Faculty/Staff Info

LaGuardia’s 41st Commencement Exercises will be held at the Jacob Javits Center North on Thursday, June 6. Please note and follow these instructions.

RSVP and Admission Tickets

RSVP on-line via RSVP Form.
Please print and bring the confirmation message to the Javits Center North for admission. One ticket per person, per RSVP. We will not be able to accommodate a spouse or a guest.

All faculty and staff should complete the on-line RSVP form. If your name does not appear on our check-in lists, you will not be allowed to enter the robing area to prepare for the academic procession.

If you would like to participate in the Academic Procession, you must wear academic attire. Our supplier is Herff Jones, a company that has served the College for many years. Paul Reilly is our sales representative and may be reached at pjreill@aol.com, or telephone (516) 781-0348, or via fax (516) 781-0349. Herff Jones will accept orders for specific attire (for faculty and staff only) from now until April 29, 2013.

When placing your order, please provide the following information:

Your Name
Height
Cap size
Highest Degree earned
College or University from which highest degree was received

Please note – if you rented garments from Herff Jones last September, please place a new order. Avoid disappointment and confirm your individual order with Paul Reilly at pjreill@aol.com.

If you miss the April 29th deadline, the late ordering period for specific attire will run from
May 1st through May 15th for an additional $18 fee.

Payment may be made when you pick up your rental garments on Wednesday, May 29 or Thursday, May 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Room E-111. Cash, check, money order or credit card payments accepted. Make money orders and checks payable to: Herff Jones.

Rental prices are as follows:
 

Degree	Cap, Gown, Hood & Tassel	Hood Only
Bachelor	$38.00	$19.00
Master	$40.00	$20.00
Doctorate	$42.00	$21.00

Herff Jones will also have a supply of extra gowns available for immediate rental on May 30th. The extra garments will be a limited selection of doctoral gowns with education or CUNY hoods.

On the day of Commencement (June 6). Herff Jones will be stationed in the faculty and staff robing area located in back of the stage.
 

 

Please arrive by 7:30 a.m. and be ready to report for your assignment by 8:30 a.m. Use the entrance on West 40th Street and 11th Avenue. Security will have your name on their check-list and will allow you to enter the facility. Your robing area is located in back of the stage.

Site Visit & Training Session 

Date:	Wednesday, May 29, 2013.
Time:	10:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.
Location:	Javits Center North 608 West 40th Street; use entrance on West 40th Street and 11th Avenue.

We will schedule a Site Visit and Training Session for all Commencement Marshals and Volunteers at the Javits Center. Become familiar with this new venue; obtain your assignment; know where you will report the day of commencement and where you will be stationed!

 

Faculty and staff participating in the Academic Procession should arrive between 8:30 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. and use the entrance on West 40th Street and 11th Avenue. Security will have your name on their check-list and will allow you to enter the facility. Your robing area is located in back of the stage.

Those not marching in the Academic Procession should arrive between 9:00 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. and use the entrance on West 40th Street and 11th Avenue. Present your admission ticket to Security and take a seat in the Javits North Hall.

 

 

 

Should arrive by 9:00 a.m. and use the entrance on West 38th Street and 11th Avenue. Walk directly to the foot of the escalators opposite the entrance doors. A commencement volunteer will have your name on their check-list and guide you to the presidential platform party robing area in Room 1A04-5, located one floor below. Take the escalators or elevator to this level.

Will start at approximately 9:50 a.m. and will end at approximately 12:00 p.m.

The entire ceremony will be projected live onto four large plasma screens and will be signed by American Sign Language interpreters. The entire audience will be able to see and participate no matter where they are seated!

The Student Processional will march into the theater at approximately 9:50 a.m.

The Academic Procession will form at approximately 9:45 a.m. and will begin to march into the theater by 10:00 a.m., immediately followed by the Presidential Platform Party. Both groups will sit on stage.

 

At the conclusion of the ceremony, all those on the stage will return to their respective robing areas to drop off their rental gowns and collect their personal belongings. We cannot secure the robing areas after the ceremony ends.

Immediately thereafter, all faculty and staff members are cordially invited to join President Mellow for a luncheon reception in the “Link”, located between the Javits North Hall and the Concourse in the Javits Center.