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Students who have applied to graduate for Summer or Fall 2025 through Workday will be emailed a personalized registration link for the Commencement ceremony starting Oct. 14. This link will include the registration for guest tickets.

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Watch your email for a message from commencement@ut.edu containing a link to register for commencement.

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On the commencement registration form, graduating students will:

• Provide phonetic spelling of their name.
• Submit ADA accommodation requests (for themselves or guests).
• Request up to six guest tickets and, if desired, request additional tickets.

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If a graduate does not plan to use the full six ticket allotment, they may:

• Request fewer than six tickets, with the unused tickets returned to the general pool.
• Share extra tickets with friends graduating in the same ceremony. The sharing process is permissible but not monitored by the University.

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Registration for December commencement closes Nov. 12. To register after that date, you need to email commencement@ut.edu to be added, as space allows. Guest tickets may be limited for late registrants.

If you request additional tickets through the registration process, notifications will be sent to your Spartan email regarding request fulfillment on Oct. 24 and then weekly on Fridays through Nov. 14, as space allows. This is based on the number of tickets claimed and available seating in the Expo Hall. Additional tickets are not guaranteed for every student who requests them.

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If demand for additional tickets exceeds supply, a lottery system will be used to distribute extra tickets.

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Graduates may share unused tickets for the same ceremony only with other graduating students by emailing their unused issued tickets at their discretion to other UTampa students. Ticket sharing is not monitored by the University.

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Tickets shared must be for the same ceremony and will not be accepted for a different ceremony. Selling or purchasing tickets is strictly prohibited.

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All tickets will be distributed electronically in early December to your Spartan email. Guidelines on how to send tickets to friends will be shared during the electronic ticket distribution.

If any of your guests require accessible seating, it is important that you indicate this during registration for guest tickets, as you will be given specific tickets for them, as space allows.

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For guests in wheelchairs and those with limited mobility, there is designated seating.

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A Deaf, Hard-of-Hearing, and Visual Impairment ADA section is located near the stage with views of the LCD screens and the ASL interpreter.

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Please note: For all guests who require special accommodations for seating, only one companion from the remainder of your guest party may sit with them during the ceremony. The remainder of your guests will need to sit in the open stadium seating. Ushers will be available to escort guests to the designated ADA seating area.

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Children ages 3 and under do not require a ticket. However, they cannot occupy a seat and must sit in the lap of a ticketed guest. All guests ages 4 and above will require a ticket to enter the ceremony.

Additionally, if you bring an infant in a car seat/carrier, they will need a ticket because the carrier will take the space of a seat.

Be advised that strollers brought into the Expo Hall cannot be taken into the seating area and must be left at the stroller check. ºÚÁÏÊÓƵ and the Florida State Fairgrounds are not responsible or liable for strollers or any items left at the stroller check location.

In early December, you will receive an email from commencement@ut.edu with your electronic tickets as PDFs. Graduates will already have registered for the number of tickets they are receiving, and have received confirmation if they are receiving extra tickets.

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Graduates can print or email their tickets to their guests.

Graduates will check-in at the Entertainment Hall,Ìýwhile guests will check in at the Expo Hall. Doors for graduates and guests will open an hour before the scheduled start time of the ceremony.

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GraduatesÌýwill notÌýbe required to have a ticket on commencement day; only invited guests need a ticket for entry. Once a guest ticket has been scanned at the entryway, itÌýcannotÌýbe scanned again. Graduates should refrain from inviting more than the allotted ticket amount as extra tickets on the day of the ceremony are not available, andÌýguests without tickets will not be permitted to enter the ceremony.Ìý

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Tickets can either be presented and scanned from a printed copy or from any smart device. Each ticket has a unique QR code and cannot be scanned more than once.

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There will also be a live stream of the ceremony on the day of commencement for those who cannot attend.