Chief Marshal 5

• Check In/Line up: All marshals are requested to check in at the Touchdown Terrace (TT) – see map.  Brunch begins at 11:00 a.m.  Pick up your velvet baton at the check-in table when you enter. (After the ceremony, commencement staff will meet you in TT to take your baton.) Following the brunch proceed to the north lineup area on the Outdoor Practice Field.  There you will assist the NE Lining up Marshal and the Faculty Marshals in the assembly of the candidates and the line-up of the faculty procession.  Please refer to the Faculty Lineup Chart NE.  Note that Seating Marshals will line up in front of the faculty procession and West End Marshals will line up in back of the faculty procession.
• Procession: At 1:20 p.m. (just prior to the procession) take position #5 (see diagram). During the procession you will help direct faculty to the stage. Direct the Deans’ Party toward marshal #9 and the President’s Party to Marshal #8. After the President’s and Deans’ parties have gone to the stage, the Seating and West End marshals will come forward to the stage. Follow them up the south side ramp to your stage seat.
• Doctoral & Bachelor March to the Stage: Go to position F on the stage (see diagram).   Direct the students to the correct ramps as they leave the stage.  Doctoral candidates follow the blue lines shown on your diagram.  Bachelor candidates follow both the red and blue lines.  You may ask the two Assistant Chief Marshals to split this duty with you during the Bachelor March.
• Recession: When the last bachelor student has walked, take the south side ramp off the stage (don’t use the center ramps) and go to position N (see diagram).  Once the ceremony is closed, ask students to remain in their seats until all the stage occupants have left the stage.  Follow the last members of the stage party out of the stadium (green line on the Faculty Exit Map). Staff will be waiting in the Touchdown Terrace to take your baton.