Commencement

Guest tickets will be available for pick-up with your academic regalia at the University Bookstore (Creese Student Center, 32nd and Chestnut Streets). Each graduate will receive an initial allotment of four tickets for guests. Only guests with tickets will be able to enter ceremonies. There will be no exceptions. To guarantee your guest tickets, you must purchase your regalia no later than Friday, June 5.

Additional tickets will be available for graduating students for all commencement ceremonies. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis beginning 8 AM on Monday, June 8, 2009 at the Dragon Card Office in the Creese Student Center (Chestnut Street between 32nd and 33rd Streets, on the University City Main Campus). Additional tickets for the 4:00 PM ceremony for graduating students in the College of Nursing & Health Professions and the School of Public Health will also be available for distribution in the Office of University Student Life in the New College Building, Suite 1-106 (15th and Vine Streets on the Center City Hahnemann Campus) beginning at 9 AM on Monday, June 8.

You must present your DragonCard, as well as your regalia receipt from the bookstore. Tickets are distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, and you will only be offered up to two additional tickets for your ceremony.

Only guests with tickets will be able to enter the ceremonies. There will be no exceptions. In addition, guests without tickets may view the commencement ceremonies at the remote viewing location in Patton Auditorium, 1st Floor of Matheson Hall.