FALL COMMENCEMENT AND HOODING
Congratulations Class of 2019!
Celebrate your accomplishments at your designated ceremony in December.
- All undergraduate students may participate in the undergraduate commencement ceremony for the Lewis College on Friday, December 20. More information may be found here.
- All master’s, DNP and DPT students will be hooded at the Lewis College graduate commencement and hooding on Wednesday, December 18, 2019 at 10 a.m. in the Student Center East Ballroom. Tickets are required.
- Ph.D. candidates will be hooded on Monday, December 16 at 7 p.m. in the Rialto Theater.
For details on the university’s Commencement Ceremony, click here.
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Information for Students
ATTIRE
All students who are participating will be required to wear an appropriate graduation cap and official Georgia State robe and the tassel must be black or Georgia State royal blue.
All master’s and doctoral candidates should also have a hood for the hooding ceremony. A hood is included in your regalia order when you place the order through the official vendor, Herff Jones.
All regalia may be picked up at the campus bookstore.
Contact the Lewis College directly at cnhp@gsu.edu or 404-413-1083 if you plan to wear regalia from a previous Georgia State ceremony.
PHOTOGRAPHY
A photographer from Grad Images will be taking photos throughout the ceremony. Details on purchasing photos will be made available on this website and via email following the event. Please send your name and permanent email address to cnhp@gsu.edu by December 12.
CEREMONY CHECK-IN
Please plan to arrive at the Speakers Auditorium in Student Center East between 8:45 and 9: 25 a.m. to receive instructions and line up the processional. No one arriving after 9:30 a.m. will be permitted to march. Ceremony will start promptly at 10:00 a.m. Do not report to the ballroom as you process in. However, please send your family and friends directly to the ballroom for seating.
Please wear your robe and bring your cap, honor cord and hood. Do not bring extra items other than a cell phone or small purse. You will not be allowed to march in procession with extra possessions. Ladies, please limit your purse to a small clutch or shoulder bag worn discreetly under your robe. Note: there is no storage in the Speakers Auditorium and any items left behind may be thrown away at the discretion of the staff.
GUESTS
Family and friends are invited to attend the ceremony. Students are limited to 10 (ten) guests. Tickets should be picked up at the Lewis College by December 12.
Parking and Transportation
Parking will be available at M deck for approximately $10 per car. See the campus map attached. For more detailed map visit www.gsu.edu.
From the Interstates
I-75/85 Northbound
Exit at #246 (Central Avenue/Fulton Street). Bear to the right on the exit ramp following the signs to Fulton Street. At the light, turn right on Fulton Street. At the next traffic light, turn left on Capitol Avenue. Pass the Capitol Building and go straight. Capitol becomes Piedmont Avenue. You will pass under the MARTA rail line. Go through the lights at Decatur and Gilmer Streets. Make the next left on Auditorium Place. Pass the parking deck on the left and turn left into the open driveway to the visitor parking area.
I-75/85 Southbound
Exit at #249A (Courtland Street/Georgia State University), a one-way street. Go through seven traffic lights, crossing Edgewood Avenue (the seventh light) in the second lane from the left. Get into the left lane and, after a very short block, turn left on Auditorium Place. Take the next right, which is an open driveway behind the building on your right, to the visitor parking area. (If you miss the turn, you must turn left on Gilmer Street, then left on Piedmont and a quick left into Auditorium Place.)
From I-20 Eastbound
Exit #56B (Windsor/Spring Street), go straight to the third traffic light. Take a left on Central Avenue. Pass upper levels of Underground Atlanta. At next light, turn right on to Decatur Street. Travel two blocks and turn left on Piedmont. Go through the light on Gilmer Street and make the next left on Auditorium Place. Pass the parking deck on the left and turn left into the open driveway to the visitor parking area.
From I-20 Westbound
Exit #58A (Capitol Avenue) and turn right at the light. Stay on Capitol Avenue, which changes into Piedmont Avenue. You will pass under the MARTA rail line. Go through the lights at Decatur and Gilmer Streets. Make the next left on Auditorium Place. Pass the parking deck on the left and turn left into the open driveway to the visitor parking area.
To drop off mobility impaired guests, follow the directions above except do not turn left into Auditorium Place. Instead pass that street and at the very next corner, turn left on Gilmer. You’ll be alongside the Student Center. Stop near the corner of Gilmer and Piedmont (at the end of the building). You may let your guests out on the curb side and they can enter the building at that corner. There is a ramp just beyond the few steps.
To get back to the M parking deck, turn left onto Piedmont and get in the left lane. At the very next left, turn left on Auditorium Place and turn left into the deck entrance approx. half way down the block.
DISABILITY PARKING
Parking for disabled guests with valid state of Georgia handicapped placard is available on the first level of M deck. Disabled guests may be dropped off on the corner of Gilmer Street and Piedmont Avenue.
Student ambassadors will be near the entrance to assist your disabled guests with getting into the ballroom and being seated.
Contact Us
Location
Urban Life Building
404-413-1100
cnhp@gsu.edu
Mailing Address
Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions
P.O. Box 3995
Atlanta, GA 30302-3995