INTERNAL REGULATIONS

Rules for the Degree Conferral Ceremony

HIGHER ADMINISTRATION OF THE ALVES FARIA UNIVERSITY CENTER

Rector: Professor Nelson de Carvalho Filho

Manager of the Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Extension Office and Service Center: Marcia Correia da Silva.

COORDINATORS:

Business Courses: Prof. Ma. Maria Regina da Silva Lima

Communication Courses: Prof. Dr. Patrícia Quitero Rosenzweig

Right:  Prof. Dr. André Pereira Reinert Tokarski

Architecture and Urbanism: Prof. Ma. Paola Regina Monteiro

Civil Engineering Course Engineering and Electrical Engineering: Special Prof. Higor de Albuquerque

Computer Engineering, Software Engineering and Information Systems Course: Prof. Me Rubio Sergio Torquato de Melo

Production Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Course: Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Lisita Ribera

Psychology Course: Professor Dr. Hérica Landi de Brito

Pedagogy Course: Prof. Ma. Rosimeire Maria Fortuna Costa

Aesthetics and Cosmetics Course: Special Prof. Lady Daiana Cabral Santa Cruz

CHAPTER I

OBJECTIVES AND PURPOSES

Art. 1 – The purpose of this Regulation is to establish the rules and procedures for the solemn and public Graduation Ceremony sessions of the Higher Education Courses of UNIALFA – Centro Universitário Alves Faria.

Art. 2 – In compliance with the institutions supported by the National Committee for Public Ceremonies (CNCP) and the General Order of Proceedings (Decree 70,274 of 06/09/1972), UNIALFA resolves to issue these Internal Regulations, which will regulate the protocol of all the Institution's Degree Conferral ceremonies.

Art. 3 – The Degree Conferral Ceremony is an official act carried out in a solemn and public session, on a day and time previously set by UNIALFA.

Art. 4 – The Graduation Ceremony is a mandatory requirement for the issuance of the diploma.

Art. 5 – Only students who have completed the course curriculum, as provided for in the General Regulations of this institution, may request participation in the Graduation Ceremony.

Sole Paragraph: Course completion is understood as completion, with approval of all curricular components listed below, and regular status in relation to the National Student Performance Exam (Enade):

• Disciplinary contents;
• Complementary activities;
• Supervised internships;
• Final course work or monograph;
• And other mandatory requirements for each course.

Art. 6 – The Graduation Ceremony must be requested by the student himself, at the Service Center, within the period established and previously published in the Institutional Academic Calendar.

CHAPTER II

OF THE ACT OF CONFERRAL OF DEGREE

Art. 7 – The Graduation Ceremony symbolizes the pinnacle in the development of a graduate, as it is through it that the institution presents him/her to society as a professional academically qualified to carry out his/her activity.

For this reason, out of respect for the efforts made by students and their families, appropriate formality must be observed, compatible with the importance of the moment for the lives of those involved.

Art. 8 UNIALFA carries out two types of graduations:

• Traditional Graduation Ceremony

This is a graduation ceremony that takes place in a public place, in the presence of the Rector, Professors, Speaker, Honorees, Speaker and other students and their guests. The date is set by the University Center and is published in the academic calendar.

It brings together all morning and evening courses (joint). It is held in the Maria Dilda Alves Auditorium and is free of charge for the student. Graduates and members of the panel wear gowns provided by the Institution.

• Extraordinary Graduation Ceremony

It is carried out on an extraordinary basis when the graduate needs, exceptionally, to graduate outside of the official dates of the academic calendar, in accordance with the rules established in Resolution 002/2017 of March 14, 2017.

Art. 9 – All ceremonies are official acts and recorded in minutes. UNIALFA hopes that the graduation ceremony will remain in the memory of all graduates, as the hallmark of an indisputable victory.

CHAPTER III

OF THE PROCEDURES

Art. 10 – Degree Conferral ceremonies will be presided over by the Rector or the representative designated by him, and must be organized in accordance with the guidelines established in these Regulations.

Art. 11 – The Degree Conferral Ceremony is an official, formal and legal act of the institution in accordance with MEC regulations.

Art. 12 – Degree Conferral Ceremonies will be held in strict compliance with the Institutional Academic Calendar.

Art. 13 – Simultaneous Extraordinary Degree Conferrals, i.e. on the same day and time, will not be permitted.

Art. 14 – Only lists of graduates issued by the General Secretariat of Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Research and Extension courses, responsible for registering and controlling student records, are recognized by the IES as official, and these lists will be recognized as Official Minutes of the Degree Conferral Ceremonies after the ceremony.

CHAPTER IV

ARRANGEMENTS BEFORE THE CEREMONY

According to the protocol rules of the graduation ceremony of UNIALFA – Centro Universitário Alves Faria, the following are prohibited:

1. Use noise pollution instruments;
2. Make exhibitionist gestures;
3. Display balloons, banners, posters, among others;
4. Drink alcoholic beverages;
5. Use pyrotechnic resources, dry ice smoke, laser pen, toxic, polluting, flammable and similar products;
6. Unauthorized persons accompanying the graduate to receive the “straw” that symbolizes the diploma;
7. Using inappropriate music.

Art. 16 – At the Graduation Ceremony, the course representatives in the solemn acts will be:

1. A speaker;
2. A swearer;
3. Two representatives for the awarding of degrees;
4. A representative to honor the parents;
5. A representative to honor the administrative employee.

• 1st – All representatives will be selected by drawing lots. Interested parties must register on the UNIALFA website, on the Graduation Ceremony page. The drawing will be mediated by the Marketing and Events Management, on a date and time previously announced on the website, so that participants can attend if they wish. Registration will be held in June for graduates who graduate on June 30th, and in December for graduates who graduate on December 31st of each current year. At the time of registration, the graduate will choose only one role to perform at the graduation ceremony, and a new registration for a new role will not be accepted.
• 2nd – The employee of the UNIALFA Administrative Staff to be honored will also be chosen by drawing lots. Each graduate may nominate the employee of his/her choice. No more than one nomination from the same graduate will be accepted.

Teachers are not part of the administrative staff, but rather of the teaching staff. Nominations that include the names of teachers will be automatically disregarded.

• 3rd – The speaker's speech, the tribute to parents and the employee will be written by the selected students, and should not be specific to their course, but rather include all courses in the ceremony. The text of the oath is official and will be made available by the HEI.

The text paying tribute to the administrative employee will be printed on a plaque and must have a maximum of 15 lines. The cost of printing the plaque is covered by UNIALFA.

The speaker's speech must be a maximum of 10 (ten) minutes long and the tribute to parents 5 (five) minutes.

All texts should be sent to the email priscylla.salomao@www.unialfa.com.br from the Marketing and Events Management, 20 (twenty) days in advance of the graduation date, for due knowledge and evaluation of the content.

The winner who does not send the text within the deadline will be automatically replaced by another graduate drawn by the Marketing and Events Management.

• 3rd – Each course will only have one function in the solemn act.

CHAPTER V

PROTOCOL RULES OF THE CEREMONY

Art. 17 – The members of the board of directors, except for the administrative body, will be nominated by the graduates. The members of the grandstand will also be nominated. These members must be individuals recognized for their intellectual, ethical and moral merits, with good services rendered to society, especially in the activities related to the courses. The nomination will be made via the website, and each graduate may make only one nomination. Those who receive the highest number of nominations will be chosen.

Sole Paragraph – Authorities will be classified as:

1. Patron;
2. Godmother;
3. Class Name;
4. Honored professor;

As graduations are held at the junction of courses, The patron and the godfather will be only one per graduation. Only the name of the class and professors honored will be one (1) for each course. We would like to point out that the name of the class and the honored teacher do not make up the table, we reserve the podium of honor for them.

Art. 18 – The Graduation Ceremony itinerary will be handled by UNIALFA’s Marketing/Events Management.

Art. 19 – It is mandatory that there be a rehearsal before the event, which must be held on the day of the graduation ceremony at 5:00 p.m. in the space where the event will be held. The UNIALFA representative will attend with the official list and monitor the development of the activities, in accordance with the rules established by the HEI.

Art. 20 – The Master of Ceremonies at the graduation ceremony is the responsibility of UNIALFA.

Art. 21 – The ceremony will start at 7:00 p.m., and any graduate who is not present at this time will not participate.

Art. 22 – The Brazilian National Anthem may not be performed by a music band, choir or solo singer. Only the original Anthem recorded on CD will be accepted. No other type of rhythm may be used in the Anthem (e.g.: SEBRAE institutional DVD).

Art. 23 – At the Graduation Ceremony there will always be the following flags:

1. Country;
2. State;
3. Municipality;
4. Institution.

Art. 24 – The board will be composed only of the following authorities:

• 1st – Mandatory:

1. Rector;
2. Godmother;
3. Patron;
4. Course Coordinator;
5. Representative of the General Secretariat;
6. President of the Regional Council (if any).

Art. 25 Graduates must line up in alphabetical order (student and course) to receive their straws, which symbolize their graduation.

Sole Paragraph – The Dean or his designated representative will always deliver the first straw.

Art. 26 – At the Graduation Ceremony there will be only three speeches: Rector, Speaker and Class Valedictorian.

• 1st – Under no circumstances will more than one speaker be allowed to speak on behalf of the graduates.
• 2nd – During speeches, projection of images on screens will not be permitted, except those of the person speaking.
• 3rd – No artistic or cultural presentations will be permitted during the graduation ceremony.

Art. 27 – According to the protocol rules of the graduation ceremony of UNIALFA – Centro Universitário Alves Faria, guests and graduates are prohibited from:

1. Use of any noise pollution instruments;
2. Make exhibitionist gestures;
3. Display balloons, banners, posters, among others;
4. Drink alcoholic beverages;
5. Enter the Graduation Ceremony venue carrying food and drinks of any kind;
6. Use pyrotechnic resources, dry ice smoke, laser pen, toxic, polluting, flammable and similar products;
7. Unauthorized persons accompanying the graduate to receive the “straw” that symbolizes the diploma;
8. Using inappropriate music.

Art. 28 – Guests will be allowed to enter the Graduation Ceremony venue from 6:30 p.m. onwards, with their individual invitation. Graduates must pick up their invitations at the Marketing Center, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday. We emphasize that under no circumstances will guests enter without presenting an individual invitation.

Sole Paragraph: The number of invitations will be established according to the number of students registered for each graduation ceremony.

Art. 29 – If the established rules and guidelines are not followed, the formal and public act of the degree conferral may be suspended by the Rector or his legal substitute, and will be rescheduled, with the date, time, place and conditions established by the Institution.

Art. 30 – Cases of omissions will be submitted to the decision of the Internal Degree Conferral Committee and the UNIALFA Rectorate.