Ceremony Information

Processional Lineup

Check in at 6 pm

Plan to arrive dressed in your cap and gown. You’ll be organized into several single-file lines.

Guest Seating

Be seated by 7 pm

Loved ones and friends should be in their seats by 7 pm to ensure they can see the graduate processional that will end in the UCCU Center at 7:30 pm.

Processional

Begins at 7 pm

Bagpipers will begin the processional, and graduates will walk down the Hall of Flags through the Pope Science Building and turn to the UCCU Center at the Liberal Arts Building crossroads. Graduates will enter the UCCU Center and proceed to their seats to “Pomp and Circumstance” before the commencement program begins.

Ceremony

Begins at 7:30 pm, Ends at 8:30 pm

President Tuminez and other keynote speakers will address the graduating class and congratulate all the graduates on their hard work! The ceremony also includes the awarding of honorary degrees. All graduates will stand together to officially move their tassels and graduate from Utah Valley University!