April 22, 2024

Graduating students must order their regalia here TODAY.  

Regalia is required for all graduating students participating in Commencement and must be ordered in advance of the ceremony. If you do not order your regalia, you will not be able to participate in the ceremony. Regalia will not be distributed at the ceremony, so make sure you obtain your attire in a timely fashion. The regalia is yours to keep after the ceremony.  Today, April 22 is the last day to order regalia; the regalia will be mailed directly to you.

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 April 29, 2024 to:

RSVP for Commencement
Verify your Name and Pronunciation
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 tickets after April 29, 2024 will become property of Stevens and will be made available for redistribution. 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 have a theater ticket (as opposed to a lawn ticket). 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 accompanying guest must also have a theater ticket. The wheel-in seat and accompanying guest are a part of you 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.

The Senior Week Committee, the Division of Student Affairs, and the Division of Development and Alumni Engagement invite you to cheer on our graduating seniors at the Wittpenn Walk: Senior Edition. As our first-year students walk up the Wittpenn Walk for New Student Convocation each year following a similar path, the Wittpenn Walk tradition symbolizes the start and end of a student's academic career at Stevens.  

This year’s senior Wittpenn Walk tradition will take place Thursday, May 2nd at 4:30 pm. 
Seniors will meet at 4:30 pm sharp (arrive at 4:15) on Palmer Lawn to gather for the walk.  Seniors will then proceed from Palmer Lawn down Wittpenn Walk and end at Babbio for the Senior Toast.  Seniors should bring a photo ID to the event. Seniors who wish to enjoy the food and drink at the Senior Toast will need a wristband to attend. Either pick up your wristband from Undergraduate Student Life in advance of the event on Thursday, May 2 from 10 am – 2 pm in the Student Life Suite on the 2nd Floor of the UCC or receive a wristband upon check-in on Palmer Lawn between 4:15 pm – 4:30 pm. 

Come to Attila's Grad Fair on Thursday, May 2 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 undergraduate processional will begin by 8:45 a.m., with the formal ceremony starting a few minutes after 9 a.m. Undergraduate candidates and guests should plan to arrive between 7:30 a.m. – 8 a.m., arriving by 8 a.m. at the latest. The earliest arrival time for the students and guests attending the Undergraduate Ceremony is 7:30 a.m. Parking lots will open by 6:30 a.m.

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 Undergraduate ceremony, buses will depart between 6 am and 7 am for graduates and guests who have reserved a seat; graduates and guests may arrive anytime during that timeframe. Unfortunately, buses will not depart after 7 am, so please arrive on time. Undergraduate ceremony buses will leave from PNC Bank Arts Center to return to campus immediately following the ceremony until 1 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/

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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