Congratulations on your upcoming graduation.
The details about Spring 2012 graduation related events and cap & gown ordering information are as follows. Please note that both ceremonies are in Atlanta.
PhD and Master's Ceremony
DATE: Friday, May 4, 2012
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Georgia Dome
SPEAKER: Dr. Charles Vest
Bachelor's Ceremony
DATE: Saturday, May 5, 2012
TIME: 9:00 a.m.
LOCATION: Georgia Dome
SPEAKER: Governor Nathan Deal
RSVP: All students must confirm their attendance at Commencement by April 6th by going to this website:
http://www.gatech.edu/commencement/form-index
For more details about the ceremony, please go to the GT Commencement Website:
http://www.gatech.edu/commencement/
Cap & Gown Information
If you will be attending the commencement ceremony in Atlanta, you must order your cap & gown through the BuzzStore. I will place one large order for all the caps & gowns to be shipped here (at no charge to students). Here are Barnes & Noble’s prices:
Bachelors: cap, tassel & gown
$56.98 (+ 7% tax)
Master
s: cap, tassel, gown & hood
$96.98 (+ 7% tax)
Doctoral is custom regalia for Georgia Tech:
Purchase: $854.00 (+ 7% tax) or rent: $166.98 (+ 7% tax)
Ph.D candidates must order by March 16, 2012
Please stop by the BuzzStore between February 21 and March 27 to order your cap & gown. Ph.D. candidates must order by March 16. We ask that you pay for your cap & gown at this time. Payment can be made by cash or Visa/MasterCard. You will be asked the following information to order your cap & gown: your name, your height, and what type of degree you are receiving (i.e.: BSCE, MSECE, DRME, etc.).
BuzzStore hours are weekdays from 10 am to 4 pm. All cap & gown orders must be completed by March 27th . Caps & gowns will be available for pick-up in the BuzzStore by Mid-April. I will send an email to let you know when they arrive.
Student Reflection Speaker
Graduates are invited to apply to be the Georgia Tech student Commencement reflection speaker at this semester's Commencement exercises. Both a graduate and an undergraduate student will be selected by a panel of faculty, administrators, and students to share an inspirational message with his/her classmates and their guests at the spring ceremony. Selected finalists must be graduates of the ceremony, in both academic and judicial good standing, and have a history of participation in campus and/or community activities.
The student reflection speaker will speak at the beginning of the ceremony and will rejoin his/her classmates on the Dome floor. The reflection message—which should be two to three minutes in length—should also be secular in tone, providing inspiration to the graduates, recounting times spent together at Georgia Tech, or calling the audience to action around a certain message. Applicants must feel comfortable speaking at a podium and in front of a very large crowd.
Applications must be received by Sunday, March 25, 2012. For more information, contact Debbie Dorsey in the Students Affairs office at 404.385.1562 or debbie.dorsey@vpss.gatech.edu or visit the website at: http://www.gatech.edu/commencement/student-reflection-speaker
GTS GRAD Fair
There will be a GTS GRAD Fair on Tuesday, February 21st from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the BuzzStore. Stop by for all your graduation needs! The Balfour Rep will be here with GT class rings on display. She will be accepting orders for class rings and graduation announcements. You can take care of ordering your cap & gown, registering for the Graduate Recognition & Awards Ceremony, and pick up a few GT/GTS items in the store. All graduating students will receive 20% all purchases on the 21st only! Don’t miss out!
Georgia Tech Savannah’s Annual Graduate Recognition and Order of the Engineer Ceremony
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
6:00 p.m.
Might Eighth Air Force Museum
All graduating students are recognized at this public ceremony to which the Georgia Tech Savannah community; students, faculty, staff, and all family and friends are welcome. We encourage students to invite family and friends. There is no limit to the number of guests each student can invite and bring to the ceremony.
All graduating students are also eligible to be inducted into the prestigious Order of the Engineer as part of the ceremony. Everyone inducted into the Order will be presented with an OoE ring (at no charge). You can be measured for your ring and register to participate in the ceremony through the BuzzStore at the same time you place your order for your cap & gown.
“The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering profession…and to present to the public a visible symbol identifying the engineer.” A brief description of the Order of the Engineer is below; if you’d like more information, visit their website at www.order-of-the-engineer.org.
Please contact Natalie Cosner (nac@gatech.edu) if you have any questions.
The Order of the Engineer
Order and Purpose
The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering profession, to bridge the gap between training and experience, and to present to the public a visible symbol identifying the engineer.
The first ceremony was held on June 4, 1970 at Cleveland State University. Others like it have since spread across the United States at which graduate and registered engineers are invited to accept the Obligation of the Engineer and to wear a stainless steel ring. The ceremonies are conducted by Links (local sections) of the Order.
The Obligation is a creed similar to the oath attributed to Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.) that is generally taken by medical graduates and which sets forth an ethical code. The Obligation likewise, contains parts of the Canon of Ethics of major engineering societies. Initiates, as they accept it voluntarily, pledge to uphold the standards and dignity of the engineering profession and to serve humanity by making the best use of Earth’s precious wealth.
The Order is not a membership organization; there are never any meetings to attend or dues to pay. Instead, the Order does foster a unity of purpose and the honoring of one’s pledge lifelong.
The Obligation of the Order of the Engineer is similar to the Canadian "Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer" initiated there in 1926. It uses a wrought iron ring, conducts a secret ceremony, and administers an oath authorized by Rudyard Kipling. The extension of the Ritual outside Canada was prevented by copyright and other conflicting factors.
