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Calendar Of Events 

Tuesday & Wednesday
March 5 & 6

GRAD FAIR , 11-6 p.m., lower RTUC (East Room)
All Potential May Graduates: get measured for caps and gowns, graduation questions are answered, order announcements, class rings, senior pictures are taken, and much more.

May 1 
(MBA graduates only)

MBA GRADUATES ONLY
Cap/Gown and tickets (10 per graduate) will be available at the MBA reception. To receive your items, you must complete the online survey Questionnaire for Alumni Records and have all accounts settled.

 May 1        

 All University Accounts must be paid in full.

Wednesday & Thursday
May 1 & 2
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
(Tickets not picked up by 4 p.m., will be distributed as extra tickets)

TRADITIONAL GRADUATES ONLY
Cap/gown and tickets (8 per graduate) will be available at the East Room/RTUC. To pick up your items, you must complete the online surveys:  Graduating Senior Survey and the Questionnaire for Alumni Records.  Everything must be completed before receiving your cap/gown/tickets.

May 1 & 10 (PACE graduates only)
8 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday - Friday (Tickets not picked up by 6 p.m., will be distributed as extra  tickets at rehearsal)

PACE GRADUATES ONLY
Cap/Gown and tickets (10 per graduate) will be available at the Bookstore. To pick up your items, you must complete the online surveys: Graduating Senior Survey and the Questionnaire for Alumni Records. All of these items must be completed before receiving your cap/gown/tickets.

Wednesday, May 15 6:00 P.M.
Kirkland Fine Arts Center

COMMENCEMENT REHEARSAL   
(For MBA & PACE Graduates)
Extra tickets will be distributed after rehearsal.
ATTENDANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT

Saturday, May 18
11:00 A.M.
Decatur Civic Center

COMMENCEMENT REHEARSAL (TRADITIONAL)
ATTENDANCE IS VERY IMPORTANT

Saturday 
May 185-6:15 p.m.

GRADUATE/ALUMNI FAMILY PHOTOS (MBA/MSN/PACE)
North end of the Kirkland Fine Arts Center lobby (only for graduates with alumni relatives, by advance reservation only).

 Saturday,
May 18
7:00 p.m.

 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
(MBA / PACE GRADUATES)
Kirkland Fine Arts Center
TICKETS REQUIRED

 Sunday, 
May 19
11 a.m.-1 p.m.

 GRADUATION BRUNCH
Wornick Dining Room
 A luncheon will be held prior to the ceremony from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in the Wornick Dining Room in Richards Treat University Center.  this luncheon includes an entree carving station, and other hot entrees with fresh vegetables and side selections, a deli sandwich station, a produce market of salads, fruits, and toppings, breakfast assortment of scrambled eggs, hash browns, and sausage, and a made to order omelet station; dessert selections, with soft serve ice cream.  To make reservations, email Corey Clabaugh, Director of Dining at cclabaugh@millikin.edu.  Questions?  Call Corey at 217-420-6649.  Any Millikin student (including graduates) may use remaining meal plan or flex for their meal, but please include them in your RSVP count.  Payment is required at the time of the luncheon and the cost is $8.25 per person plus sales tax.  We accept Flex, Cash, Checks, Credit (Visa and MC only) and Debit Cards.  Checks should be made out to Millikin Dining Service.

Sunday,
May 19
Noon - 1:15 p.m.

 GRADUATE/ALUMNI FAMILY PHOTOS (Traditional) Prior to ceremony in Decatur Civic Center lobby (only for graduates with alumni relatives, by advance reservation only).

Sunday,
May 19
12:30 p.m.

DOORS OPEN
Doors open at 12:30 p.m. for ticketed guests (ALL guests must have a ticket, including children and babies. We ask that you not bring balloons, air horns, beach balls and other disruptive devices into the auditorium. Please remember that this is a formal occasion, and disturbances make it difficult for others to hear and enjoy. We anticipate behavior appropriate to a solemn, yet celebratory occasion.) Seats available on a first-come basis.

Sunday,
May 19
1:15 p.m.

FORMATION OF PROCESSION
Graduates: 1:15 p.m. on the lawn of the Civic Center

Sunday,
May 19
2 p.m.

 COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY (Traditional)
Decatur Civic Center
TICKETS REQUIRED

 
 
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