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Pomp and circumstance
More than 600 students will take part in commencement, including both GED and associate degree recipients
The Advocate
The 2012 commencement for students earning degrees from MHCC
will be Saturday, June 16, at 10 a.m. in the Earl L. Klapstein Track and
Field Stadium.
Graduates have been directed by the college to assemble for the procession
no later than 9 a.m.
Graduation ceremonies for the GED/Adult High School Diplomawill be Friday, June 15, at 7 p.m. in the stadium. Graduates
are to arrive by 6:15.
A cap, gown and tassel are on sale in the bookstore for $27.99.
Bookstore hours are 7:45 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Fridays.
There will be extended hours on the day of graduation, when they will open at 8 a.m. and remain open until the end of the ceremonies The Saturday event is general admission.
Those attending the commencement have been invited by commencement organizers to bring chairs or blankets for overfl ow seating on the lawn. More overflow seating will be in the gym with a viewing by simulcast.
Gates will open at 8:45 a.m. Seating areas will be provided for disabled attendants for both ceremonies.
There is a disability parking lot near the reserved seating area on the track.
The entrance to the lot is east of the stadium parking lot entrance. An interpreter for hearing-impaired will be available for the ceremony. Rehearsal is on Friday, June 15, at 2 p.m. in the stadium.
On the MHCC website commencement page, it says the rehearsal is scheduled for 30 minutes and instructions for the rehearsal were mailed at the beginning of June.
For more information, call the Admissions, Registration and Records Offi ce at 503-491- 7393.
For the GED/ABS event call the Adult Basic Skills offi ce at 503-491-7333.
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