Graduation Orientation & Information - Spring
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Graduation Ceremony – Spring 2025
Congratulations on your academic achievement!
Date, Time, and Location
Friday, May 09, 2025
6:30 pm
Cadence Bank Center (approximately 20-30 minutes east of Killeen)
301 W. Loop 121
Belton, Texas 76513
Map to Cadence Bank Center (formerly Bell Co. Expo)
Graduation Orientation Session
There will be two graduation orientation sessions available. You need only attend one session, but attendance is not mandatory. Information given at both sessions will be identical.
May 5, 2025
10-12 AM, Anderson Center
Building 224, 2nd Floor
OR
May 6, 2025
2-4 PM, Anderson Center
Building 224, 2nd Floor
Orientation PowerPoint
Commencement Day Information
Arrival
Graduates should arrive at the Cadence Bank Center by 4:30 pm. Signs will be posted directing you to the Graduate Area, where you will be instructed on what to do.
Bring your cap, gown, and tassel.
Plan to leave handbags and other valuables with family or friends.
Cap, Gown, and Tassels
Caps and gowns are available for purchase online at www.ctcbookstore.com; the cost is $31.66 plus tax. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact the bookstore at 254-526-1219 or ctc.books@ctcd.edu. If you have not yet purchased your gown, make sure to contact the bookstore as soon as possible.
Regalia
To participate in the ceremony, you must be dressed in the appropriate cap and gown. Tassels are worn to the right. You will be prompted to move your tassel to the left toward the end of the ceremony. Accessories are limited to the Central Texas College issued cords and/or pins; and stoles, tassels, cords, and medallions representing membership in CTC sponsored honor societies. Decoration of mortarboards must be academic in nature and affiliated with your program of study or celebration as a CTC graduate.
Photography
A professional photographer from Flash Photography will be at the ceremony to take a photograph as you receive your diploma. Flash Photography will send you a proof and an order form in the mail. However, if you requested your name and address not to be released by the college, you will not receive a proof and order form in the mail. Please do not invite other professional photographers to the ceremony. Any professional photographers other than Flash Photography will not be allowed.
Family and guests are allowed to take photographs from their seats. However, no one is allowed to block the aisles or enter the arena floor to take photographs during the ceremony.
Streaming and Rebroadcast
https://www.ctcd.edu/graduation-livestream
Diplomas
You will not receive your diploma at the ceremony but will be handed a CTC graduation folder to keep. Once all requirements are complete then the diploma will be mailed to you via Parchment, our 3rd party vendor. Parchment will send an email and text notification with instructions for electronically claiming your credential. The printed diploma will be sent to the address listed on the graduation application in 3-4 weeks.
Please notify the Graduation office at graduation.info@ctcd.edu in writing if you have had an address and/or telephone number change since you applied for graduation or if you have questions in reference to your degree requirements.
Special Assistance
Graduates needing special accommodations for orientation and commencement must identify themselves prior to orientation by calling the Graduation Office at (254) 526-1592.
Graduation Etiquette
- College staff will organize the Graduation Ceremony. Please follow their instructions at all times.
- Balloons, backpacks, bags, horns, and beach balls are not allowed in the graduation seating area.
- If you arrive after the processional, you will be seated provided you are in your cap and gown.
- Graduates are asked to stay for the entire ceremony.
- Be respectful of other graduates. Graduates and guests should minimize talking and movement during the ceremony so that each graduate’s name can be heard when called to receive their diploma.
- At the end of the ceremony graduates will be directed how to recess from the arena floor. Guests may join the graduates in the designated area once dismissed from the arena floor.
- All attendees at the commencement must adhere to the Cadence Bank Center and CTC policies.
- Masks are optional at this event. It is asked that all guests and staff adhere to social distancing protocols.
Additional Information
Every effort has been made to provide essential information needed for the graduates and their guests for the day of the ceremony but the list is not all encompassing. If you have any questions, please contact graduation.info@ctcd.edu or call (254) 526-1592.
