We are just a couple days away from your well-earned commencement! This email contains many important details you will need to know about this momentous weekend.

Where can you pick up your gown? How early should you arrive for each event? And what can you bring into the Chiles Center? (Hint: leave your backpacks, balloons, air horns, and signs at home!) Please read the information below carefully to find all the answers.

If you need additional assistance, there will be an information booth on Saturday and Sunday at Chiles Center to address your questions. You may also visit the Commencement website for updated schedules or answers to frequently asked questions.

After UP: Cap & Gown Pick up:

Pick up your cap and gown and learn how to stay involved as you transition from student to alumni. Pick-up is in the Beauchamp Center. Please enter from the side door on Warren Street across from Campus Safety.

Please arrive anytime during the times listed below:

Thursday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Friday, May 3, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Allow approximately 15-20 minutes to:

Complete a brief survey on your post-graduation plans and goals.
Pick up your cap and gown.
Grab your gift from UP Alumni.

Your cap and gown is worn during the Nursing Pinning Ceremony, Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement.

If you cannot make it on Thursday/Friday, you may also pick it up at Chiles Center at the student entrance:

Friday, May 3:

2:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Cap & Gown Pickup before the School of Nursing & Health Innovations Pinning Ceremony

Saturday, May 4:

11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. – Cap & Gown Pickup before Graduate School Ceremony

3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – Cap & Gown Pickup before the Baccalaureate Mass

Sunday, May 5:

8:30 am – 10 am – Cap & Gown pickup before the Undergraduate Ceremony

Undergraduate Ceremony Commencement Tickets

You will receive your tickets today or tomorrow. All tickets are “Print at Home” tickets. They will be delivered as a PDF and can be printed out or scanned on your phone.

All seats are reserved. Your guests must sit in the seats on the tickets. Limited mobility (LM) tickets are the first two rows of a section. That would be rows 1 – 2 of sections with fold-down seats and rows 18 – 19 in the bleacher areas. All tickets were randomly assigned through the ticket system. There will be no changes to the assignments.

Schedule overview:

Friday, May 3, 2024

First Generation Pinning Ceremony at 2:00 p.m.
Buckley Center Auditorium

Food and photobooth start at 12:00 p.m.
No tickets required.

School of Nursing & Health Innovations Pinning Ceremony at 4:15 p.m.
Chiles Center

Doors open to the public at 3:15 p.m. No tickets are required.
All nursing students assemble at 3:15 p.m.
Students enter the building through the north doors, off Portsmouth Avenue.
Cap and Gown is worn.

Saturday, May 4, 2024

University ROTC Ceremony at 11:00 a.m.
Chiles Center

Doors open at 10:30 a.m. No tickets are required.

Baccalaureate Mass at 4:30 p.m.
Chiles Center

Doors open to the public at 3:30 p.m. No tickets are required.
All graduating students assemble at 3:45 p.m.
Students enter the building through the north doors, off Portsmouth Avenue.
Cap and Gown is worn.
The academic procession begins promptly at 4:20 p.m.

Senior Toast at 5:45 p.m.
Academic Quad

Sunday, May 5, 2024

Undergraduate Commencement at 10:00 a.m.
Chiles Center

Doors open to the public at 8:30 a.m. Tickets are required.
Undergraduate degree candidates must be at the Chiles Center at 8:30 a.m.
Students enter the building through the north doors, off Portsmouth Avenue.

Undergraduate Ceremony Live Broadcast Area
Beauchamp Center

Doors open to the public at 9:00 a.m. No tickets are needed.

Please visit this page for detailed information about what to expect on the day of Commencement.

Know Before You Go

Please review the bag policy and security procedures for all Commencement events. We encourage guests to arrive well before the scheduled event start time to allow ample time to enter.

Live Stream:

All ceremonies will be live-streamed. Please visit the live stream page for links. Please share these links with any friends or family members interested in watching.

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