Invite others to share in your accomplishments when you graduate.
For the graduate, his family and his friends, the achievement of a milestone after much work is an exciting event that calls for special recognition. The ceremony itself has traditionally been attended by each graduate's own personal fan club, but more and more, venue limitations have required graduates to restrict how many people they bring. Consequently, graduation parties have become more popular, as has sending graduation announcements rather than invitations. No matter whether you're sending a formal ceremony invitation or a party invite, you still need to know proper etiquette.
Instructions
1. Send the appropriate invitation or announcement. If you can only bring a set number of guests to your graduation ceremony, don't invite more than you can bring. Although it may be difficult to limit your list of special friends and family members, you do not want to officially send an invitation only to have to tell someone later that she cannot attend the ceremony. Send a graduation announcement instead. Optionally, you can host a graduation party to give those unable to attend the ceremony a chance to celebrate with you. You can make that part of your graduation announcement.
2. Determine who should receive your invitation or announcement. Graduation invitation recipients often feel they should send the graduate a congratulatory gift. If you wish, you can print "No gifts please" on your invitation. It is still a good idea, though, to send invitations only to those who personally know you are graduating soon.
3. Address the inner envelope informally. There are normally inner and outer envelopes that come with invitations and announcements. Each has its own protocol. The inner envelope does not have a gummed flap and should include a less formal, hand-addressed name, like Grandma and Grandpa or Aunt Mary. This is the envelope that the actual invitation or announcement will go in. Make sure that the front of the invitation faces the flap of the envelope.
4. Address the outer envelope formally. The outer envelope has the gummed flap and is the mailing envelope. Address it with the name and street address, without using abbreviations. Address both the inner envelope and the mailing envelope by hand in black or blue ink in your best handwriting. Place the inner envelope inside the mailing or outer envelope so that you see the name on the inner envelope when you first remove it.
5. Send graduation Invitations between 10 and 14 days prior to the event. Graduation announcements can be sent as much as two weeks after the ceremony, as they are meant to let people know you have graduated.
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