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Faculty & Staff Information

Date: Friday, May 8, 2026
Time: Please arrive by 5:00 p.m. | Ceremony and Processional begin at 6:00 p.m. 
Location: University of Dayton Arena | 1801 Edwin C. Moses Blvd., Dayton, OH 45408 

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Cap and Gown Pick-up

If you ordered regalia through Sinclair, it will be available for pick up Tuesday, May 5 through Thursday, May 7, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Campus Store located on the first floor of Building 7 on the Dayton Campus. Please contact the Campus Store at 937-512-2665 or campusstore@sinclair.edu with any questions.

Parking and Building Entrance

  • Please be sure to arrive at the University of Dayton Arena by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 8. 
  • Please enter Gate C and park. In consideration of your exit from the parking lot at the end of the event, you may want to park near an exit. Please note that there are multiple exits from the parking lot: Gates A, B, C & D off Edwin C. Moses Blvd., two driveways off Arena Park Drive (near the baseball/soccer fields) and two exits on the North side of the parking lot onto Harriet Street.
  • Report to the LOADING DOCK entrance at the back of the arena dressed in your regalia.
  • YOU WILL BE GOING THROUGH A METAL DETECTOR. Please visit the UD Arena Security webpage for accepted and prohibited items. If you exit the arena for any reason, you will be required to pass through security again before re-entering.

Processional Line Up

  • The Processional will begin promptly at 6:00 p.m. Please line up and process through the arena in pairs. Process IN FRONT OF or BEHIND  the person you would like to sit next to in the arena. When walking down the center aisle, do not leave large gaps between pairs. Tassels are worn on the left side of the cap.
  • All are expected to process unless there is a health-related or other accessibility issue necessitating pre-seating. If processing down the arena stairs is a health or safety concern for you, please contact Sinclair’s Accessibility Services to reserve accessible seating.

The Ceremony 

The Processional for Faculty and Staff will be led by Debbie Strehle, President of the Faculty Senate, and Carolyn Reno, President of the Department Chair’s Council. The faculty and staff will be seated in Sections 108 and 109 behind the stage. The rows of seating will be filled from the bottom up.

  • Faculty members will be asked to stand along with graduates as the degrees are conferred. Provost Dr. Rena Sebor will prompt faculty, staff and graduates; please listen carefully for her instructions.
  • At the end of the ceremony, PLEASE REMAIN SEATED UNTIL THE STAGE PARTY HAS CLEARED THE ARENA BOWL. Faculty and staff will exit through doors behind sections 108 and 109. All are expected to remain until the ceremony concludes.
  • Please remember that any regalia purchased for you is yours to take home and maintain for future commencement ceremonies.

Accessibility Services

If processing down the arena stairs is a health or safety concern for you, please contact Sinclair’s Accessibility Services to reserve accessible seating.

Interpreting services will be available for those with hearing impairments. Interpreters will be stationed on the lower portion of Section 109 (on the right as you look at the stage). For best access, please line up for the procession on the right and at the front. Please contact Emily Hudson at (937) 512-3400 or emily.hudson@sinclair.edu for any questions.