Capital University's 174th Undergraduate Commencement
Capital University will host its174th Commencement to celebrate our undergraduate students on Saturday, May 11 at 10:30am.
Date and time
Location
The Capital Center
2360 East Mound Street Bexley, OH 43209About this event
Congratulations Grad!
Capital University’s 174th Commencement ceremony for undergraduate students will take place on Saturday, May 11, 2024 in the Capital Center Field House located at 2360 E. Mound Street, Columbus, OH 43209.
A live broadcast will be available at www.capital.edu/live beginning at 10:25am.
At 10:30am we will celebrate graduates with a ceremony that will last approximately 2 hours. Doors will open at 9:30am for guests with designated areas for general seating (first-come, first-serve basis).
Each graduate will receive up to six (6) e-tickets for their guests. Additional tickets are not available but the session will be live-streamed from Capital's website (www.capital.edu/live).
E-Ticket Info:
ONLY sign up ONCE. All duplicates will be deleted.
Choose the number of e-tickets you will require - up to six (6) for your guests. Graduates do not need a ticket-just guests. You will receive a confirmation with a QR code for each guest which they must have to enter the Capital Center. Infants and toddlers are not required to have a ticket.
Entrance Info:
Graduates will enter the Performance Arena through the Pleasant Ridge Avenue Doors. These doors will open at 9:30am. At the start of the ceremony, graduates will proceed into the Field House and be seated in the center with guest seating on each side.
Guests will enter the Field House through the Pleasant Ridge Avenue Doors to general seating. Infants and toddlers that are able to sit on the lap of an adult may enter without a ticket (strollers are allowed but must not be left in aisles). Chairs and sections cannot be rearranged or moved with the exception of replacing a chair with a wheelchair or mobile device.
Please arrive early. Doors will close promptly at 10:30am and guests will not be allowed to enter until after the Procession and graduates are in their seats.
Special Instructions:
All entrances into the Capital Center are mobility accessible. Guests in wheelchairs or mobility devices may sit anywhere they would like and an usher will remove a chair for you. Please do not set equipment in the aisles.
An ASL Interpreter will be in attendance for the event and seating for that section will be on the north side of the Field House in front of the stage. Please see an usher for assistance.
Currently, masks are no longer required regardless of vaccination status but the public health agencies still recommend that individuals who may be at higher risk for severe outcomes of COVID-19 (e.g., immunocompromised or unvaccinated) continue to mask when in public. Capital remains a mask-friendly university and supports anyone who chooses to continue to wear a mask. Please note these requirements are subject to change based on State, County, City, and campus policies.
Schedule of the day:
9:30 am - Doors open for Graduate line-up through the Pleasant Ridge Avenue Performance Arena doors.
9:30am-Doors open for guest seating through the Pleasant Ridge Avenue Field House doors.
10:30am- Ceremony starts PROMPTLY with Gate Ceremony immediately following
REHEARSAL - Friday, May 10th at 2:00pm
Graduates are strongly encouraged to attend the Friday rehearsal in order to review line-up, procession and recession guidelines, and ask questions. Rehearsal will take approximately 60 minutes. Please meet in the Capital Center Performance Arena before 2:00pm.
Please see further updates and information on our website at www.capital.edu/commencement or contact Graduation@capital.edu.
Frequently asked questions
Once you have registered to walk (through the Registrar's Office), you may sign up for tickets with the link we will provide to you. Duplicates or additional reservations from family members or friends will be deleted.
We are pleased to announce that each graduate will receive up to 6 e-tickets. Please select 1 ticket per guest. Toddler and babies who will be in strollers or on laps do not require a ticket. If you do not need all 6 tickets then please only chose the number you need.
Yes. This year we are offering a higher grade, eco-friendly regalia that is recycled, more forgiving in its fit! Herff Jones is the provider, https://colleges.herffjones.com/college/capital/. If you've missed the deadline for ordering online, please go to our University Gear bookstore.
We strongly suggest business or business casual with special emphasis on comfortable shoes. Graduates will walk the entire length of the Capital Center multiple times as well as stand for a few minutes at a time.
Less is more. Heavy bags and purses will be burdensome; instead, use wristlets or small crossover bags. Once you leave line-up in the Arena and walk into the Field House, you will not return to the Arena. Personal belongings are your responsibility.
The Registrar’s Office is responsible for providing an honors cord to you based on your final grade. These will be handed out during line-up IF your final grade warrants a cord.
There will be a professional photographer set up in the Field House. After you leave the stage you will have a photograph taken of you. Later, the photographer will reach out to you with prints for purchase. Volunteers will assist with this process.
All parking restrictions have been lifted for the day which allows for all lots to be used. Please adhere to local and federal guidelines: don't park in the Bexley Neighborhood, don't illegally park in spots that are designated for permits.
All entrances into the Capital Center are on the 1st floor and wheelchair accessible. They may sit anywhere they would like and an usher will remove their chair to make way for their device. If you have any concerns or other mobility-related needs, please email events@capital.edu with your request.
Hearing Impaired seating is designated at the north side of the Field House in front of the stage. ASL interpreters will be present during the entire ceremony. Please see an Usher for assistance.
The Gate Ceremony is a strong tradition of Capital University. Many of you walked-in through the game when you started at Capital. Immediately following the ceremony, we all will walk out of the gate together. Instructions will be provided for you and your guests at the ceremony.
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