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Tickets are now available for the Commencement Ceremony!!!

Tickets are available on Ticketmaster for the Commencement Ceremony. Graduates will use their G# (including the uppercase G) as their one-time use password, add tickets to their cart, and then finish their purchase to claim their tickets. Once tickets have been claimed, they can log into their Ticketmaster account and transfer tickets to family/friends. All tickets are mobile delivery. Be sure your guests pull up their tickets in the Ticketmaster App on their phone(s) prior to arriving at the venue. Doctoral students can claim 8 tickets and Bachelors/Masters students can claim 6 tickets. If there are tickets leftover after March 31, more tickets will be available the first week in April.

Degree Celebration tickets will work the same way. At the link below, you will find the schedule of Degree Celebrations and links to reserve tickets.

https://www.gmu.edu/graduation

Commencement Details

At the commencement ceremony, doctoral candidates are individually recognized and hooded; bachelor and master graduates are recognized as a group at their seats.

As a reminder, tickets will be required for any guests of Mason graduates to enter EagleBank Arena for Commencement. Please check back for more information on tickets. Doors will open one hour prior to the start of the ceremonies. It is advisable to arrive at that time.

If EagleBank Arena reaches capacity, the overflow viewing area will be in the Concert Hall on Mason Pond Drive, across Patriot Circle from the arena. Shuttles will be available at the South Entrance to transport anyone needing assistance to the Concert Hall.

Accessible Parking and Seating

For accessible parking and drop-off, please use the Roanoke River Road or Nottoway River Lane entrances off Braddock road to access Lot A. ADA parking is located in Lot A.

Seating in all sections of EagleBank Arena, Rows E, F, and G, are marked reserved for special needs. These rows are on the concourse level and are easy access seating without requiring the use of stairs. Ushers are stationed at each portal to assist with seating. Guests requiring special assistance may be seated with one other guest from their party in these easy-access rows. No advanced notice is necessary to use this seating option and, again, these seats are not ticketed or individually reservable.

• Wheelchair accessible seating is available in the four corner portals 4, 8, 13, and 17.
• Ushers are stationed at each portal to help with seating.

All graduation candidates should enter the EagleBank Arena through the lower level loading dock entrance. Doors will open one hour prior to each ceremony. Faculty marshals will be on hand to guide graduates to their major field of study seating area.

Not seeing the answer you need? Feel free to reach out to University Events: 703-993-2853 or gmuevent@gmu.edu