You can reserve tickets for the Graduate or the Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony via the Hometown Tickets website and app.  

General Admission for first-come, first-served seating. 

Accessible Seating (limit 2 per student) for reserved seats within general seating for guests with limited mobility, wheelchairs, or walkers. 

• Each graduate can reserve up to six (6) tickets until Thursday, May 15 (midnight). After this date, additional tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting Monday, May 19, at 10 a.m. 
• Reserving Your Tickets: 
  • Reserve through Hometown Ticketing. 
  • Select “Have a passcode” and enter your CWID to access tickets. 
• Ticket Types:
  • General Admission for first-come, first-served seating.
  • Accessible Seating (limit 2 per student) for reserved seats within general seating for guests with limited mobility, wheelchairs, or walkers.

ONLY the graduate may reserve tickets using their CWID. You can distribute the tickets with your guests by: 

• Forwarding the confirmation email. 
• Sending a screenshot of the ticket. 
• Printing individual tickets to hand out. 
• Using the Hometown Fan app to transfer tickets via text. 

All commencement tickets must be ordered online via Hometown Ticketing. Tickets cannot be requested via in-person, email, or phone inquiries.

For Friday’s Graduate Commencement Ceremony in McCann, all attendees must have a ticket regardless of age. That is due to fire code regulations.   

For Saturday’s Undergraduate Ceremony on the Campus Green, children under the age of four do not require a ticket. 

All graduating students are guaranteed six (6)tickets for commencement. Tickets must be reserved by May 15 via the Hometown App. After this date, any remaining tickets will be available on a first-come, first-served basis starting Monday, May 19, at 10 a.m. 

On May 19, at 10 a.m., Marist will open access to unclaimed tickets on a first-come, first-serve basis. Tickets will only be available to graduating students to reserve and a total of 12 tickets will be in place for each student. 

Graduates are also encouraged to reach out to other fellow graduates to determine if they could share their six ticket allotment.   

Each student may reserve two (2) of the six (6) ticket allotment as an accessible seat. For more information, please see our Accessibility page.

All spaces on the campus green from the Library to Hancock and over to the Student Center entrance are part of the seating plan for the Undergraduate Ceremony and require a ticket. No standing room is available. 

Marist offers climate-controlled, indoor viewing of the commencement via a live stream in the following locations: the McCann Arena, Donnelly Hall, Student Center, and Dyson Center. The ceremony can also be viewed online via a livestream here. 

The only reason commencement would be relocated would be in the case of severe inclement weather. If there is rain, Marist suggests being prepared for the conditions and using indoor viewing options as needed.

You can distribute the tickets with your guests by: 

• Forwarding the confirmation email. 
• Sending a screenshot of the ticket. 
• Using the Hometown Fan app to transfer tickets via text. 

All seats are general admission. For the Friday Commencement Ceremony, the doors of McCann will open at 5 p.m. For the Saturday Undergraduate Ceremony, the Campus Green will open at 9 a.m. for seating. Reserving seats is prohibited. 

Please contact the Registrar's Office to confirm you have been cleared to graduate. This could also be due to the ticketing app experiencing heavy volume. 

There is no reserved parking on campus. For information on Accessibility lots please click here.

The Undergraduate procession of students walking onto the Campus Green starts at 10:15 a.m. We ask all guests to find their seats by 10 a.m. The full seating of all graduates takes about 45 minutes and the ceremony begins at 11 a.m.

Yes. The Graduate Ceremony does include a pre-ceremony reception. Please see Commencement Schedules to find where your school is celebrating before the ceremony.  

The Undergraduate Ceremony does include a post-ceremony reception of light food and desserts in the tent at St. Peter’s Meadow at the front of Campus.