Graduation Details

I have been working a lot on helping get everything ready for graduation tomorrow night at the Schottenstein Center and I am so excited for the graduating seniors!  After a quick trip to the Schott today we were able to get some additional details that I believe will be really helpful to senior students and parents.  I just posted them all on the counselor website so that people who don't get my blog will have access to them... so I'm going to copy it all directly here as well.

Parking map for the Schottenstein Center.  This map shows the area in blue if you have a handicap placard and green where most families will park.  Please remember that in the envelope students received at graduation rehearsal on Friday there is a red parking ticket.  You can use that for 1 car to park for free.  If you have more than 1 car, you will need to plan to pay $5 to park.

Entrance map.  Graduates will enter the building separate from families.  Seniors will be coming into the building from a door on the long-side of the building that is in between the Northeast Rotunda and the Team Shop where the bronze Brutus the Buckeye statue is located.  You can look for an OSU staff member at that entrance to allow you in the building at 6pm.  (Door is to the left of the Brutus Statue on the side of the building that you will be walking towards from the parking lot (North side).  All families have their tickets electronically and you will use the e-ticket to enter the building.  Families will enter through one of the 4 rotundas and your ticket specifies exactly which rotunda you will be allowed to enter through so double check before waiting in the line.

Parent guide to graduation at the Schott.  The Schottenstein Center has VERY specific guidelines and requirements for students and families.  Some things won't be a surprise - they want masks worn at all times, but others are more specifically detailed such as no purses or bags.  (Wristlets no larger than 5x8x1 are acceptable.)  You will want to read through the full details of all of their guidelines and expectations just to be sure you know what to do and expect.

The other big suggestion I have for you is to make plans for where to meet outside after the ceremony is over.  Seniors will exit directly outside... and that is a great place for lots of pictures with family/ friends, but you'll want to have a vicinity to try to find one another easier.  

It's going to be an exciting day...