COMMENCEMENT GUESTS
Guests arriving at the Mack Sports Complex are encouraged to arrive early and travel light. All guests entering the complex will be subject to routine security measures, including metal detector screening and bag searches. The Mack Sports Complex does not provide an area to check bags, coats, or any other personal belongings. Entrances, which will be clearly marked, have been designated to assist with the flow of guests entering the building. Entrance E – Accessible • Entrances B, C, and D – General admission
Graduates and guests are reminded that proper and appropriate conduct is expected at all times.
TICKET INFORMATION (UNDERGRADUATE ONLY)
Each spring undergraduate degree candidate will receive five (5) assigned seat tickets. The Graduate and Maurice A. Deane School of Law ceremonies do not require tickets. Requests for additional undergraduate tickets can be obtained by placing your name on a lottery list during the aforementioned academic attire distribution dates.
Undergraduates may request as many additional tickets as desired, BUT when the lottery is conducted, each recipient will be awarded only two (2) tickets. Once everyone on the list has been awarded 2 tickets, and if additional tickets remain, then the lottery will be conducted again using the same method of 2 tickets being awarded. Lottery winners will notified via their Hofstra Pride email beginning Friday, May 19, 2023, at 10 a.m. Lottery winners must respond to that email, indicating that they will take the tickets. If there is no response within 2 hours, the tickets will be awarded to the next person on the lottery list. All tickets must be picked up by the requesting student at the reception desk located in Room 112 Mack Student Center by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 19, 2023. All the commencement ceremonies will be livestreamed at hofstra.edu/commencement.
GRADUATION LINEUP
All candidates for graduation will line up in the Mack Physical Education Center, adjacent to the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex, North Campus, one hour before their ceremony on Sunday, May 21. Maurice A. Deane School of Law degree candidates will line up one hour before their ceremony on Monday, May 22. You will be instructed to stand behind the stanchion with the placard indicating your school. Hofstra staff will be available to assist in lining up candidates in proper order and to answer any lastminute questions.
LENGTH OF CEREMONY • Each ceremony will last approximately 2 to 2 ½ hours. PHOTOS, FLOWERS, RINGS
Senior Portraits Senior portraits will be taken by Prestige Portraits by Lifetouch on Monday, March 6, through Friday, March 10, and again on Monday April 10, through Friday, April 14, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Weller Hall rooms 308 and 309. Please visit hofstra.edu/seniors to make an appointment. Questions? Call 1-800-OUR-YEAR (687-9327) during normal business hours. Portraits will be taken in both business attire and academic attire (cap and gown will be provided). There is a $15 sitting fee, collected by Prestige Portraits by Lifetouch. Island Photography will be taking photos at the commencement ceremonies. They will contact you at your Pride email when the proofs are ready. Flowers The Commencement Group will be selling flowers at the ceremony, or you can order them online at www.thecommencementgroup.com/hofstra. These flowers will be available for pickup near the entrance to the Mack Sports Complex prior to the commencement ceremony. Rings and Diploma Frames Information on class rings can be found at Balfour’s page at www.balfour.com/hofstra. Information regarding diploma frames, alumni gear, and gifts can be found on the Hofstra Bookstore website at www.hofstra.bncollege.com.
Spring 2023 Commencement Exercises
Commemorative Class of 2023 sweatshirts and T-shirts are available for purchase at www.thecommencementgroup.com/hofstra.
DIPLOMAS
The Office of Academic Records will notify you when your diploma is ready. It takes approximately three (3) months after graduation for the diploma to be processed. You can either pick it up in Room 207 Memorial Hall, South Campus, or have it mailed to you. Make sure your current address is on file. Once again, congratulations! We hope you and your family enjoy the ceremony. If you have any questions, or if we can assist you in any way, please contact the Commencement Office at 516-463-4346 or graduation@hofstra.edu.
Sunday, May 21 , Monday, May 22