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Media Passes Are Required For Coverage of UMass Amherst Undergraduate Commencement

May 21, 2008

PRESS ADVISORY

Undergraduate Ceremony is Saturday, May 24

AMHERST, Mass. – Media passes will be required to gain access to the field at Warren P. McGuirk Alumni Stadium for coverage of the Undergraduate Commencement ceremonies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst on Saturday, May 24, at 12:30 p.m.

All reporters and photographers, including those from on-campus media outlets, must contact the Office of News and Information at 413/545-0444 to obtain passes for the ceremony.

Passes will be available for pick-up on the second floor of Munson Hall, room 200. Unless other arrangements are made, it is strongly advised that media representatives obtain their passes by 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 22.

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