Ticket Information

Due to the limited amount of guest seating, tickets are required for all guests attending the graduation ceremony. Tickets are not required for children under 2 years of age.

Number of Tickets

Each eligible graduate who has successfully registered to participate will receive one student ticket. At the time of registration, they will be permitted to reserve a selected number of tickets for their guests. This number will change each semester and is clearly identified on the ticket section of the participation registration.

How to Get Tickets

Tickets are only available to eligible candidates for graduation who have both filed the Application for Graduation and submitted the Commencement Participation Registration. If these two criteria are met, the student will receive one student ticket and the option to reserve a selected number of guest tickets. Eligible graduates who register after the deadline for a ceremony will be offered fewer tickets, dependent upon the remaining ticket supply. Tickets are only distributed during set periods of the semester. See Graduating Student Information for the dates for reserved ticket pickup.

Ticket Distribution

Reserved ticket distribution takes place at the Campus Information Center in Webb University Center during the period indicated on the Graduating Student Information page. The Campus Information Center has day, evening, and weekend hours to allow ample time for all candidates to pick up their tickets. You may call the Campus Information Center to confirm hours at 757.683.5914.

Tickets must be picked up, in person, by the graduation candidate with a photo ID (see policies). If you wish to send someone in your place to pick up your tickets, that person will need the following:

• a copy of your photo ID
• a signed note giving that specific person permission to pick up your tickets
• his/her own photo ID

Extra Tickets

Extra tickets are not available.

Campus Information Center staff do not have extra tickets.

It is a violation of the student code of conduct to sell commencement tickets

Ticket Policies
(updated May 13, 2009)

In order to ensure that every graduate has the opportunity to have his or her family and friends attend the commencement ceremony, the following policies are in place concerning ticketing and distribution.

• Reserved guest tickets are available only for eligible graduation candidates who have completed the following two steps by the prescribed deadlines:
  • Filed the Application for Graduation and had his/her graduation status set as "Pending"
  • Completed the Commencement Participation Registration for the requested ceremony
• Graduation candidates who have completed the above two steps by the prescribed deadlines are eligible to reserve a selected number of guest tickets. 
  • The number of guest tickets changes each semester. It is determined based on the seating capacity of the venue and the number of graduates anticipated to participate.
  • This number will be clearly identified in the ticket section of the participation registration.
  • Eligible graduation candidates who register after the deadline will receive fewer tickets than those who register prior to the deadline.
• Each registered graduation candidate will receive one student ticket, which he/she must present at check-in at student robing on the day of the ceremony.
• Reserved guest tickets must be picked up in person at the Campus Information Center in Webb University Center during Reserved Ticket Distribution.
• A photo ID (student ID, driver's license, military ID or state-issued ID) must be presented in order for tickets to be distributed.
• No extra tickets will be distributed.
• Candidates are responsible for safeguarding their guest tickets. Guest tickets cannot be replaced under any circumstance.
• It is a violation of the student code of conduct to sell commencement tickets.