Upon registering for the final Carroll term, students must meet with an advisor to complete a graduation audit and apply for graduation. Students must apply to graduate whether or not they participate in the graduation ceremony. Students should periodically check-in with Advising, and apply early to assure that the appropriate courses are completed to meet graduation and transfer goals.
Students who qualify for the Associate of Arts, Associate of Fine Arts, Associate of Sciences, Associate of Applied Sciences, Associate of Science in Engineering, or Associate of Arts in Teaching degrees and have a cumulative grade point average equivalent to 3.500 or higher are recognized at the commencement ceremony as graduating with honors during the ceremony. These honor students wear a gold cord to signify their achievement.
Alpha Beta Gamma (Business), Alpha Delta Nu (Nursing), Delta Alpha Pi (students with disabilities), Phi Theta Kappa (two-year college honors), Hill Scholars, and Leadership Challenge students wear special regalia during the commencement ceremony. These students need to obtain honor garb from the honor society advisor.
When diplomas are issued, official formal honors are noted on the diploma, as follows:
Students, who transfer prior to completing the associate degree, may transfer appropriate credits back to Carroll to complete their Carroll degree. Students in this situation must have taken at least 15 Carroll credits. If interested in completing your Carroll associate degree by reverse transfer, please send an official transcript to the Records Office and contact the Advising and Transfer Center at 410-386-8435 or at advise@carrollcc.edu for information about reverse transfer and to complete a graduation application.
Mandatory Rehearsal: May 27, 2020, 1:00 pm, McDaniel College, Gill Center
At rehearsal, we will line up and practice. You will have an opportunity to pronounce your name for the Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs, have professional photos (single or group) taken by the photographer, enjoy a snack, and mingle with graduates and faculty.
Report to graduation by 1:00 pm for rehearsal. Please be on time. Pickup your name card. Line up in alphabetical order and wait for instructions from a Marshall. Pay attention if your card is marked with the wording “start new row.” After processing into the gym and taking your seat, you are to come to the platform on instruction from a Marshall. Please go to top of step and hand your name card to the Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs. Walk to the center of the platform to receive your diploma. Take the diploma in your left hard so you can shake hands with the President with your right hand (pause for a photo). Shake hands with the Chair of the Board of Trustees and continue off the platform. The photographer will take your picture and a Marshall will direct you back to your seat.
Below is a diagram for your walking from your seat to the stage and back to your seat after receiving your diploma.
Recessional is in the reverse order as the processional, following the instruction of the Marshalls.
May 27, 2020, McDaniel College, Gill Center. We start promptly at 3pm. Please ask your guests to arrive by 2:45! Doors Open to Guests at 2:15 pm. We encourage all students to stay at the Gill Center between the rehearsal and the ceremony.
Commencement Garb ordering and pickup is handled by the Records Office. You will indicate height and weight as you apply to graduate. The office is open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday. If you would like someone else to pick up your garb, you will need to provide written permission (including your signature) for him/her or reply to email announcement with information about your designee. You or your designee must bring photo id.
These are the prices for available items:
Regalia
(cap/tassel, gown, stole, and 10 graduation announcements)
Honor Cord
(borrowed; return at diploma pick-up)
Special Regalia:
No tickets are needed for commencement.
Directions - From Route 31 East, turn left on Route 32/West Main Street. Cars will enter the Main Street Entrance near the stadium; all other entrances will be barricaded. All vehicles will follow a one-way traffic pattern. Graduating students are to park in General Parking. Please carpool if possible. Handicap parking will be located in the rear of the Gill Gymnasium and limited to vehicles with state issued handicap tags. There is a designated drop off area for the handicap as well as the general public on the backside of the gym. This is the closest and easiest entrance into the gym. Watch for signs.
Worn on right side on the cap prior to the ceremony.
We encourage students to decorate their caps for the ceremony.
Graduates will be sent photo proofs by Grad Images. Information at www.gradimages.comor email giservice@gradimages.net.
Graduates needing assistance prior or during the ceremony may discuss their needs with the Records Office. For ceremony guests utilizing wheelchairs will be accommodated at the front of the auditorium. Please ask the ushers for direction—there is limited family seating in this area. The majority of guests should plan to sit in regular seating. Interpreters will sign during the ceremony. Interpreters will be located to the right of the stage.
If you have been awarded a merit scholarship from a 4-year institution and would like to be recognized at commencement, please submit a copy of your award letter to the Records Office at records@carrollcc.edu.
Carroll Community College has three graduations, August, December and May, with all graduates invited to participate in the commencement ceremony in May. August and December graduates participate in the following May commencement ceremony.
Name, degree and latin honors (if applicable) appear on your diploma. Degree, major, concentration (if applicable) and latin honors (if applicable) appear on your transcript.
You will receive a commemorative picture and congratulations letter from the President in a Carroll Community College diploma cover. You do not receive your actual diploma on commencement day.
You will be emailed when your diploma is ready for pickup. August diplomas will be available in late August. December diplomas will be available in mid January. May diplomas will be available in early June.
Contact records@carrollcc.edu for information on obtaining a diploma reprint.
Further Graduation/Commencement Questions – contact the Records Office at records@carrollcc.edu.
Financial Balance Questions – contact Cashier’s Office at cashier@carrollcc.edu