| 5:30pm | Arrival and reception (find your seats, grab a drink, mingle) |
| 6:30pm | Welcome, prayer, and dinner begins |
| 8:00pm | Toast to family and friends |
| 8:10pm | Toast to graduates |
| 8:20pm | Awards presentation |
| 9:20pm | Presentation of the Class of 2008 (the dean will probably say something nice about our class, then we will all meet in the back, put on our caps and gowns, line up in alphabetical order, and get called up to the stage individually, shake hands with the dean, receive our diploma, get hooded, and walk across the stage) |
| 10:15pm | Recite the Optometric Oath together |
| 10:20pm | Class photograph |
| 10:30pm | Photographs and goodbyes |