CVPA Graduation Ceremony

Graduating students received an email from the ticketing system – ordertracking@tickets.com - with the subject line "Thank You for your order". Within that email is the link to the tickets. 

• Graduates do not need tickets for themselves. Graduates can distribute all of their tickets directly to their guests.
• To email a digital ticket to a guest, use the "forward" button at the bottom of the digital ticket.
• Tickets can be presented at the venue as either digital tickets or paper tickets.
• Digital tickets can be saved to the Apple Wallet on Apple devices or to the Google Wallet.
• Tickets can be instead be printed at home from a desktop device.
• Tickets may not be duplicated. Each ticket has a unique barcode, which will be scanned at the venue.
• Infants and babies (ages 2 and under) may be held in the lap of a guest and do not require a Degree Celebration ticket. On the day of the Degree Celebration, Center for the Arts will provide a lap pass to these guests in lieu of a ticket.
• Graduates are encouraged to return tickets that they do not need for their guests by forwarding them via e mail to the Center for the Arts Ticket Office.
• If anyone in your party requires accessible seating or services or if you need assistance with your tickets, please email the Ticket Office or call 703-993-2787.

If additional tickets remain available after all tickets have been disbursed and any extra tickets have been returned to the Ticket Office, information on claiming additional tickets will be shared in early May. If you know you will not need all of your allotted tickets, please forward any extras back so that others may use them.

• Guests without tickets will be directed to the standby area in the Center for the Arts lobby. 
• Based on available seating, parties physically present in the standby area will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis. However, all members of the party may not be able to be seated together. 
• The time and placement of standby seating will be determined at the discretion of house management. Standby seating may be available after the official start of the celebration.
• In order to make sure every available seat is filled, guests with tickets may not save seats in the Concert Hall.
• A livestream of the CVPA celebration will be available on or linked from Mason’s main commencement page  and may be available to view on site from the standby area.

Please plan to arrive one hour before the start of your ceremony and follow signs to the graduates' lineup area. If weather permits, graduates will walk in a procession into the arena at the beginning of the ceremony. Main doors to the Center for the Arts open for guests one hour prior to the ceremony. Graduates are encouraged to attend the official university commencement ceremony as well which will take place on Thursday, May 18 at 10 a.m.

• All graduates are individually recognized by name and photographed on stage.
• Celebrations include select speakers and performances.
• Caps and gowns are worn.