Saturday 15 February 2014

Graduation day script

REGISTRATION
You will need to register your attendance at the ceremony with the Graduation department.  Registration closes __ hours before the ceremony.

ASSEMBLING GRADUANDS
Assemble in processional order. Your seat card will indicate your place in order.

REHEARSAL
Preparation, organization and collaboration are the keys for a successful event.

ARRIVAL OF PRINCIPAL, DEAN, HODS TO THE VENUE

ARRIVAL OF THE DIGNITARIES
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I request you to please stand/rise as the dignitaries have just entered the hall.
(AFTER THE MEMBERS OF THE PROCESSION HAVE TAKEN THEIR SEATS)
Thank you ladies and Gentlemen, you may please be seated. (If needed).

Ladies and Gentlemen, a very good evening to one and all. It gives me immense pleasure to welcome you all to the graduation ceremony.

Talent and skills are the crops that are nurtured, groomed and given all possible opportunities to grow and bloom. Graduation day is the celebration of the harvest of this crop. This is a much awaited event in every students life, as it gives the returns to the efforts put in by the students throughout their academic endeavor. It is a day full of joy, a day about pride and accomplishment, a day of celebration. It gives a sense of achievement and a sense of responsibility towards fulfilling further commitments. It fills the heart with mixed feelings -- fulfillment and sadness, anxiety and eagerness. Say goodbye to the comfortable and secure life within college walls. Get ready to march to the beat of the business world.
There's a lot more to come: goals, challenges, and opportunities! Anything is possible when you just believe in yourself.

(or)

Graduation day is always a day of rejoicing, for it marks the conclusion of an educational journey and the commencement of another more uncertain and more difficult part of man’s quest for a better life and future. Truly, today signifies the culmination of many years of hard work in the relentless pursuit of knowledge: knowledge that will enable a person to embrace opportunities and take on challenges with clear vision and purpose. Welcome to the graduation ceremony of  *******(college name).

INVOCATION 
To begin this auspicious occasion, may I invite, “……………………………….” to invoke the almighty. Ladies and Gentlemen, may I request all of you to please stand for the invocation.
(AFTER THE INVOCATION)
Thank you; please take your seats.

ACADEMIC PROCESSION STARTS
The processions will enter Hall in the following order : Graduand procession followed by the Academic procession (led by members of Governing Authority)  and the Platform party.

OCCUPYING THE DIAS
It is now my pleasure to introduce members of the platform party. With us we have ____. Please welcome them.

WELCOME ADDRESS & COLLEGE REPORT BY THE PRINCIPAL
To give a red –carpet welcome to everyone assembled here, may I take the pleasure of requesting our respected Principal to welcome the gathering.
(AFTER THE ADDRESS) Thank you sir

DECLARING THE GRADUATION CEREMONY OPEN BY THE CO-CHAIRMAN
I take immense pleasure in requesting our revered Co-Chairman, the sculptor of determination and self-confidence who incessantly chisels only the excellence of the individuals to declare the graduation ceremony open.

INTRODUCTION OF CHIEF GUEST
We deem it a privilege to introduce our esteemed Chief Guest to the august gathering.

GRADUATION DAY ADDRESS BY THE CHIEF GUEST
May I now request our esteemed Chief Guest __ to deliver graduation day address.

PRESENTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR DEGREES
At this point, may I call _____to present the candidates for graduation to ______ 

ADMINISTERING THE PLEDGE  
May I call on ___ to lead their fellow graduates in reciting the graduate pledge.

CONFERMENT OF THE DEGREES
The most awaited moment- yes, now it is time we acknowledged the talent of our brimming buddies.The fruit of hard work and discipline will finally be reaped.
You will now be receiving your prized degree, a symbol of accomplishment. May I request ___ and _____ together with our ____ to congratulate our graduates and _____  to assist in the distribution of certificates.
Candidates receiving the Baccalaureate Degree, please come forward as your name is called.

This concludes the presentation of the Baccalaureate Degrees.


SIGNING THE REGISTER OF GRADUATES


PRESENTATION OF MEMENTO TO THE CHIEF GUEST
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I request …………to felicitate the chief guest …………. with a memento
(AFTER THE MEMENTO)
Thank you 

DISSOLUTION OF THE GRADUATION CEREMONY
May I call upon _____ to declare the dissolution of the graduation ceremony.

NATIONAL ANTHEM
Let’s all stand for the National Anthem to be led by ___.

ACADEMIC PROCESSION PROCEEDS BACK TO THE ROBING CHAMBER


Congratulations to our Graduates of Batch ****(year)! We are all proud of you.! You worked hard, you succeeded, and now you should celebrate! This day signifies a new beginning for each and every one of you. The closing hour has finally arrived. Tomorrow, new challenges and opportunities await our graduates that will further test their mettle as improving individuals. As they continue with their journey, may they look back to this stage in their life with fondness and pride. Enjoy your day of celebration with your family and friends. Thank you, and good luck!


MISCELLANEOUS
The ceremony would be starting shortly. We would appreciate it if you could kindly switch your mobile phones to silent mode. Thank you.

The manifestation of oratorical excellence is graciously seated on the dais today. The well known persona is now ready with his weapon of eloquence to make us all spell- bound to his speech.
 

GRADUATION DAY INSTRUCTIONS
  1. Cell phones and handy cams are strictly prohibited inside the auditorium.
  2. The candidates awaiting the conferment of their degrees shortly, are expected maintain silence.
  3.  Let not your enchantment violate the decorum of the institution in any form
  4. Your professionalism is solicited throughout the program.
  5. The fresh recipients of the degree are asked to take their respective seats.
  6. Some of the instructions to be strictly followed by the candidates assembled here for the conferment of their degree are;
    1. To receive the degree, the candidates are asked to make use of the left side stairs to reach the stage and climb down the right side stairs while getting back to their seats.
    2. Rise up while the academic procession enters the auditorium and resume standing until the academic procession gets settled on the dais
    3. Take your seats after all the members of the academic procession get seated on the dais.
    4. When the chairman administers the pledge the fresh recipients of the degree are requested to stand and repeat the oath.
    5. When the chairman confers the degree by the power vests with him, the fresh recipients of the degree are requested to remain silent.
    6. After conferment of the degree, the fresh graduates are asked take up their seats.
    7. The fresh graduates are asked to rise up again while the academic leaves the auditorium after conferment of the degree.