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But chagrined Kent State University officials were caught off-guard when more graduating students than expected showed up for one of the three commencement ceremonies last weekend. As a result, some of those graduating wound up watching most of the event from a nearby student center.

The University of Akron also had an unusually high number of graduating students attend one of its ceremonies. However, officials there had enough notice to find seats for all of them.

Why the graduation ceremonies drew more interest this year is a mystery to planners, but the gaffe has KSU re-evaluating the way it estimates how many people are likely to show up.

Area college officials spend months calculating the number of eligible students who will choose to "walk" at graduation. They monitor cap and gown purchases junior red dresses , issue tickets for guests or require those graduating to register.

KSU lace bridal dresses lace bridal dresses, which relies solely on student registration, had accommodated graduating students and their guests for years in 6, bridesmaid dresses uk bridesmaid dresses uk000 seats at the Memorial Athletic and Convocation Center, said Provost Robert Frank.

While the university found spots on bleachers for more than 100 unexpected graduating students on Saturday, 73 had to watch the ceremony in the nearby student center, along with 425 guests.

"Graduation is very emotional time for people and they don't have much charity in their hearts if it does not work out as they imagine," Frank said on Tuesday. "We understand that. We are disappointed too. We work hard to make it a good day."

About 600 graduating students were expected at the Saturday evening event, but about 800 showed up, he said.

"We never had a problem like this and the genesis of the problem was that more showed up than had RSVP'd," he said. "It is sort of like people coming to your house for a cocktail party without an RSVP."

Frank said he did not know why so many graduating students decided to attend that ceremony for several academic colleges, including the school of nursing. Overall, more than 1,900 of the 4 online wedding dresses online wedding dresses, garden wedding dresses 000 eligible KSU students attended a graduation ceremony.

Those who spent most of Saturday's ceremony in another building did walk across the stage and were recognized. But many and their families were irate. Frank posted an apology on the university website and said the 73 would receive a free graduation picture and DVD of the ceremony.

"We will do a systematic review of every step of the process," he said. "We will change the system to assure confidence that there will be seats for everyone. We could go to tickets or not let students walk if they did not RSVP. We haven't settled on any one solution."

Cleveland State University, which will hold graduation ceremonies this weekend,tracks its eligible graduates from the moment they buy a cap and gown at the bookstore, said Barbara Smith, manager of special events in the president's office, who has organized the event for 14 years.

When they buy their caps and gowns , students receive up to six tickets and must fill out and submit an information card.

About 1,200 of the 2,000 eligible are expected to attend graduation on Saturday during two ceremonies held at the Wolstein Center, she said. Students can request more tickets since the center seats 13,000.

Smith recalls only one ceremony that graduating students and guests clamored to attend -- when comedian Drew Carey was presented an honorary degree in 2000.

"Tickets were being Xeroxed," she said. "Everybody wanted to be here. We were able to fit them all in."

The University of Akron held four ceremonies over three days last weekend because the number of graduating students has increased and the E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Center only holds 3,600, summer dresses wedding guests said Charles Fey, we offer mother of the bride dresses,plus size mother of the bride dresses as well as tea length mother of the bride dresses vice president for student engagement and success.

Eligible students register at the registrar's office and receive up to five tickets, he said. When they buy their cap and gown, the bookstore sends the information to the registrar, he said.

Fey said each year about 40 to 50 students who register and buy a cap and gown don't attend their ceremony, while up to 10 may show up at the last minute and want to participate. Extra caps and gowns are available at the hall, he said.

This year officials realized more students than expected had registered to attend one ceremony, he said.

"Engineering usually has a 45 percent rate of participating, but this year it exceeded 88 percent," Fey said. So the university planned for the overflow, placing chairs and a video screen in the lobby and readying a nearby auditorium. About 40 guests sat in the lobby, he said.

All graduating students were inside where the ceremony was taking place.

Referring to the problems KSU had in seating, cocktail party dress Fey said, "I'm sure they were just dying up there."