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There are some important steps you need to take after you receive your official senate letter by email:

1. Mark your calendar
Check the convocation schedule for your ceremony date and time. In addition, you are invited to your faculty or department’s faculty celebration (if scheduled).

Schedules }

2. Confirm your in-person ceremony attendance and reserve regalia
It is important that you let us know you are coming to your ceremony and reserve your regalia in advance. 

Graduation checklist }

3. Register your guests if they're attending in-person
Convocation is an exciting and proud moment for your family, friends and loved ones. All graduands must register their guests by Monday, September 27. 

Guest registration and information }

4. Know before you go – health and safety protocols
Ensure you understand and follow our health and safety protocol that will allow you to celebrate this exciting moment and ensure that you and the SFU community are safe.

Health and safety protocols }

5. Planning your day and attending your ceremony
Better understand what will happen you arrive for your ceremony and how it all works to ensure you make the most of your convocation experience.

Planning your day }

6. Celebration tools
Celebrate your convocation day with a variety of celebration tools including an SFU cap and gown Instagram story filter, printable celebration signs, zoom backgrounds and photo stickers and frames!

Celebration tools }

7. Welcome to the Alumni Association
When you graduate, you automatically become a member of the SFU Alumni Association, a network of more than 170,000 graduates living in 140+ countries. The Alumni Association is here to keep you connected with your fellow alumni and the SFU community.

All new alumni are encouraged to update their contact information with the Alumni Office to ensure they can be kept up-to-date.

Update your contact information }

8. Download your convocation slide
Regardless of attendance you will be a part of your ceremony and you will have your name announced and have a convocation slide. Download your convocation slide as a keepsake of your achievement. Share it proudly with friends, family or on social media and use #MySFUGrad.

Download your convocation slide }

Wherever you are in the world, we invite you to celebrate your academic achievements virtually if you're unable to attend in-person.

There are some important steps you need to take after you receive your official senate letter by email:

1. Mark your calendar
Check the convocation schedule for your ceremony date and time. In addition, you are invited to your faculty or department’s faculty celebration (if scheduled).

Schedules }

2. Celebration tools
Celebrate your convocation day with a variety of celebration tools including an SFU cap and gown Instagram story filter, printable celebration signs, zoom backgrounds and photo stickers and frames!

Celebration tools }

3. Watch the live broadcast of your ceremony
Plan a virtual watch party and celebrate your accomplishments with your family and friends or watch alone in your comfy clothes! Closed captioning is available at all ceremonies and links to each live broadcast will be published on October 4.

Watch the ceremonies }

4. Welcome to the Alumni Association
When you graduate, you automatically become a member of the SFU Alumni Association, a network of more than 170,000 graduates living in 140+ countries. The Alumni Association is here to keep you connected with your fellow alumni and the SFU community.

All new alumni are encouraged to update their contact information with the Alumni Office to ensure they can be kept up-to-date.

Update your contact information }

5. Download your convocation slide
Regardless of attendance you will be a part of your ceremony and you will have your name announced and have a convocation slide. Download your convocation slide as a keepsake of your achievement. Share it proudly with friends, family or on social media and use #MySFUGrad.

Download your convocation slide }

We are excited to have guests join us for this memorable occasion!

All guests attending in-person must be registered by a graduand and are required to understand and follow our health and safety protocols. Registration is not required to watch the ceremonies virtually.

Guest registration and information }