Commencement Participation and Diploma Mailing Instructions
Complete and return this form to the UMW Registrar’s Office, 710 S. Atlantic, Dillon, MT 59725 no later than Friday, March 18, 2016Please print clearly and legibly. This form should be returned even if you do not plan to participate in ceremonies as it provides diploma mailing instructions to us.
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Last Name First Name Middle Name Today’s Date
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Current mailing address (Street/Box Number, City, State, & Zip) Student ID Number e-mail address
Check all items/activities you plan to attend:
___ I plan to participate in Baccalaureate ceremonies on Friday evening May 6, 2016.
___ I plan to participate in the 119th Annual Commencement Exercises on Saturday morning, May 7, 2016, at 11:00 am.
(Please reserve graduation attire for me.) **complete the Commencement Name Pronunciation Form on reverse.
___ I will NOT participate in Commencement exercises. Be sure to complete the Diploma Mailing Instructions section below.
DIPLOMA MAILING INSTRUCTIONS (Do not detach)
_____ Please hold my diploma and diploma cover. I will pick them up at the Registrar’s Office or send mailing instructions later.
Spring 2016 graduates’ diplomas should be available for pick-up in late June or early July.
_____ I graduated at the end of Summer or Fall 2015, and have already received my diploma.
_____ Please mail my diploma cover and/or insert to the address below. Provide accurate mailing/address information. Please print legibly.
Mail To Whom:_(graduate name)______
PO Box or Street:______
City, State & ZIP:______
The University of Montana Western
Commencement Name Pronunciation Form
119th Commencement – Saturday, May 7, 2016
Who Should Complete This Form – eligible candidates for graduation who plan to attend the commencement ceremony (see date above) and who want to be sure their names are pronounced correctly during the ceremony.
In the space below your name is listed as you indicated on your Application for Graduation that you want it to appear on your diploma. Immediately below that, please write the phonetic pronunciation of your name. This information will aid the person who reads names and should eliminate the possibility that your name is mispronounced during the ceremony.
Name as you listed it on your Application for Graduation:
On the line below, please provide the Phonetic Spelling* of Your Name – listed above (add any other information that might help with pronunciation…see Examples below):
*Examples: Name is Spelled But Pronounced (*spell how your name sounds)
Laurin……………………loo - ray -or- lu - ray
Wibaux…………………..we - bow -or- wee – bo (long “o”)
Missoula…………………miz - oo - la
Stephan…………………..ste - fon -or- ste - fawn (ste – as in step)
Stephan…………………..ste - fen (ste – as in step) (fen rhymes with ‘pen’)
Stephan…………………..ste (long “e” as in ‘we’) - ven (ven rhymes with ‘pen’)
Erin………………………air - in
Erin………………………earn (rhymes with ‘burn’)
Johnson…………………..jon – son
Johnson…………………..yo – hawn – sen (hawn rhymes with ‘lawn’)
Chavez…………………...shaw – vezz (shaw rhymes with ‘paw’)
Be sure to return this completed form to the UMW Registrars Office (Montana Western, 710 S. Atlantic, Dillon, MT 59725) with your Commencement Participation & Diploma Mailing Instructions on the reverse no later than Friday, March 18, 2016
Phone number to contact you: ______
E-mail address to contact you: ______
Thanks for your assistance.