Ceremony Information/Location
Thursday, May 22 at 4:30 p.m.
Mount St. Mary’s University
PNC Sports Complex Knott ARCC
16251 Jim Phelan Way
Emmitsburg, MD 21727
MAP
All full-time faculty and adjunct faculty who taught in fall 2024 and/or spring 2025 are invited to attend.
All full-time faculty are
required to participate in the commencement ceremony.
To be excused from the ceremony, you must request permission from Dr. Anne Davis.
Regalia
All full-time faculty and adjunct faculty who taught in fall 2024 and/or spring 2025 should have received an email with a link to order regalia. The deadline to order regalia is April 8.
You will receive an email from Kim Madden when regalia is available. Pick up regalia packages in the Bookstore beginning Monday, May 12, 2025.
If you own your academic regalia and will be participating, notify Esther Slack-Metellus by email at
[email protected].
Please email Kim Madden at
[email protected] if you have any questions about placing your online order.
You should return your rented regalia to the FCC Bookstore no later than Friday May 30, 2025.
Arriving at the Ceremony
Arrive on campus no later than
3:30pm and ready to line up at 4:00pm. Lot D is reserved for FCC employee parking. Attendants will be directing traffic to the designated area (
campus map). Make sure to display your FCC employee parking decal.
Enter the Dillion Field House by using the East Field House Entrance.

Faculty may robe and store personal items in the Group Exercise Studio. Limited-mobility access is on the lower-level entrance of the Knott ARCC (Lower East Entrance) (
campus map).
Line-Up
Full-time faculty and adjunct faculty should line up in any order in the Dillon Field House by 4:00 p.m.
Graduates and faculty will assemble in the Dillon Field House before the procession.
Faculty will be seated behind the graduates on the floor.
Faculty and students will be led through the initial assembly area of the Dillion Field House and out the East Field House Entrance at the end of the ceremony.
*Note: Faculty will recess at the end of the ceremony to an area outside the building. You may return to pick up personal items from the Group Exercise Studio after everyone has exited the building.
Food and Drink
There are vending machines in the Knott ARCC.