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Tickets
- All Commencement Ceremonies are ticketed events; all guests attending must have a ticket, including children and infants.
- Graduation is an exciting milestone for all our students, and we wish that we could provide unlimited tickets to every graduate. However, we must make accommodations for all graduates to have some guests attend.
- To receive their allotted commencement tickets, graduates mustregisterthroughthe Ticketingwebsite.Graduates will need to know their student ID number in order to activate their account online. Additional tickets cannot be guaranteed. Please plan accordingly.
- Graduates canonlyclaim their allotted tickets or purchase additional tickets through theTicketing website. There are no ticket pick-up sites available on campus.
- Graduates experiencing any technical difficulties, please contact the Ticketing website at 1-877-725-8849.
The Ceremony
Commencement is an exciting time for you and your graduate. Please follow these guidelines and be considerate of other guests so that everyone may have a great experience.
- The ceremony is located in the Convocation Center.View map
- The doors open 1.5 hours prior to the start of the ceremony.
- Please arrive on time. Late arrivals are disruptive to other guests and to the graduates.
- There will be a high volume of traffic, so please arrive early to allow plenty of time to find a parking spot.
- All guests must enter through the front entrance of the Convocation Center.
- You must present a ticket in order to be admitted.
- Prearrange a designated area to meet your guests and graduate following the ceremony.
- Saving seats in the Convocation Center is allowed up to 15 minutes prior to the start of the ceremony.
- Strollers are not permitted in the arena. A stroller check is available in the lobby.
- Balloons are NOT allowed inside the Convocation Center.
- Please silence cell phones.
- Guests are not permitted on the arena floor; it is reserved for graduates and processing faculty only.
- Guests are not permitted in the graduate lineup area
Security Policy
All bags will be searched. Please do not bring any packages that cannot be opened or inspected. Allow extra time as there may be delays.
Prohibited Items
Security has the right to inspect any item at any time for the purpose of safety.
Prohibited items must be returned to cars or disposed of before entering the venue and will not be accepted by employees. There will be no place offered to store any of these items.
- Animals (except service animals)
- Artificial noisemakers (including air horns, whistles, etc.)
- Balloons
- Cigarettes, cigars, pipes, all forms of smokeless tobacco, clove cigarettes and any other smoking devices that use tobacco such as hookahs or simulate the use of tobacco such as electronic cigarettes
- Costumes with face masks
- Fireworks of any kind (including smoke bombs and flares)
- Flags on poles
- Glitter
- Illegal drugs or chemicals
- Laser pointers
- Signs on sticks
- Signs that block the view of others
- Skateboards, roller blades, roller skates, roller shoes, etc.
- Unapproved pamphlets, handouts, advertisements, etc.
- Weapons of any kind (i.e. knives (including pocket knives), pepper spray, stun-guns, slingshots, concealed weapons, firearms, etc.)
Photography
The Grad Team will take the official graduation photos for the commencement ceremonies. This will include candid photographs before and after the ceremonies, as well as an on-stage photo with the President, and a graduation portrait.
Graduates will receive a notification from The Grad Team when the photos are ready to be viewed and ordered on The Grad Team’s portal. To view the commencement photos, graduates should visit The Grad Team website.
The Grad Team’s customer support number is 833-469-4723 (833-4MYGRAD). Their hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 10:00 am through 6:00 pm. Graduates can also email The Grad Team’s customer support at: gradteam@thegradteam.com.
As an additional keepsake, KSU has partnered with StageClip to give you a short, personalized video of your graduation moment on the stage. Within a day after your ceremony, you will receive an email from StageClip with a link to view the video. Please be sure to check your KSU email, and share your video clip on social media, email it to friends or family, and enjoy it as a gift from KSU.
For more information about photography, visit here.
