Sixty-Fifth Commencement
Spring 2013
Ceremony Information
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Star Plaza Theatre in Merrillville, Indiana
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Reminder….Commencement Ceremony is Sunday, May 19 at 1:30 PM at the Star Theatre in Merrillville. Commencement begins promptly at 1:30. If you are participating in the ceremony please go to Celebrity Circle in the Theatre and be there between 12-12:15pm. If you are interested in seeing the students in the robing area they will be in the Hotel in Celebrity West Ballroom.
- The Ceremony
- Driving Directions
- Academic Attire
- Degree Requirements
- Degree Awarding Process
- Diploma Cover
- Commencement Brochure for Spring 2013
To request to have a degree awarded at another Purdue campus, click on the following link of Degree. This form must be submitted to the Registrar of the student’s home campus prior to the end of the 6th week of the Fall or Spring term, or the 3rd week of the Summer session.
Attention Spring 2013 Graduates
Diplomas will be available for pickup beginning Tuesday, June 11, 2013 thru Friday, July 12, 2013 in the Enrollment Services Center, Lawshe Hall 130, during our normal business hours. Any diplomas not picked up by the deadline will be shipped via UPS to the home address that we have on file for you by July 19th, unless you have given us an alternate address.
For further information about Graduation you may contact:
Kim Frazier
Graduation Coordinator
(219) 989-2334 (work); Fax number is (219) 989-2771
kim.frazier@purduecal.edu
For the .pdf version of the Commencement Brochure for Spring 2013, you may click on the following url link of Commencement Brochure Spring 2013
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