Volunteers

We’re looking for volunteers to help create a memorable experience for graduating Anteaters!

Commencement ceremonies will be held June 14-17.

Volunteers will assist with graduate check-in, volunteer and faculty check-in, graduate name card distribution, line-up staffing, assisting graduates to their seats and stage management. What volunteers can expect 
  • Each shift is approximately 3 - 3.5 hours at the Bren Events Center.
  • Sign up by completing the volunteer form by Friday, June 7th 2024.
  • Volunteers can sign up for one or more shifts and will be assigned to work all shifts they indicate on the volunteer form.
  • Grab-and-go snacks,coffee and water will be provided throughout the day for volunteers to take a quick break in the staff-designated area.
  • Volunteers will be able to attend a virtual volunteer training session in June. We will also be hosting an optional on-site open house at the Bren Events Center to be held Thursday, June 13th. Exact times and dates for these sessions have not yet been determined. Volunteers will receive an email with details closer to June.
Volunteer qualifications
  • Volunteers will need to follow all safety and public health guidelines in place at time of the event.
  • Volunteers are provided a Commencement volunteer shirt and are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes.

Registration link coming soon...

Staff Volunteers

Participate in the wonderful experience and excitement of graduation at UCI!
  • Positions are available for all four days.
  • Please volunteer for as many ceremonies as you like. 
  • Signups will open in early 2024.
  • Signups close Friday, June 7 at 5 p.m.
 

Volunteer Positions

Graduate Check-in – Check graduates in as they arrive to lineup. Graduates will display their grad pass QR code on their phone while staff use provided iPads to scan each graduate in. Match the graduate with the correct name card and give them any lineup instructions. Bachelor Student Lineup - Organize lineup and assist bachelor candidates with regalia. Lead bachelor candidates into the Bren Events Center arena. Masters Student Lineup - Organize lineup and assist masters candidates with regalia. Lead masters candidates into the Bren Events Center arena.  Graduate Hooding Student Lineup-Organize lineup for graduates and their faculty hooters by school and assist them with regalia. Lead candidates and faculty hooders into the Bren Events Center arena.  Volunteer Check-in – Using provided iPads, Check in all volunteers as they arrive for their shift. Assist with credentials, pins, volunteer shirts,and any questions about assignment location. Faculty Hooder Check-in – Check in faculty hooders as they arrive for the Graduate Hooding ceremony. Assist with getting them to their graduate’s line up area to lineup on time. Name Display/ Scanner- Assist with the technology that helps display graduates names on the video board as they cross the stage. Volunteers in these roles are near the stage and either scan name cards while graduates approach the stage or advance names on a laptop, perfectly timing their name to be displayed as their name is called.  Graduate Seating- Assist graduates into their seat before the start of the ceremony. Pull them to stage when it is their time to cross the stage, and assist them as they exit the ceremony.

Student Volunteers

Banner Carriers Banner Carriers play a prestigious and important role in the Commencement ceremonies, leading the Bachelor's candidates or Platform Party down the aisle and directing graduating students to and from the stage. They are selected from current UCI student applicants who are not graduating in 2024. Several Banner Carriers are needed for each ceremony. Selected Banner Carriers are required to attend a rehearsal. They do not need tickets to enter the Bren Events Center for their volunteer position, but are required to check in one hour before the ceremony begins. If you've been selected, you will be notified via email with information regarding rehearsal location and time. It is important that volunteers in this role are able to commit to the ceremony/ceremonies they sign up for.  Volunteer to be a Banner Carrier »   National Anthem Singers
  • Auditions are open to any current UCI student or group of students and will be held on Friday, April 19th from 3 to 6 p.m. in Winifred Smith Hall in the Claire Trevor School of the Arts (#710 on the campus map).
  • Singers will be notified via email if they are selected to sing at one of the Commencement ceremonies.
  • Selected Singers do not need a ticket to enter the Bren Events Center for the ceremony but will need to check in one hour before the ceremony begins.
Sign up to audition here »Â