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Commencement - Commencement Checklist

California State University, Fullerton

Commencement Checklist

1: Ticket Distribution
2: Parking Permits / Name Cards
3: Titan Shops
4: Photography and Senior Portraits

checklist Ticket Distribution

April 8th – 26th, 2013

Tickets are required for guests at all college and department graduation ceremonies.M Tickets are free of charge. Students will get unique tickets good for admittance only into their individual ceremony.

Guest Tickets:
Tickets are not required for the 8 a.m. university commencement ceremony. Tickets are required for all college graduations. All colleges will only be able to get their tickets electronically this year. For most graduations, each graduate will receive eight free tickets for their guests. Ticket Distribution will take place Monday, April 8 – Friday, April 26, 2013. These are the only dates that guest tickets will be available to the graduates.

Electronic Ticketing:
All colleges will be able to get their tickets electronically this year. Graduates may print out their tickets at the following link (link) between April 8-26, 2013 after they have viewed the “Graduate with Titan Pride” mandatory orientation video located at the link above. After April 26, tickets will no longer be available, except for an “extra ticket” distribution from May 1-3 for venues that have not been completely filled and can accommodate more guests. The extra tickets will also be electronic and can be printed out at the following link (link). Not all college ceremonies will have extra tickets to disburse, and those that do will have only a limited supply. Tickets will be given out in pre-determined numbers to graduates on a first-come/first-served basis. Those college ceremonies that will be distributing extra tickets will be listed at www.fullerton.edu/commencement at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, May 1.

Warning: Each ticket will have its own unique scanning pattern. Once a ticket has been scanned, it is no longer usable. Duplicating tickets will only mean that some of your guests will be turned away at the venue because their tickets are not valid.

Selling CSUF commencement tickets is strictly prohibited and the university will investigate any report of individuals selling them. If you have more commencement tickets than you need, please do one of the following:

  1. give them to a friend who needs more;
  2. turn them in to your college coordinator; or
  3. join the CSUF Commencement 2013 Group on Facebook and post a Discussion Board message to fellow graduates regarding the availability of your excess tickets (All commencement tickets are unique to each of the 20 ceremonies. Please make sure that you include the specific ceremony in your request for tickets, or for your donation of extra tickets.)

To order commencement tickets click here.


checklist Parking Permits / Name Cards

Parking Permits:
Commencement Parking Permits are required for on-campus parking during the commencement ceremonies. The normal CSUF parking permits will not be accepted for on-campus parking at the commencement events. On-campus parking is restricted to those who carpool (3 or more per car) and is on a first-come, first-served basis. No recreational vehicles are allowed. Late arrivals or cars with fewer than three people will be directed to off-campus parking areas. Please park only in areas designated by campus police and parking officers. Do not park in any of the strip mall parking lots surrounding campus. In the past, our guests’ cars have been towed.

Graduates can pick up two commencement parking permits, along with a name card (for them to complete for the announcement of their name at the college graduations) at the following locations:

  1. TitanCard located on the first floor of Pollak Library April 8 - May 24:
    M-TH: 8 a.m. - 9 p.m.
    Fri: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
    Sat: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
  2. The Irvine Campus Room 115 April 8 - May24:
    M-TH: 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.
    Fridays: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  3. The Titan Bookstore (April 9 - 11: GradFest): 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. If you are unable to pick up parking permits and name cards on the dates listed above, please download the Commencement Parking Permit form and send a self-addressed stamped envelope (6” x 9” or larger) along with your name and student ID number by May 15, 2013 to:
    Mary Jo Medyn
    California State University, Fullerton
    P.O. Box 6850
    Fullerton, CA 92834-6850

Name Cards:
Graduation name cards will be distributed with the parking permits. These are to be filled out and brought to commencement. They will be used to announce each graduate’s name as they cross the stage.


checklist Titan Shops

April 1st – May 26th, 2013
- Cap & Gown (required)
- Tassel (required)
- CSUF shawl
- CSUF Announcements
- Diploma frames

Grad Fest: Main Campus: April 9th – April 11th, 2013 / Irvine Campus: April 18
- Discount packages on some items listed above
- Plus ability to order announcements, flowers, pictures, graduation rings, etc.

Irvine Campus: April 18th, 2013
- Discount packages on some of items listed above
- Plus ability to order announcements, flowers, pictures, graduation rings, etc.


checklist Photography and Senior Portraits

Formal Commencement Picture Sittings:
Studio 94 Photography (1–877–636–9690 / studio-94-photography.com) located in Fullerton.

Graduation Photos:
Cal State Fullerton has arranged for Grad Images (800-628-4509) to photograph each graduate at the moment he or she crosses the platform at the College Ceremonies. Proofs and information on ordering prints will be e-mailed with no cost or obligation to participants. Guests who wish to take pictures must plan to do so from their seats only and are encouraged to use a telephoto lens.


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