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Arrival & Timeline

5:30 – 6:30 p.m. | Graduate Arrival

Check-In

• Graduate check-in time is from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. This means you may check in as early as 5:30 p.m. and no later than 6:30 p.m.
• Follow the signage for graduate check-in outside Entry/Lobby 3.
• There is NO rehearsal. 
• Following check-in, graduates will follow signage to the line-up area in the auxiliary gym. 

Name Cards & Regalia

To participate in the ceremony, your name card and regalia are required. 

• Your name card will be used by the name reader when you walk across the stage during the ceremony.
• Keep your name card with you at all times until then.
• Regalia includes a cap, gown, tassel.

6:00 p.m. | Doors open to public

• Public doors will open to guests at 6 p.m. Guests can enter through Entries/Lobbies 1 or 2.
• Due to increased security measures, attendees are encouraged to arrive early and well before the ceremony start time of 7 p.m.

6:30 p.m. | Instructions & line-up

• Ceremony instructions and graduate line up will start promptly at 6:30 p.m. to ensure the ceremony begins on time.

• Graduates will not be able to leave any personal items in the graduate line up area; please plan accordingly.

• Enjoy your moment and the festivities as you wait for the ceremony to begin!

  • Celebrate with friends, faculty, and a live DJ.

  • Take photos at the photo booth.

  • Decorate your cap at the alumni table.

7:00 p.m. | Ceremony begins

• The ceremony usually lasts under two hours, ending around 9 p.m.

Parking

Parking is free for both graduates and guests.

• View the map below for all available parking.
• There will be parking attendants on site to assist.
• Handicapped parking is limited.
  • Family and friends who cannot walk a distance may be dropped off at the front of arena.
  • Entries/Lobbies 1 or 2 of the Arena have elevators available if family or friends cannot climb stairs.

Shuttles will be available to and from the  from 5 – 10 p.m. the day of the ceremony.

Commencement Parking Map

Seating

Graduate Seating

Graduate seating is not assigned.

• The first row is reserved for GED graduates.
• The remaining rows are for degree and certificate graduates.

Review the map below.

• The map shows the line-up area and the arena floor.
• Seating in the line-up area is the mirror image of seating in the arena.
• Coordinate with guests on where to sit based on the side chosen in the line-up area.
• On the map, graduates sit on the floor in the red and blue areas. 

Guest Seating

• Guests will sit in the orange, purple, and green areas indicated on the map linked below.

Graduate & Guest Seating Maps