Information for Guests

Commencement Ceremony

Tuesday, June 11 at 4 p.m.
Main Campus, Corsair Field
Graduates must RSVP - RSVP details will be emailed to eligible students by mid-May 2024. Save the date!
Guests: RSVPs are not needed nor required. A limited number of seats for guests with disabilities will be available on a first come, first served basis.

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Ceremony Admission and Seating

Admission is Free. RSVPs not needed

Admission is free. Tickets are not required.
The entrance gates to Corsair Field will open at 2:00 p.m.. They are located on 16^th Street, between Pico Blvd., and Pearl St.
Guests are encouraged to arrive no later than 3:30 p.m. and to dress appropriately for the weather.
The ceremony will promptly start at 4:00 p.m. Late arrivals may need to wait to enter until the Platform Party and graduates are seated.
General admission seating is stadium seating and are not wheelchair accessible.
Limited seating for guests requiring accessible seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Guests should enter through Gates 1 and 5.

Watch Ceremony Online

Can't make it in person? Watch at home!

The ceremony will be streamed online at www.smc.edu/graduation starting at approximately 3:50 p.m.

Accommodations

Guests

A limited number of seats for guests with disabilities and one accompanying guest will be available. Seating is on a first come, first served basis.
Guests requiring accessible seating should enter through Gates 1 and 5.
The bleachers at the stadium are not wheelchair accessible. Wheelchair accommodations are available in proximity to the stage.

Parking

Parking is Free

Parking will be free at the Santa Monica College Main Campus on Commencement Day. The Corsair Field stadium is located on the southwest side of the campus along 16th Street, between Pearl Street and Pico Boulevard. We recommend you park in Parking Lot 3 and 4, which are closest to Corsair Field. For directions to our campus and for a campus map go to www.smc.edu/map. Be sure to select “Main Campus.”

Use of Image, Likeness, and Voice

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When you enter a Santa Monica College campus or event, you enter an area where photography, film, audio, video, and/or other recording activities in a variety of media may occur. Santa Monica College reserves the right to engage in these activities and to use photographs, videos, and electronic or other media images and/or likenesses and/or voice recordings taken of you on College property and at College-sponsored events for advertising, marketing, and other promotional purposes, without payment or other compensation to you.