- Graduates will line up for the Commencement procession at the House of Blues, 15 Lansdowne Street. Graduates will be admitted to the House of Blues beginning at 11:00 a.m. and are expected to arrive no later than 11:45 a.m. wearing academic dress. Upon arrival, you will enter through the Security line.
- Once inside the House of Blues, you must complete the Graduate Check-in to pick up your “StagePass” and line up. Your Grad Pass is the card you will hand to the reader to announce your name as you cross the stage. Students arriving very late will be seated in the back and process across the stage at the very end of the graduates.
- Your StagePass will note which line you will proceed to in the gymnasium. Graduates will process in line by degree and in alphabetical order. You will need to be in line in order to process to MGM Music Hall at Fenway.
- There will be mirrors, a bobby pin station and restrooms available at the House of Blues.
- Please do not bring additional items into the House of Blues such as purses, jackets, change of clothes, reusable water bottles or other outside food or beverages, personal items, backpacks, etc. These items will not be permitted into MGM Music Hall, nor can they be left in the House of Blues during the ceremony.
- Once inside the House of Blues, graduates will not be permitted to re-enter.
- Once the procession has exited, the House of Blues will be locked and will not reopen.
- We recommend you make arrangements with your family/friends ahead of time as to where you will meet at the end of the ceremony.