DIRECTIONS - PLEASE READ!

Our graduation will be held at the Large Academic Hall, Russian Academy of Sciences. Please note that all graduates and guests must be there at 10 am. Any late persons may be denied entrance. There are two ways to get there.

1st is by using prebet sapu. Use this address to get there.
Большой Зал Академии РАН, Ленинский Проспект Дом 32 А

2nd is by using the metro. For metro, here is the directions to our graduation hall.
1. Take the orange line metro to Leninsky Prospekt station
2. If you are travelling from the center, exit the metro from the head of the train.
3. On street level, turn left and follow the road. There should be open space on the right and buildings on your left.
4. At the end of the road, within close proximity of the Yuri Gagarin statue, there will be an underground pedestrian bypass. Travel under it to the other side of the road.
5. Exit the tunnel and turn right. Follow the road. When you are approaching the car park, the entrance should be seen.

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Gowns, Yearbooks and Hall Invitations!

IMPORTANT UPDATE - Everyone must go to the Dean's Office after 11 am on this Tuesday, 23rd June to get their graduation gowns, yearbooks and hall invitation tickets. Make sure you remember this!

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Seating Arrangements & More

A few updates here. A sample of seating arrangements are with us. Click below to see it. Seating will be given by the end of this week. In general, the arrangements will be done in this order from front to the back - 1st gold medalist, red diploma holders, organizing committees, russian medium groups, english medium groups.


In addition, robes and photoalbums will be ready by this 23rd of June. For collection, wait conformations this coming Friday 19th.

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Flowers Flowers!!!

Last orders for flowers!!! Anybody who wants to order flowers on the graduation day please contact Ken with the number provided. Please order by 18th June because time is needed to prepare them. Have a look at the samples below. 350 rubles per order.

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Final Examinations Are Coming!

Some new recent developments for everybody. There's an update from the dean's saying that Final MCQ Examination will be on the 5th of June 2009. For Final Oral Examination, it will be on either 11th OR 12th June 2009. Although still not confirmed fully, these dates seem to be final to them.

Additionally some not so good news. Due to unforeseen rising costs, extra payments must be made for guests attending the ceremony. Here's the breakdown:

• 800 rubles for the 1st 2 guests EACH
  
• 850 for the next guests EACH
  
• Yes, you can now bring more than two guests
  
• No limit is placed per graduate on number of guests. So if you have all your extended family coming, they are very much welcomed
  
• However, places are still limited. Additional guests allowed will be given based on 1st come 1st serve basis
  
• This new cost doesn't apply to graduates who are not bringing in guests
  
• The possibility of bringing in childrens into the hall is currently unknown. Will be advised later
  
• Payments and number of guests must be given to hostel representatives
  
• For more information, contact the committee
  

The committee has also decided about getting MMA emblems on the graduation robes. The emblems will cost 60 rubles each for every graduate. To obtain the emblems, payments for it are needed urgently by the end of this week. Please do forward payments to your hostel representatives. Thank you.

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Graduation Hall Set!

We also got confirmation about our graduation hall. The hall belongs to Russian Science Academy, located near Leninsky Prospekt Metro. There are too many picture to put on here, so here are some put up just for preview.

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