The commencement ceremony recognizing the achievements of students having completed all requirements for the degree is an honored tradition. It is at this time the graduates are invested with the doctoral hood representing the University and the discipline of dentistry and it is when graduates take an oath for the profession of dentistry. The recitation of the Oath symbolizes a commitment to respect the privileges inherent in the degree.
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All students in the College of Dentistry are required to participate in the commencement ceremonies.
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Students who have circumstances that may prevent attendance at commencement must submit a written statement of non-participation a minimum of two (2) weeks prior to the commencement date to the Dean for Student Affairs. Alternate arrangements for recitation of the oath will be required.
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Students are eligible for the current ceremony as a spring or summer graduate.
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Students completing requirements for the Doctor of Dental Surgery degree to be awarded in the fall semester will participate in the commencement exercises the following year.
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Recitation of the Oath - the College of Dentistry uses as its official oath an adaptation of the original Oath of Hippocrates and further developed by the Faculty of the College of Dentistry.
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Graduates may be individually hooded by an immediate family member, if the family member is a dentist with a D.D.S. or D.M.D. degree. The definition of “immediate family member” includes any person related by blood or marriage (e.g. parent, grandparent, spouse, sibling)
