Start planning now for your travel to and from Commencement on May 22!
The graduate student processional will begin by 3:45 p.m., with the formal ceremony starting a few minutes after 4 p.m. Graduate candidates and guests should plan to arrive between 2:30 p.m. – 3 p.m., arriving by 3 p.m. at the latest.
Graduates, Stevens employees, and guests may drive to the PNC Bank Arts Center, they may choose to take a bus from the Stevens campus, or they may take a NJ Transit train (requires a cab/car service between the train station and the venue). Please see details below about parking, buses, and public transportation.
When completing the Commencement RSVP form, students who indicate that they will travel to the venue via Stevens Bus will receive a separate link to purchase bus tickets for their party. The deadline to purchase bus tickets is Friday, May 10. Students are strongly encouraged to purchase their bus tickets as soon as the registration link is made available.
For the Graduate ceremony, buses will depart between 12:45 pm and 1:45 pm for graduates and guests who have reserved a seat; graduates and guests may arrive anytime during that timeframe. Unfortunately, buses will not depart after 1:45 pm, so please arrive on time. Graduate ceremony buses will leave from PNC Bank Arts Center to return to campus immediately following the ceremony until 8:30 pm.
Graduates and guests may also take NJ Transit to Aberdeen/Matawan station, and then call a cab or car service to take you from the train station to PNC Bank Arts Center (distance is about 4 miles). More info on NJ Transit available here: https://www.njtransit.com/