculty, staff, and other guests in this celebration.  This is a five to ten-minute walk from the Civic Center or there is closer parking misogynist in the Randall Student Center parking lot. Directions See Directions, above. Parking The Augusta Civic Center has several parking lots that provide self-ruling parking. A limited value of handicapped parking is misogynist in front of the Civic Center and in the side parking areas.  Family and friends who cannot walk a loftiness can be dropped off at the front of the Civic Center. Floor seating is misogynist for those needing accommodations (please see Seating for Guests with Disabilities).  Elevators are misogynist off the main lobby to wangle the upper levels.ZoneLodging Please visit the Kennebec Valley Chamber of Commerce for unconfined information on local lodging options, as well as a listing of zone restaurants, shopping facilities, attractions, and recreational activities. Accommodations for Disabilities Graduates NeedingPowerlessnessAccommodations Graduating students needing powerlessness accommodations in order to participate in commencement, should contact Ariel Cassista, for increasingly information at 621-3350/1-877-862-1234, ext. 3350, or e-mail ariel.cassista@maine.edu, no later than April 30. Seating for Guests with Disabilities In order to have the recurrence go as smoothly as possible for guests, designated seating areas for individuals with disabilities are available. Family members and guests needing increasingly information well-nigh accommodations should contact Ariel Cassista, for increasingly information at 621-3350/1-877-862-1234, ext. 3350, or e-mail ariel.cassista@maine.edu, no later than April 30. Please note we are not worldly-wise to seat unshortened families in the special seating designated areas; normally only one member of your party can trailblaze the guest requiring special seating.  In order to unbend those who require this seating, spare guests must sit in the unstipulated seating areas. Wheelchair wieldy seating and special seating for guests with mobility impairments, the elderly, and people with hearing and visual disabilities is available. A sign-language interpreter will be on the stage during the ceremony.  Folks needing the services of the interpreter should indicate this to an usher.Powerlessnessseating will be on a “first-come, first-serve basis;” seating cannot be reserved. Please victorious early.  We recommend that guests needing accommodations victorious by 9:30 a.m. to indulge zaftig time to arrive, park at the Augusta Civic Center, and to find seating in the auditorium.  Handicapped parking is located near the Civic Center.  Also, family and friends who cannot walk a loftiness can be dropped off at the front of the Civic Center. Upon inrush to the Civic Center auditorium, guests needing special seating should tideway an usher.  Ushers wear UMA undecorous stoles and nametags and will squire guests to the appropriate, designated seating areas. Wheelchairs are misogynist to use at the Civic Center; however, they should be used by guests to transport individuals to their seats and immediately returned to the main lobby for others to use. Parking The Augusta Civic Center has several parking lots that provide self-ruling parking. A limited value of handicapped parking is misogynist in front of the Civic Center and in the side parking areas.  Family and friends who cannot walk a loftiness can be dropped off at the front of the Civic Center. Floor seating is misogynist for those needing accommodations (please see Seating for Guests with Disabilities).  Elevators are misogynist off the main lobby to wangle the upper levels. WhatSenseand Staff Need to Know Where and WhenSenseand staff are encouraged to shepherd graduation and to march in the prelude exercises. Saturday, May 11, 2019 Augusta Civic Center Exercises uncork at 10:00 a.m. and will run until well-nigh 12:00 noon; reception to immediately follow.Senseand staff should report to Civic Center by no later than 9:15 a.m. RSVP forPreludeSo that we plan thus for prelude seating, please RSVP to Ann Corbett by Friday, May 3th. Robing Information On May 11th,  you should report to the Civic Center’s Androscoggin/Aroostook/Cumberland Rooms no later than 9:15 a.m. to robe.  If you placed an order for a cap, gown, or hood, it will be misogynist at the Bookstore by May 4th.  Payment for a hood is required when you pick it up.  The Bookstore will be unshut graduation day at 8:00 a.m. for those who are unable to pick up your regalia earlier.  If you have not yet placed an order for a cap and gown, it may not be too late.  Please contact Jerry Garthoff in the Bookstore at 621-3067 as soon as possible. Reception There will be a reception on the campus Green immediately pursuit the prelude exercises.  If the weather is inclement, the reception will be held in the Randall Student Center. Faculty/Staff Needing Accommodations for Disabilities If you should need powerlessness accommodations, please contact Ariel Cassista, for increasingly information at 621-3350/1-877-862-1234, ext. 3350, or e-mail ariel.cassista@maine.edu, no later than April 30. A Special Note forSenseBecause your presence is so important to our students and their families and friends, we hope you will make every effort to shepherd this year’s exercises, as well as the reception afterwards.  Graduates do squint forward to seeing you and introducing you to their family and friends. Thank you for your transferral to this joyous triumph of the University’s graduates. 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