Cap and Gown Pick-Up for Students
Wednesday, May 8, Thursday, May 9, and Friday May 10, 2013
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday - Thursday
8:30 a.m. to 12:00 Noon on Friday
Nashville State Community College - Main Campus
Student Services Center - Room S-118
Each graduate that places an order by the deadline will receive a Cap and Gown, a Graduation Information Packet, and other related items and information. All graduates must also complete a Graduate Status Report for the Career Services department, which is required by the Tennessee Board of Regents. Please plan on 30 minutes on campus to receive all materials and complete all paperwork.
Clarksville, Cookeville and Humphreys County Graduates
Caps and gowns will be sent to the satellite campuses, along with all related items and information. All graduates must complete the Graduate Status Report for the Career Services Center when picking up cap and gown orders.
Please note location and phone number for your campus contacts.
Clarksville Campus: 931- 551-7007
Cookeville:
Main
Office - 931-520-0551, Ext 103
Humphreys County: Main Office - 931-296-1739, Ext. 0
Southeast and Dickson: Must go to main campus
Commencement Rehearsal
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
2:00 p.m.
Tennessee State University
Howard Gentry Center
Walter S. Davis
Boulevard
TSU and Nashville State Officers will be on duty to assist with parking. There will be several TSU Shuttles to transport graduates from the parking lot to the Gentry Center. Please be on time. Graduates will rehearse the commencement ceremony and be given instructions on line up, processional, seating, and recessional. Caps and gowns are not needed for the rehearsal. Graduates must bring name cards to rehearsal. These cards are issued in the Graduation Information packets. To find out what to expect during rehearsal, click on rehearsal agenda.
Commencement Line Up for Ceremony
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
5:00 p.m.
Tennessee State University
Howard Gentry Center
Walter S. Davis Boulevard
You must be on time for line up. Graduates will line up in the back hallways of the Gentry Center in the same order as practiced during the commencement rehearsal. Guests will not be allowed in the line up area.
Commencement Ceremony
Tuesday, May
14, 2013
6:00 p.m.
Tennessee State University
Howard Gentry Center
Walter S. Davis Boulevard
Nashville State Community College will celebrate its Forty-Ninth Commencement Ceremony on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The ceremony will be held at Howard Gentry Center of Tennessee State University. The Gentry Center is located on Walter S. Davis Boulevard.
Graduates will be allowed to bring an unlimited number of guests. The ceremony will begin with a musical prelude performed by the Nashville State Community College Chorus and the processional will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m.
Doors to the arena will close at 5:50 p.m. If guests arrive after 5:50 p.m., they will be directed to the second floor level to enter the arena. If guests are disabled, they will be allowed to wait in the lobby area until the processional has concluded to enter the arena.
Guests must stay in their seat to take pictures. Guests are not allowed on the main Gentry Center floor to take photos. There will be professional photographers taking photos of graduates before they enter the stage and after they receive their diplomas. These photos will be available for purchase through the photography agency. Photo info for Graduates
Note: Balloons and noise makers are NOT allowed in the Gentry Center. These items will be confiscated by NSCC Officers and/or TSU Police and will not be returned.
Please tell your guest NOT to bring these items into the Ceremony.
Parking and Transportation at the TSU Gentry Center
Shuttle service is being provided for graduates and guests from the main Gentry Center parking lot. Wheelchair-accessible shuttles will also be available. The Gentry Center has several parking areas with a number of handicapped spaces.
Nashville State Security Officers, along with TSU Police, will be stationed in the parking areas to direct parking at the Gentry Center. Directional signage will also be in place.
During the commencement rehearsal and for the ceremony, TSU shuttles will transport graduates and guest from the parking lot to the Gentry Center.
Overflow parking for the Commencement Ceremony will be at W.S. Davis and Tigerbell Blvd. There will be a TSU Police at thatis being provided before and after the Commencement Ceremony.
Accessible
Seating and Services in the Gentry Center:
There is a restricted area on the arena floor of
the Gentry Center designated for guests who use walkers, scooters or
wheelchairs, and for those with limited mobility. This area is marked
with signage and there will be personnel along with Security to assist those
that fit these criteria.
Please know that only two other family members can sit with
the person needing accessible seating, a total of three people
per family in this restricted area.
This area has limited seating due to the number of
guests with limited mobility who attends the NSCC commencement ceremony at
the Gentry Center. These restrictions are designed to minimize
accidents, and to allow emergency access if needed. We appreciate your
assistance in adhering to these guidelines.
Graduates, if you have guests who use scooters,
wheelchairs, and walkers, or have limited mobility, please let your families
know before Tuesday, May 14th about this designated area, and the
limited number of people that can sit with them. It is our desire to
make accommodations for those who need a more accessible location to view
the commencement ceremony. With you and your families’ cooperation and
understanding, we will be better able to accommodate many of our guests with
mobility challenges.
Thank you!