General Information USF Commencement is an exciting day for graduates, and also the faculty and staff who have taught and worked with these students throughout their time at the university.  This page is for USF Faculty and staff who are not graduating and are interested in participating in a commencement ceremony. If you are faculty or staff who are graduating, click here to register to participate as a graduate in a ceremony. register here Faculty and staff can participate in one of four ways: 1. Platform (Deans, Vice Presidents, Regional representatives, etc) 2. Marching Faculty (to be seated on the platform) 3. Hooding Faculty (to be seated with doctoral candidates) 4. Marshals (volunteers who assist graduates) >>Click here if you are ready to register << Hare are the opportunities for involvement for our faculty and staff: Hooding professors Hooding professor are the faculty who are attending to hood their doctoral candidate.  They will process with the platform party and be seated in the front rows of the arena, with their doctoral student.  When it is time for students to take to the stage, the hooding professor accompanies the student on stage  and put the regalia hood on their students (hooding).  They cross the stage, shaking the hands of the president, member of the Board of Trustees, and the graduate school dean before heading offstage for photographs.  Full academic regalia is required for hooding professors. Doctoral students register separately for the ceremony. Marching faculty Marching faculty attend each ceremony to represent the faculty of their college. They process into the arena and are seated on the stage for the duration of the ceremony.  Full academic regalia, including tam/hat, is required for marching faculty. Marshals Marshals are faculty and staff volunteers who assist graduates on the arena floor before and during the ceremony.  Our ceremony could not run without the help of our Marshals! Marshals assist students with finding their correct seat location and with general questions on the arena floor. When it is time for students to take to the stage, Marshals lead students  to the stage area, and ensure that they return to their seats. Academic regalia is provided for all Marshals. >>Click here to register to participate in a ceremony<<