For the medical school graduation, is there a limit to the number of guests the graduates can bring? Will graduation be streamed for people who can’t make the ceremony in person?
Is there a limit to the number of guests we can bring for the hooding ceremony?
Will the hooding ceremony be live streamed?
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Before I answer the question, I want to remind all senior students that your class officers are involved in planning the SOM event. Please share your thoughts and suggestions with them.
Here is a summary answer for you, and more information will be shared as it becomes available:
Graduation Celebration Events:
- UMKC School of Medicine Achievement Ceremony at the Kauffman Center for Performing Arts Helzberg Hall.
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- Friday, May 13, 2022: 3pm – 5pm.
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- The venue requires the event to be ticketed. To ensure fair opportunity for graduates and their guests, we anticipate a limit of 8 tickets per graduate (graduates will not need a ticket)
- This event is School of Medicine specific. With the feedback from your class representatives, this event is intended to be a student-centered celebration of all of your accomplishments!
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- This event will include traditional aspects of graduation weekend such as:
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- Hooding (as applicable)
- Senior award acknowledgement
- Recognition of membership (AOA, Gold Humanism, etc)
- Recognition of residency destination or future plans
- Title of dissertation
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- UMKC University-wide Commencement ceremony at Kauffman Stadium. “Commencement at the K”
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- Sunday, May 15th, 2022: 10am.
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- This event is being organized by Special Events on Volker campus. This is the official UMKC commencement ceremony.
- At this time, I don’t anticipate a limit to the number of guests.
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The plan is for both events to be live-streamed
