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۴ý Commencement
Las Vegas | Fall 2025
Congrats! It’s time to celebrate your achievement surrounded by people who are so proud ofeverything you’ve accomplished. Welcome to a community of over 1 million alumni.
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Choose the ceremony based on your registration time:
- – 10:30 am PDT
- – 10:30 am PDT
- – 3:30 pm PDT
Live streams will be available for viewing up to 30 days after ceremony.
Before commencement
Commencement checklist
by September 12, 2025
Make travel plans as needed
When available, reserve graduate and guest tickets (Look for an email with instructions in September).
Bring Graduate Name Card (used to announce and display your name when cross the stage). You'll receive your name card by mail a few weeks prior to the ceremony.
Get ready to celebrate
Day of commencement
Getting to the ceremony
Guests including minors are not allowed into the pre-ceremony graduate area or in the graduate seating and stage areas.
Tickets are required for both graduates and guests upon entry into the venue. You will be able to show tickets on your phone or print them out. The preference is to print them out for scanning.
We can provide up to 6 guest tickets and 1 graduate ticket for a total of 7 tickets at this time. This includes children of all ages. The graduate ticket will be the same as the guest ticket.
A separate email will be sent with instructions on how to reserve your tickets a 2-3 weeks prior to the ceremony.
Transportation
Check with thefor any road closures the weekend of commencement.
Airport
The closest airport is .
Parking
The Thomas & Mack Center has four parking lots around the building. The lots are designated by color (Red, Scarlet and Gray) and numbered sections. Disabled parking areas are available in all lots. No charge.
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Venue bag policy
Safety at the ceremony is our top priority. There is a clear bag policy at this venue. All bags are subject to search.There will be a limited amount of lockers available for a fee on the day of the ceremony.
Entrance
All Guest and graduates will go through metal detectors and bag search at entrance.
ADA accommodations
Designated parking is available for guests with disabilities at all four facilities. There are 52 spaces at the Thomas & Mack and six at the Cox Pavilion. Cox Pavilion and Strip view Pavilion events will also have access to Thomas & Mack Center disabled parking spaces.
Guest needing special assistance and close access to the building entrances are welcome to be dropped off at entrance to the Thomas & Mack Center.
The ceremony will use close caption for any of the speaking pieces.
Strollers
It is best to avoid bringing a stroller, but if needed, the venue will check them downstairs.
Due to Fire Marshal regulations, strollers are not permitted in the seating area. Please be advised that ۴ý is not responsible for any damage or loss to personal property.
Exiting procedure
We ask all graduates to stay until the end of the ceremony out of respect to the remaining graduates. You’re officially done at the conclusion of the ceremony and can celebrate by moving your tassel over as recognition of being a graduate. Guests will be released in an orderly fashion to ensure a safe exit for everyone.
Graduate information
Preparing for the ceremony
There is no storage at the commencement venue for personal belongings. Please make arrangements for a guest to hold any personal items or carry them with you at all times. Please be advised that ۴ý is not responsible for any damage or loss to personal property.
Bring your cap and gown. Additionally, bachelor’s degree students must bring their stoles and master’s degree and doctoral students must bring their hoods. Use a cool iron, if necessary, to ensure a wrinkle-free appearance.
Thedeadline to order standard regalia isSeptember 12, 2025(by midnight)without additional shipping charges. The final deadline will beSeptember 19, 2025, with expedited shipping charges. Thedeadline for doctoral graduates to order Academic Apparel levelregalia is August 15, 2025.
You can order regalia through the.
If you have any questions concerning regalia or other items, please contact customer support at800-293-0665 orphoenix@taylorcorp.com. Limited amount of regalia will be available on the day of the ceremony for purchase (cash or credit).
Military graduates: Remember to bring your cord to the ceremony. The military cord is available to order at no charge on the regalia web site. If this was not ordered, they will be available on the day of the ceremony.
Regalia protocols and attire:
Pro tip: Steam your gown, stole, hood and hang it up prior to commencement to avoid wrinkles
Out of respect and courtesy to the University and graduates, we ask that candidates and faculty do not alter their caps and gowns; however, if graduates do alter their caps, we ask that they respect their fellow graduates by wearing their regalia (cap/gown) in a manner that prohibits the use of any offensive or obscene pictures, words, or reference. If students violate any of these prohibited items, they may be asked to remove or alter these items.
- Business casual attire should be worn under the gown.
- Military Dress Uniforms may be worn in place of regalia. Uniforms and regalia should not be worn together.
- Cultural robes, beauty pageant stoles, etc. are inappropriate for commencement ceremonies and should not be worn, unless they are worn completely underneath the official regalia robes.
- Cultural and tribal stoles are approved to be worn on the top of the approved official UOPX regalia at commencement ceremonies. Cultural robes, if worn, must be worn underneath the official regalia robe.
- You are allowed to wear honors regalia awarded by an approved Honor Society with your standard regalia attire. UOPX honor cords can be worn with your external honor society cord/stole (layered on top of each other, preference is UOPX honor cord on top).
- We ask that if you decorate your caps to do so tastefully. Stoles, hoods and gowns should not be altered or decorated.
Upon arrival, graduates will be directed to a “grad central” area on the concourse.University staff will be available to assist with any questions regarding ceremony logistics.
We will have the following tables available:
- Herff Jonesto purchase regalia.Credit card accepted, no cash.
- Grad Supplieswith bobby pins and safety pins
- Military and Honors Cordsavailable for eligible graduates
- Graduate Card Assistance - Name cards will be mailed to each graduate a few weeks before the ceremony. Be sure to bring it to the ceremony. This name card is what is used to announce and display your name as you cross the stage. If your name card does not arrive by the ceremony date, we will have back up name cards available on the day of the ceremony.
Sample graduate card
- First, ensure you have your name card
- Verify you have all your regalia (cap, gown, etc.)
- No rehearsal, staff will be available to guide the graduates.
- Graduates will be lined up by degree level, not alphabetically (associates, bachelor's, master's, doctoral)
- Processional -Graduates will walk down stairs in the guest seating sections to the field for seating. Recommend comfortable and stable shoes.
- Seating will be by degree level in two sections in the arena.
- You will be called to the stage by degree level, not alphabetical, with dual lines as you go across the stage. Your name and degree will be displayed and your name announced as you cross the stage. Photos will be taken as you go to the stage as well as when you cross the stage and are handed a UOPX branded congrats envelope.
- Doctoral graduates will be hooded on stage.
- We ask that everyone to remain until the end of the ceremony for the celebratory tassel change and acknowledgment of being graduated.Your guests can join you outside the arena to celebrate.
- We expect that the ceremony will last approximately two hours.
The University identifies graduates registered for the commencement who are eligible for the honor cord. If you are eligible to receive an honor cord, one will be provided to you at no cost on the day of commencement.This cord is not part of the President or Dean lists.
Current ۴ý Honors Policy:
Graduates eligible to participate in a ceremony and meet the honors criteria can receive a cord.The cord provided will be based on the current GPA.
- Associate and bachelor's degree students with a program completion date of 01/01/2022 or later:
- "Cum Laude" - Bronze Cord
Program GPA of 3.70-3.84 - "Magna Cum Laude" - Silver Cord
Program GPA of 3.85-3.94 - "Summa Cum Laude" - Gold Cord
Program GPA of 3.95-4.0
- "Cum Laude" - Bronze Cord
- Master's degree students with program completion date of 01/01/2022 or later:
- "With Distinction" - Red & Platinum Cord
Program GPA of 3.90 or higher
- "With Distinction" - Red & Platinum Cord
Prior ۴ý Honors Policy:
Bachelor's degree students with program completion date of 12/31/2021 or before:
- "With Honors" - Platinum Cord
Program GPA of 3.85 or higher
The University has coordinated with GradImages Photography to photograph graduates at the ceremony. There will be two photo opportunities during the ceremony: one when going up to the stage and another when crossing the stage.
GradImages Photography
service@gradimages.com
800-261-2576
The digital program version will be viewable 3 days prior to the ceremony date and up to 30 days following the conclusion of the ceremony.
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