do all professors go to graduation?

<p>Idk about you guys, but every now and then there are just some profs that I LIKE. Not just because they're good teachers or are well-respected in their field or anything else like that, but just because I like them as human-f'n-beings and would be sad if they weren't there at my graduation :( </p>

<p>So CC, tell me, does every single professor show up to commencement? What about when we split into smaller ceremonies by college, major, minor, etc? Do a lot of professors go? Do they only go if they get invites from students? </p>

<p>Juuust wondering is all...</p>

<p>there is no minor ceremony teehee</p>

<p>Umm, how does the graduation work in college? Is it like in high school, but we have to sit through…6,000 names??? :O</p>

<p>There’s a university-wide convocation where I think all the undergrad names are read out (not 100% about this as I haven’t graduated) and also individual major (L&S) or college (non-L&S) ceremonies where all the PhD, Masters and undergrad names are read out and PhDs are hooded.</p>

<p>I worked at the COE commencement in May and it took forever because in addition to the name-reading of undergrads you had to sit through each PhD’s hooding, which was usually done by their advisor(s). Extrapolating from that, I guess most professors tend to at least go to major/college graduation? You could always ask them if they’re going, I mean it’s a nice thing to want them to see you graduate?</p>

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<p>Engineer/Sciene Professor sitting at ceremony: “Did that person work in my lab? No it’s probably another Asian.”</p>

<p>haha</p>

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lol i guess not. but i went to my friend’s GPP minor graduation toast last year and i mean they had some of their notable faculty (like Ananya Roy and Richard Blum (haas shout out :P)) present. and it was a really nice sight to see students and their professors en mass enjoying each others’ company in a non-school setting… just jelly i guess…</p>

<p>I’m sure most go. I remember seeing pics of the psych departments commencement and saw a lot of prof. there.</p>