What do ushers do at graduation

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RSS Feed. Submit Search. Courtesy photo Ushers help guide seniors throughout the ceremony. Navigate Left. Monitor the curtained corridor for guests that need assistance moving to and from the Fieldhouse restrooms. Assist Floor Usher Coordinator with moving stanchions to Standing Room Only area after the ceremony afternoon only at spring commencement.

Prevent parents and guests from using stairs to Fieldhouse as well as access to hallways designated for faculty and platform guest robing. Assist with moving hallway and arena stanchions to the Fieldhouse at the end of the ceremony afternoon only at spring commencement.

Usher 22 Work with Elevator Usher to caution processional participants to watch their step down the stairs into the Fieldhouse.

Assist with moving arena stanchions to the Fieldhouse office at the end of the ceremony afternoon only at spring commencement. Report to the Floor Usher Coordinator in Fieldhouse for reassignment when graduates line up to process. Work with Usher 22 to caution processional participants to watch their step down the stairs into the Fieldhouse. Ride the shuttle to provide information from 7 a.

Assist guests using the shuttle by answering questions and emphasizing the following important commencement information:. Restroom trailers are available in the Fieldhouse parking lot and guests are encouraged to use them before entering the Fieldhouse.

Guests who are not in their seats by 10 minutes before the hour will have to wait to be seated until the students and commencement participants have processed. Light refreshments are available for purchase at Fresh Market Smoothies but must be consumed prior to entering the Fieldhouse. Usher 40 thru 41 — Curbside Greeter. Assist guests exiting the shuttle by answering questions and emphasizing the following important commencement information:.

Usher 42 — Overflow Viewing. Ensure that the door near the flower table becomes the only entrance during the processional into the Fieldhouse. Responsible for keeping guests from the processional aisle as the graduates enter and exit the Fieldhouse.

Put the empty program boxes outside the Fieldhouse door for removal by Facilities at the end of the commencement ceremony. Responsible for keeping all the main aisles of the seating areas clear throughout the commencement ceremony. Move ushers to the back aisle to keep guests from interfering with graduates as they enter and exit the Fieldhouse. Collect rubber bands, blank index cards, unopened water bottles, and extra programs from stage and deliver to Keystone Hall, Room Assist with lining up faculty along the back stanchions in the Fieldhouse before the graduates enter and exit the Fieldhouse.

Make appropriate announcements, including ones about being hydrated and seeking out an usher if not feeling well. After the graduates process into the Fieldhouse, clear off the tables and return cards and pens to Keystone Hall, Room afternoon only at spring commencement. Ensure Ushers 25 through 31 are sent to the Floor Usher Coordinator in Fieldhouse for reassignment prior to the commencement.

Thank you to the many faculty and staff who volunteer each year to usher on Commencement day, a celebration of student accomplishment and an occasion in which every member of the Buffalo State community takes great pride. MANY volunteers are needed to usher guests into the arena, assist with handicapped seating, assist with the graduate lineup and processional, assist in the Robing Room, distribute programs, take tickets, etc.

Your participation as a volunteer in one or more ceremonies is important, providing for a smooth run to the day and an enjoyable atmosphere for our graduates and guests. Rehearsal for volunteers is scheduled for TBA, p. The volunteer's role on Commencement day is to assist graduates and their guests.

Specific instructions and assignments will be given during the rehearsal. Volunteers often inquire as to what to wear on Commencement day. Please use the following guidelines, and thank you for dressing with decorum and following the dress code. The volunteer registration table will be located on the upper floor of the Ice Arena overlooking the graduate lineup area. See sports complex layout.

Please be sure to sign in and pick up your name tag and arena map at the volunteer registration table on the upper floor of the Ice Arena. Sign in for EACH ceremony you usher.