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More information for the Class of 2012
OVERVIEW OF COMMENCEMENT
Queens College Commencement Day is a wonderful and memorable occasion. It begins at 9 am with the college-wide ceremony (about 2 hours) on the Quad, the grassy plain in the center of the campus. This is followed by many divisional and departmental ceremonies. The day ends with many--but not all--departments holding receptions and parties. For specific information, please contact your department.
COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER
Howie Rose
Speaker for the Eighty-Eighth Commencement Exercises |
The American sportscaster known as the radio voice of the New York Mets and the television announcer of the New York Islanders, Howie Rose has been the fulltime play-by-play announcer for WFAN Radio (the Mets flagship station) since 2004 and for MSG Plus (formerly Fox Sports Net New York) regional TV network since 1995. Previously, he broadcast the New York Rangers games on WFAN, including their Stanley Cup Championship season of 1993-1994. Before joining WFAN, the Queens native was a sportscaster for WCBS Radio and the NBC Radio Network.
Rose won New York Emmy awards in 1999 and 2003 in the Outstanding Live Sports Coverage Category for his work with the Islanders and Mets. He also received the Dick Young Award from the New York Baseball Scouts in 1995 for service to baseball in the media and the New York State Broadcasters Award for play-by-play work during the 1994 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Last April, he was inducted into the National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. Rose broke into broadcasting in 1975 while in college as one of the original voices of Sportsphone, a radio service that recorded the latest sports scores and news. He received his undergraduate degree in 1977 from Queens College.
TICKETS
Tickets are not needed for the college-wide Commencement on the Quad, which lasts about 2 hours. Thousands of guest seats will be set up for this ceremony and be available on a first-come, first-served basis. (Many guests arrive quite early. College parking lots will open at 7 am; when the lots are filled, the gates must be closed.)
The only ceremony which will require tickets is the Division of Education Ceremony in Colden Auditorium (taking place about 30 minutes after the college-wide Ceremony on the Quad). Tickets will be issued by the Division of Education, not by the Commencement Office. For specifics on obtaining education tickets, please contact the Division of Education.
CLASS OF 2012
Queens College holds its annual formal Commencement exercises for fall, winter, spring and summer graduates at the end of the spring semester in late May. We sincerely hope that mid-year degree candidates and their families return to the campus and enjoy the pomp and circumstance of a Queens College Commencement.
The "degree conferral" date listed on the Registrar’s web page indicates a student's official academic record of when the degree was earned. Diplomas for fall/winter graduates will be printed and available in the beginning of spring.
Commencement Ceremony information will be sent to your QC email and postcards will be mailed to your permanent mailing address. Please make sure the Registrar’s Office has an updated address on file as all graduation and Commencement-related information, including your diploma, will be directed to this address.
Information from these vendors will be sent to you:
- Graduation photos
- Class rings
- Yearbook
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Details about Commencement and related activities will be available on this site as the Commencement date approaches.
For answers to specific questions, please email them to commencement@qc.cuny.edu.
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