Academic Procession

This information is required by academic staff only

Ceremony Dates & Times

Townsville

Venue: Townsville Entertainment Centre

26 March 2010 at 6.00pm

Faculty of Law, Business and Creative Arts.

27 March 2010 at 10.30am

Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences.

27 March 2010 at 3.00pm

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences.

Cairns

Venue: Cairns Convention Centre

17 April 2010 at 10.30am

Faculty of Arts, Education and Social Sciences.

Faculty of Science and Engineering

17 April 2010 at 3.00pm

Faculty of Law, Business and Creative Arts.

Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences.

Registration

If you wish to join an academic procession and have not yet registered please complete and submit a Registration Form by 19 March 2010 for all ceremonies.

Academic Dress

Members of the Academic Procession may request the loan of a gown to wear at a ceremony. If required, please complete the ‘Academic Dress’ section on the response form. Loan black gowns are to be collected from the Palm Room at the Entertainment Centre on the day of the ceremony and the Bookshop at the Cairns Campus during the week leading up to the ceremonies. PhD gowns are to be collected from the academic procession assembly room prior to the ceremony.

IMPORTANT

Academic Procession assembly points::

  • Cairns – Sheridan Street Foyer

  • Townsville – Magnetic Room

  • Please be robed no later than thirty (30) minutes prior to the commencement of the ceremony.

  • Academic Procession participants will be requested to commence assembling approximately twenty (20) minutes prior to the commencement of the ceremony.

  • Each ceremony will commence promptly at the scheduled times.

Order of Procession

The procession enters the auditorium in the following order:

  • Ceremony Marshal

  • Academic Staff

  • JCU Council Members

  • Invited Dignitaries

  • Members of the Official Party

National Anthem

Protocol requires that mortar boards/bonnets be removed during the playing of the National Anthem.

Conclusion of the Ceremony

The Academic Procession, led by the Marshall, will leave the auditorium in the reverse order to that which it entered.

A short informal reception for members of the Academic Procession, VIP guests, PhD graduates and their families will be held immediately following the conclusion of the ceremony in the Sheridan Street foyer (Cairns) and the Magnetic Room (Townsville).

Staff is encouraged to join the graduates and their guests who will be being served light refreshments in venue forecourt.