A reply card will be included with the Commencement invitations. Student, faculty and staff permits will also be valid on Commencement Day.
Guests are free to take pictures of the Commencement activities.
However, to ensure the best seating for your family, and to avoid delaying the line up of graduates, please urge your family not to spend too much time taking pictures before the ceremony. There will be time for photographs during the reception following the ceremony. Inside Pauley Pavilion, a portion of the guest seating section near the stage will be roped off for guests to photograph their candidates as the degrees are presented - no seating is allowed in this section. Prompted by student requests, a professional photographer has been hired to take photographs, which will be available for student purchase, of the degree candidates on graduation day. Student Marshals and photography staff will be present during the ceremony to direct the degree candidates.