April 30, 2024

All graduating students have received an email with a link to the Commencement RSVP website. Students must log in to the Commencement RSVP website before this Friday, May 3, 2024 (new extended deadline - this date is FINAL) to take care of the following tasks:

RSVP for Commencement
Claim your Theater Tickets
Claim your Lawn Tickets
Request Bus Transportation between Stevens and PNC Bank Arts Center
Order a Commemorative Commencement Program 

Claiming Your Guest Tickets
Graduating students can only claim the number of tickets within their allotment.  We ask that graduates only claim the number of tickets needed so that all unclaimed tickets can be made available to other students. All unclaimed theater tickets after May 3, 2024 will become property of Stevens and will be made available for redistribution. Students will have until May 15, 2024 to claim their lawn tickets; if a students would like additional lawn tickets, they may email commencement@stevens.edu to request them. Graduates who do not claim any guest tickets by the specified deadline forfeit their right to the guest tickets and are not guaranteed guest tickets for the Commencement ceremonies.

Undergraduate Student Guest Ticket Allotment
Undergraduates participating in the May ceremony will receive 5 tickets in the theater seats and 5 tickets on the lawn at PNC Bank Arts Center.  

Graduate Student Guest Ticket Allotment
Graduate students participating in the May ceremony will receive 2 tickets in the theater seats and 4 tickets on the lawn at PNC Bank Arts Center.

General Seating Information
PNC Bank Arts Center is an outdoor venue. The theater seating is formal seating with traditional seats located under an overhead covering. The lawn seating is outdoors, without cover, on a lawn area behind the theater seating.  Guests are permitted to bring only soft-sided folding camp chairs no larger than 32” deep, 25” wide and 34” high will be permitted.  Guests may also bring blankets for lawn seating.  PNC Bank Arts Center has a limited number of lawn chairs that they will distribute to guests with lawn seating on a first-come, first-served basis and at no cost. Seating in both the theater and lawn sections is first-come, first-served. Guests will be asked to fill in all seats in a row when taking seats in the theater to allow for groups to sit together and to ensure that all seats are utilized.  All guests over the age of one require a ticket to enter the venue.  All guests that require a wheel-in seat (must remain in a wheelchair), must email commencement@stevens.edu to reserve a theater seat, as seating is limited. Once the area is full, guests will be directed to a special section just outside the theater. Once you register, you will be given instruction. The ushers at the PNC Bank Arts Center will escort your guest(s) to the designated area. The venue only permits one additional guest to accompany this guest. The wheel-in seat and accompanying guest are a part of your total theater tickets and not in addition to.

Please note that If a ticket is duplicated or altered, the bearer will not be permitted to enter the ceremony.

For those guests who cannot attend or who prefer to watch the ceremonies from the comfort of their own home, the ceremonies will be live streamed.

Come to Attila's Grad Fair on Wednesday, May 1 in the UCC Tech Flex between 11 am - 4 pm and get your ducks in a row before Commencement!

From pictures with Attila to picking up your regalia, many campus partners will be at Attila's Grad Fair to help you tie up loose ends and make sure you are prepared to graduate! Commencement information will also be available. Speak to representatives and collect Commencement information from the Stevens Bookstore, Career Center, Student Accounts, Student Life, Student Culture and Belonging, Development and Alumni Engagement, and more!

Any student who has ordered academic regalia to be delivered to campus must come to pick up their regalia at Grad Fair.

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/

Gradfest is a celebration of our graduates held on the Stevens campus.  Graduates are welcome to bring guests to enjoy an evening connecting with friends, faculty and staff on the evening before the Commencement ceremonies.  Dessert food and music are provided, as well as photo opportunities and fireworks over the Hudson River.  Dress is casual. Gradfest takes place on Palmer Lawn from 7 – 10 pm on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.  Parking is available at no cost and with no hang tag in the Babbio Garage or in the River Lot. 

Want to be continuously updated and stay connected with your class? 

Follow The Class of 2024 Instagram account. The @stevensclassof2024 Instagram account will be providing timely updates on new developments as they unfold. Additionally, the Instagram will be home to polls and be the first point of contact for any student organizations looking to have any relevant events or information shout out. 

Check the Commencement website.  The Commencement website will be regularly updated to reflect new and current information about Commencement 2024. 

Commencement questions? Email commencement@stevens.edu.

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