Ticket Information

• Tickets are required for all guests to attend Commencement ceremonies.
• Each graduate will be granted 8 guest tickets for their academic college's Commencement ceremony.
• If additional guest tickets become available, graduates who have submitted an RSVP to attend will be contacted directly. Extra tickets are not guaranteed and will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.
• Tickets are free of charge, and cannot be bought or sold.
  Students who sell tickets will be reported to the Office of Student Conduct for appropriate action that may include denial of access to participate in Commencement.
• Graduates do not need tickets for themselves.
• Children under the age of 3 (1 or 2 years old) who will sit on a guardian's lap during the ceremony do not require a ticket.
• Possession of a ticket does not guarantee admittance. The ticket must have a valid QR code to gain entry.
• Each ceremony has its own specific ticket. Guests cannot use a ticket for one academic college's ceremony to enter a different college's ceremony.
• 2026 Winter Commencement ceremonies is only for Fall 2026 graduates. If a graduate registers and claims guest tickets for 2026 Winter Commencement but later updates their expected graduation term to any other term other than Fall 2026, their ceremony registration will be canceled, and their guest tickets will be invalidated.

Livestream (with closed captioning)

The University will livestream each ceremony so that family and friends can view their graduate’s recognition from anywhere. On December 19, 2026, the feed will go live on the Commencement Homepage.