Faculty Commencement Information

RSVP

Faculty RSVP's for the spring commencement ceremonies are closed. If you missed the RSVP deadline and intend to participate in commencement, please email the Commencement and Graduation Team with the ceremonies you wish to attend. 

Parking

Faculty participating in commencement will park at no charge in the Georgia Cyber Center parking deck, located at 1 11th Street, Augusta between 11th and 12th streets in Downtown Augusta. A parking attendant will be on site to let you in the deck at no charge. Platform Party participants will park in the 10th Street Marriott parking lot. 

Regalia

Faculty members need to RSVP for commencement and indicate whether or not they will need to rent regalia to participate in commencement. Regalia is available to rent through the RoarStore for $99, and can be picked up at the Summerville Campus RoarStore or shipped for an additional fee. The regalia order deadline for the Fall 2023 commencement ceremonies will be announced at a later date. Contact the RoarStore if you haven't made plans for renting regalia. 

Photography

GradImages, our commencement photography vendor, will be on site taking photos during each ceremony. Platform party: If you're seated behind one of the podiums, don't forget to smile! 

To participate or not participate?

 While participating in commencement is not mandatory, it's highly encouraged to represent your college and celebrate this special occasion with your students. 

Pre-Show Messages

If your college would like to include a congratulatory message to the graduates for this semester's ceremony pre-shows, please work with your unit's communications specialist to craft a message for the pre-show. If you do not have a communications specialist, please email your message to Haley in the Registrar's Office. Let's send our graduates off with well wishes! 

Alma Mater

Do you know the words to our Alma Mater, "Augusta: The Bell Rings for Me"? You can familiarize yourself with the Alma Mater before the ceremony if you'd like. You'll have the words to sing along with in your program and on the screens in the convention center too! 

Where to Report

Upon arriving at the Marriott, platform party and faculty members participating in commencement should enter through the front entrance of the main lobby. Report to the following robing rooms:

Platform Party - Oglethorpe H

Faculty - Oglethorpe G 

Boxed meals will be provided in both robing rooms during the day for commencement. 

Bag Policy

There is NO clear bag policy at the Augusta Marriott.