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Fall Commencement Ceremony

Can't make it to commencement? Watch both of the ceremonies here.

When

  • December 15, 2012
  • Traditional undergraduate and graduate students' ceremony: 10:00 a.m.
  • Degree completion students' ceremony: 1:30 p.m.

Where

  • Special Events Center (live ceremony) and Shehady Dining Hall (video feed)
  • Fresno Pacific University - Main Fresno Campus
  • 1717 S. Chestnut Ave.
  • Fresno, CA  93720

Parking

  • No parking permits will be required, and  all university parking lots will be open including the west parking lot of Butler Church. Only disabled, fire lane and reserved parking designations will be upheld. 
  • The Hamilton Avenue parking lot will be reserved for disabled and VIP parking only.
  • Please do not park in the main paved parking lot of Twilight Haven (our neighbors to the east of the Special Events Center).

Tickets & Seating

  • Tickets will be required for the ceremony in the Special Events Center. Over-flow and non-ticketed seating is available in Shehady Dining Hall in the Steinert Campus Center.
  • For special seating arrangements (i.e. hearing impaired, wheelchair, sign language interpreter, etc.), please contact the Student Life Office no later than two weeks prior to commencement at 559-453-2073.

Photography

  • Professional photographers (Campus Candids, www.pics4u.com) will photograph each candidate receiving his/her diploma from the president and at the bottom of the stairs following each student’s recognition on stage. For safety reasons, all ceremony photography by family and friends must be taken from their seats. Family and friends wishing to take close-up photos of their student and the president may do so after the ceremony.

Other Important Information

  • Please remember to silence all cell phones and electronic devices.