We are just over a week away from celebrating the Class of 2025 and your remarkable achievements! Please take note of the detailed arrival information and security updates below and share with your guests.
Unified Commencement
The Unified Commencement ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 17, 6:00 p.m. at the Caesars Superdome and will conclude by 8:00 p.m. Our Unified Commencement ceremony is a truly extraordinary event complete with stellar graduates, world-class musicians, New Orleans traditions, and a keynote address from Emmy-winning actress and singer Sheryl Lee Ralph! The Unified Ceremony will be ticketed for all participants and attendees (see below). Guest seating in the Caesars Superdome is available on a first come, first served basis.
Ticketing for Unified Commencement
Tickets will be required for everyone (graduates, faculty, platform party, staff, and guests) to enter the Caesars Superdome and student lineup areas. Graduates should have received an email from TUgrad@tulane.edu with the subject line "Register Now for the 2025 Tulane Unified Commencement Ceremony" containing instructions to register and retrieve Unified Commencement tickets via Tassel. Once graduates register, they are able to print tickets and/or send them to guests' email addresses.
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- Graduates will receive a separate graduate ticket from their guest tickets.
- Each graduate will receive up to 25 guest tickets (not including the graduate's ticket).
- Graduates can send all tickets to the same email address(es), but the tickets will arrive in individual emails.
- Graduates can return to their Tassel account at any time by using their registered email address at tulane.tassel.com.
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If you have not received the Tassel registration email, please check your spam folder or email TUgrad@tulane.edu.
Security
The following security measures apply to all students, faculty, staff, and guests participating in commencement events. As with home football games, all attendees and participants at Unified Commencement and school-based ceremonies will go through security and bag checks. Please arrive early to all events to allow adequate time.
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The University's Clear Bag Policy will be in effect for Unified Commencement and all other school-based diploma and hooding ceremonies. Approved bags are as follows:
- Clear totes or bags no larger than 12" x 12" x 6".
- Small, non-clear clutch bags no larger than 4.5" x 6.5".
- Plastic, resealable storage bags no larger than one gallon.
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The following items are not allowed into any commencement-related event or student line-up areas and will be confiscated: flags, banners, signs of any size or type; alcohol; artificial noisemakers (including drums, thunder sticks, or other instruments); any type of bag not permitted by the Clear Bag Policy; contraband; containers of any kind; bottles and cans; coolers; fireworks; flammables; footballs or throwing objects; glass; laser pointers; outside food and beverages; projectiles; stadium seatback chairs with aluminum/metal; stickers; sticks; bats; poles; clubs; strollers (collapsible umbrella strollers that fit under guest's seat are permitted); weapons (even with concealed weapons permit); drones; or any other item(s) deemed unacceptable by stadium security and Tulane University.
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- Handheld umbrellas, including graduating students' second line umbrellas, are permitted and will be inspected upon arrival.
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Regalia and Attire
Flexibility and practicality are key to a successful commencement weekend, and graduates should plan their attire accordingly with regalia in mind. While there is no set dress code, attire usually ranges from business casual to dressier options and is highly dependent on the variety of activities graduates and guests have planned.
Students must wear regalia at all in-person ceremonies to participate and/or cross the stage. Tulane encourages graduates' personal expressions of creativity in the decoration of mortar boards or second-line umbrellas. Graduates are permitted to wear stoles and honor cords earned through University Honors, official university-recognized organizations, U.S. military service (veterans who attain the prescribed academic achievement earn special cords), or purchased at the Tulane Bookstore. Personal stoles, cords, and robe decorating are not permitted.
For further questions regarding regalia, please contact the Tulane Bookstore at 504-865-5913.
Graduate Arrival
All graduates participating in the Unified Commencement Ceremony should arrive to Gate G on the Plaza Level in their regalia with their graduate ticket, Tulane Splash Card or government-issued ID and proceed to their robing location in the west side Plaza Level seating sections (see locations below) starting at 4:00 p.m. and no later than 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 17. At 5:40 p.m. graduates will be lined up and begin moving from the designated locations. Any graduate arriving late will not be guaranteed a spot in the lineup as part of the procession of graduates onto the floor and may be inserted into the seating on the floor after the procession has concluded.
Graduate Robing Sections
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School of Architecture and Built Environment: Section 137
- A.B. Freeman School of Business Undergrad: Section 141
- A.B. Freeman School of Business Grad: Section 147
- Law School: Section 139
- School of Liberal Arts Undergrad: Section 143
- School of Liberal Arts Grad: Section 145
- School of Medicine: Section 145
- School of Professional Advancement Undergrad: Section 142
- School of Professional Advancement Grad: Section 144
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Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Undergrad: Section 142
- Celia Scott Weatherhead School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine Grad: Section 137
- School of Science and Engineering Undergrad: Section 140
- School of Science and Engineering Grad: Section 137
- School of Social Work: Section 144
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- All guests 2 years and older must have their own ticket.
- Gates open at 4:00 p.m. for graduates and 4:30 p.m. for guests.
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Guest entrances will be located at Gates A, B, and C on the Plaza Level of the Caesars Superdome.
- ADA entrance and drop-off will be available at Gate A Ground Level (Poydras side). Superdome staff will be willing and able to assist guests in need of a wheelchair or assistance to their seats.
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ADA parking will be available in the VIP East lot as well as West Gate A Ground, and it is pay-to-park and first come, first serve.
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Parking will be available for purchase at the Ceasars Superdome. Parking will be available for graduates and guests in Garages 2, 2A, 5, 6, and Champions Garage. Parking can be purchased at the following link: Purchase Parking Here.
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There will also be a shuttle on a continuous loop from the Diboll Garage uptown to the Caesars Superdome Saturday from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
- Guests arriving via taxi or rideshare drop off should set their destination to Poydras Street between Lasalle and Loyola (outside the Superdome on Poydras).
- Guest tickets are general admission and seating available on a first come, first serve basis.
- Please note, no one other than working staff/volunteers, graduates, faculty, and platform party will be allowed in the graduate line up area or on the floor of the Caesars Superdome.
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See Caesars Superdome maps for reference regarding locations.
Accessibility
Tulane University strives to host inclusive and accessible events that enable all individuals, including individuals with disabilities, to engage fully. To be respectful of those with allergies and environmental sensitivities, we ask that you please refrain from wearing strong fragrances.
To request disability-related accommodations at any Commencement-related event, contact TUgrad@tulane.edu.
Tulane University will provide reasonable accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act with sufficient notice.
Freedom of Expression and Code of Conduct
By participating in commencement exercises, you agree to abide by the Code of Student Conduct and Freedom of Expression Philosophy and Protocols. Tulane University promotes and protects the free exchange of ideas. Freedom of expression includes the ability to engage or not to engage in the exchange, examination, and discussion of ideas or the choice not to engage. It does not include the right to disrupt the freedom of others. Therefore, we prohibit the physical or virtual disruption, shouting down, blocking, or suppressing of a protest, demonstration, program, or event. Disruptions of this nature will result in removal from the event. These include but are not limited to the following:
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- Deliberately blocking the audience's view of the speaker or presenter.
- In-person or virtual shouting down or producing noise with the intent to prevent the speaker or presenter from being heard.
- Intentional distraction through use of alarms, phones, lights, pointers, etc.
- Creating in-person or virtual barriers to entry or access to the event.
- Destructive or disorderly conduct.
- Inciting violence, intimidating, or threatening others.
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Please note all policies and guidelines above are subject to change.
Sign Up for Alerts
Any details regarding changes will be communicated by:
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Updates on the Commencement website.
- Text message updates will be sent by the Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response. Guests can sign up for these updates by texting tugrad to 888777.
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The university's main social media channels (Instagram: @tulaneu, Twitter/X: @Tulane).
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Schedule of Events
In addition to the Unified Commencement ceremony, graduates are invited to the ceremony of the school awarding their degree. At these ceremonies, graduates' names are called to cross the stage individually. Please note that some schools have separate ceremonies for undergraduate and graduate degree candidates. For a full listing of these ceremonies and events, visit commencement.tulane.edu/schedule.
For questions regarding the individual school ceremonies, please contact the following:
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Please check the Commencement FAQs page for any updates and direct any other questions to TUgrad@tulane.edu.
We appreciate everyone's cooperation in making Commencement for Tulane's Class of 2025 a celebratory, safe, and enjoyable experience for all.
We look forward to seeing you soon!
The 2025 Commencement Planning Committee
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