Commencement Ceremony
Commencement 2024: Save the Date!
When:
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Where:
Tucson Convention Center Arena
260 S. Church Ave.
Tucson, Arizona 85701 [parking and directions]
7:00 p.m.
PREPARE FOR COMMENCEMENT DAY
If you graduated in summer or fall 2023 or will be graduating in spring or summer 2024, you are welcome to participate in the ceremony
- It is free to participate, but required cap and gown must be purchased (details below)
- No RSVP
- No rehearsal
For liability reasons, silly string, vuvuzelas, air horns and other noisemakers are not allowed in TCC facilities. This applies to graduates as well as their guests.
Though the deadline for online orders for your cap, gown and mementoes has passed, you may purchase them at a campus bookstore. Also, a limited number of caps and gowns will be on sale the night of Commencement, during check-in at the Tucson Convention Center.
Cap and Gown Cost: approximately $47.95, plus tax
Honors Stole: $22, plus tax
Commencement Invitation: Copy this digital announcement with your family and friends!
COMMENCEMENT DAY INSTRUCTIONS
Recommended Arrival Times
Graduates 5:30 p.m.
Guests 6:00 p.m.
Some candidates and graduates are not listed due to individual preferences on privacy.
GET INVOLVED
Deadline: March 18
Send in your favorite photo(s) or video(s) through this form.
Deadline: May 10
Members of Pima’s Class of 2024 can download images of themselves taken at
Photo Week, April 29-May 2 via this Flickr link. (Follow the instructions you were
given at the photo session.)
Enter for a chance to win a $100 gift card by decorating your graduation cap! The lucky winners will be chosen and notified during the week following the ceremony.
To enter, using #pimagradcap24, post a photo of your decorated cap on any of our social media accounts:
Part of the tradition of Multicultural Convocation is connecting to our heritage and roots; this is usually achieved by alumni sharing their experiences, passing down knowledge through storytelling, and honoring graduates by awarding diversity stoles.
This free event for graduates and their families and friends includes a variety of foods and entertainment.
LINK to RSVP
Thursday, May 9, 2024
Program: 6:00 p.m. followed by reception
Aztec Gymnasium (Building B) & Palm Courtyard
West Campus, 2202 W. Anklam Road [Map]
For more information, email collegeevents@pima.edu