3. Step 1: Check Your Eligibility
• Complete degree requirements by Fall
2011 or Spring 2012
• Confirm your degree audit with Student
Records. Eligible student names are
posted in the Student Records office.
• Confirm your financial standing with
Student Accounts
• Students will receive email from Financial
Aid on the exit loan interview process.
4. Step 2: Submit Your Graduation Info
See Student Records immediately if you receive a WebAdvisor error
message. You may not be eligible to graduate.
6. Step 2: Diploma Mailing
Diplomas are sent 3 months after degrees are
posted on WebAdvisor.
They are mailed certified mail, which means you
must sign for them. Diplomas will not be mailed
internationally, you must provide a domestic
address.
Be sure your address in WebAdvisor is accurate
and current!
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7. Step 3: Nominate a Student Speaker
Step 4: Nominate an Honorary
Doctorate Recipient
Complete the online forms.
http://www.cca.edu/students/
commencement/students
8. Step 5: Exhibit Your Work
• Graduate students: contact your program
managers to participate in the Graduate
Exhibition.
• Undergraduate students: participate in the
Baccalaureate Exhibition.
•Baccalaureate Exhibition Guidelines & Form
http://www.cca.edu/students/commencem
ent/students
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9. Step 6: Order Your Gown
Use the same campus pick-up
location as specified in WebAdvisor
Herff Jones Online Ordering
http://www.herffjones.com/college/graduation 9
10. Step 7: Submit a Digital File Image
Share a digital image of yourself or your work
during the hour preceding the ceremony.
Digital Image Format Guidelines available on
http://www.cca.edu/students/
commencement/students
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11. Step 8: Collect Your Announcements & Tickets
• Collect announcements and tickets between April 16
to 30 from the Student Affairs Office.
• You will receive 10 complimentary announcements.
• Announcements are not tickets!
• Participants receive 6 tickets each.
• Special seating for guests mobility impaired are
available. Please make note on your Graduation Info
Form in WebAdvisor.
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12. Step 8: Extra Ticket Requests
Extra tickets will be available to purchase for $2
each when you pick up your complimentary
tickets.
Each student may purchase a maximum of 4
extra tickets. There will be NO waiting list.
Extra tickets will be available only on a first
come, first serve basis.
If you need more than your 6 complimentary
and 4 extra tickets, we suggest asking your
classmates if they have any extra tickets they’re
not using.
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13. Step 9: Collect Your Tam & Gown
• Collect your tam and gown on May 9 and 10 from the
campus you indicated on the online ordering form.
• Apparel is loaned!
• CCA's black velvet tams can be purchased for $20.
• For details, please refer to upcoming emails sent by the
Commencement Planning Committee.
14. Resources
Career Services
• Schedule an appointment to have your resume
reviewed a career counselor (discuss resume, how to find
an internship, discuss interviewing, etc.)
• Career Expo: (more info in January)
More information: http://www.cca.edu/careers/expo
International Students
• If F-1 status: eligible to seek permission to work in the US
for up to 12 months beyond graduation
Apply through the International Student Affairs Office
http://www.cca.edu/students/isap
15. Resources
Alumni Services
• Graduating students automatically become
members of the Alumni Association.
• Membership benefits include social, networking,
and career opportunities and access to campus
libraries.
• Alumni Association http://www.cca.edu/alumni
16. Place & Time
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Graduating students
plan to arrive at 1:00 PM
Concourse
Exhibition Center
620 7th Street
(between Brannan and
Townsend streets)
17. Commencement Schedule
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Noon — Doors open
1:00 p.m. — Commencement lineup (students only; please be
prompt)
1:15 p.m. — Doors open for guests—Auditorium (tickets are
required; limited seating).
1:55 p.m. — The main entry doors to East Hall will be closed for
the procession. Please plan to arrive promptly.
2:00 p.m. — Commencement ceremony—Auditorium
(ceremony concludes approximately 4:30 p.m.)
4:30 p.m. — Return tams, gowns, and hoods during the post-
ceremony reception held on the San Francisco campus.
5:00 p.m. — Celebration for new alumni on the San Francisco
campus at 1111 Eighth Street. Graduates and guests are invited
to a reception hosted by the Alumni Council immediately
following the ceremony.
CCA mails its diplomas to graduated students approximately three months after their degrees are posted in the CCA computer. These diplomas are mailed via Certified Mail, return receipt requested, through the U.S. Postal Service. Students are directed to provide their addresses after graduation on the online Graduation Form found on the Student Affairs webpage. In past semesters, CCA used to require International Students to supply domestic addresses in the United States to which their diplomas would be mailed because Certified Mail cannot be sent outside of the United States. By providing domestic U.S. addresses of friends or family members, International students who had returned to their home countries could still receive their diplomas if their friends or families would agree to forward the diploma for them. While CCA still encourages International Students to provide domestic U.S. addresses for their diploma mailings, CCA is now willing to send diplomas to graduated students’ international addresses via Federal Express.
CCA mails its diplomas to graduated students approximately three months after their degrees are posted in the CCA computer. These diplomas are mailed via Certified Mail, return receipt requested, through the U.S. Postal Service. Students are directed to provide their addresses after graduation on the online Graduation Form found on the Student Affairs webpage.
NOKiStudent Speaker*****ScriptIs there something you would like to share with the graduating class? Or is there someone who had made a positive impact during your time here at CCA? Please nominate them as a student speaker. At each commencement ceremony there will be one undergraduate and one graduate student speaker. Also, every year the college recognizes outstanding artists and civic leaders to receive an honorary degree. Is there an influential artists or community figure that has shaped your work? Make sure to nominate them!
Undergraduate Exhibitions
NOKIUse the same campus pick-up location as specified in WebAdvisor
Noki
NokiExtra ticketsEmail commencement@cca.edu with how many extra tickets you will needextra tickets are $2 eachOnly students who are added to the waitlist will be contacted once extra tickets are made availableFirst come, first serve
