Class of 2011--Commencement Information

The RSVP date for commencement ceremony attendance totals (graduates, candidates, and guests) need to be to the contact listed below (Hazel for MUPPs) by April 8.

**Don't forget to RSVP**

(Please note NO TICKETS are issued but we still request your RSVP.)

Commencement Information

University of Illinois at Chicago
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs

For Public Administration and Urban Planning and Policy and Urban and Public Affairs graduates and degree candidates for the following academic terms: July 2010, December 2010 and May 2011.

Graduates, degree candidates, and guests are invited to:

CUPPA Commencement
Friday, May 6, 2011

UIC Forum
725 Roosevelt Road (Corner of Halsted Street and Roosevelt Road), Chicago
Brief reception to follow.

RSVP required by April 8th, 2011 to:

UPA Students: Contact Danielle Cheatom, dcheat2@uic.edu, 312.413.2565

PA Students: Contact Sharon Sanders, shar@uic.edu, 312.996.3109

UPP Students: Contact Hazel Brown, memi@uic.edu, 312.996.6211

ON THE DAY OF COMMENCEMENT: BE PRESENT AND DRESSED BY 9:40 A.M.

All degree candidates and CUPPA faculty must be present, dressed in academic regalia, and ready to assemble for the processional by 9:40 a.m. on Friday, May 6. Dressing areas at the UIC Forum will open at 9:00 a.m. Enter through the main entrance.

TRAVEL AND PARKING INFORMATION
Please see http://www.vcsa.uic.edu/MainSite/departments/commencement/home/directions.htm for travel directions to Student Center East and parking information for the UIC Forum.

CAPS AND GOWNS
Academic regalia will be available for purchase at the Student Center East Bookstore beginning April 28. The base cost (excluding sales tax) for regalia is as follows:
Bachelor: $28.95, Master’s: $54.95, PhD: $82.95

If you're eligible to attend this year's commencement ceremony and plan to
attend, please see www.commencement.uic.edu for instructions on how to purchase a cap and gown. You **must** purchase a cap and gown before the event. When purchasing a master's gown, be sure to clearly convey your degree title (i.e., MPA or MUPP) to Bookstore staff.

* MPA candidates and graduates should receive a Peacock Blue hood and tassel.
* MUPP candidates and graduates should receive a Wedgewood Blue hood and
tassel.
* Bachelor: blue cap, blue gown, white tassel.

Hint: Peacock Blue is the brighter of the two. Wedgewood Blue has a "dusty" appearance.

All PhD candidates wear the same color regalia, regardless of major.

Caps and gowns will go on sale at the UIC Bookstore on April 28, 2011. See http://www.uicbookstore.org for their hours of operation.

FOR MORE INFORMATION
For more information, please contact Jodi White Jones, jmwhite@uic.edu, 312.413.9127.