Ready or not, graduation is just around the corner. From now until the Big Day, the Office of Alumni Relations in coordination with the Commencement Committee will provide you with reminders and tips for graduation.  Please be sure to read your email and remind your friends to do so as well.

Tip #1:

Check your campus mailbox for the Commencement Information Booklet. If you are like the many seniors who only check their campus box once a semester, it is time to make your way to the student center.  The Commencement booklet will tell you the dates of graduation, when to pick up tickets and all other important information that your parents have not stopped asking you about since September.

Tip #2:

Commencement Breakfast: In keeping with a favorite tradition, a Commencement Breakfast may be offered on Saturday, May 11.  Follow this link for registration details.

Tip #3:

Don’t forget to give to Senior Circle! 

Tip #4:

Ticket Pick-up Dates

If rain forces commencement into the HPER your guests will need tickets to attend.  Each graduating senior receives 6 tickets that must be picked up at the Student Center Post Office, with student I.D. and signature, on one of the dates mentioned below:

Monday, April 29:  9 am-6 pm

Tuesday, April 30:  9 am-6 pm

Wednesday, May 1:  9 am-6 pm

Thursday, May 2:  9 am-6 pm

Friday, May 3:  9 am-6 pm

Parking

Parking will be available at the following locations:
-Handicap access only behind Recitation and Carnegie (by way of the Plum Street entrance, E. and W. Campus Drive will be closed)
-Student Center
-Krieg Lot

Seating

Access to Commencement Hollow will be restricted until 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 11. Guests must be seated by 11:00 a.m. *Umbrellas are not permitted as they block the view of others If graduation is held in the HPER center, the doors will open at 9:00 a.m. Special seating has been arranged for the physically disabled at the indoor and outdoor locations.