If the weather is fair and Commencement is held at Foreman Field as planned, tickets will not be required. If the ceremony is at Scope, each guest that will occupy a seat must present a blue ticket to be admitted. If warm weather is forecast, please encourage your guests to come prepared since they must walk from the main ceremony to the college ceremonies. Comfortable shoes, sunglasses, hats, umbrellas, and hand-held fans may help them feel more comfortable. Student and faculty awards as well as doctoral candidate hoodings, will take place at these ceremonies.
Ceremonies are accessible to all graduates and guests.
Accessible parking spaces are available in campus lots and on the ground level of the parking garage located on 43 rd Street and Elkhorn, as well as in and around Norfolk Scope Convention Center and Radisson Hotel. For the University ceremony, sections will be designated for guests with wheelchairs. Graduates with physical disabilities who need assistance to participate in the ceremony should call 683-3442 to make arrangements. A sign language interpreter will be positioned near the speaker to accommodate people with hearing disabilities. At Foreman Field and Scope, ushers will assist disabled guests to the reserved section for wheelchairs.