Class of 2019 Photo
Palmer Hall outside steps

Note: Please wear cap and gown.

Baccalaureate
Shove Memorial Chapel
Ticket required for admission, students line up in the basement of Palmer.

Note: Due to limited seating, graduates will receive two guest tickets on a first-come, first-served basis beginning on May 13 at the Worner Desk. For any student who does not get tickets, their family will be redirected to watch the ceremony on a live feed in Kathryn Mohrman Theatre. 

Sign language interpreting (ASL) will be provided. A live streaming of Baccalaureate with closed captioning can be viewed on personal electronic devices at www.coloradocollege.edu/live. 

For questions regarding disability-related access or to request accommodations, please contact Brenda Soto, Director of College Events, as early as possible at (719) 389-6265 or bsoto@coloradocollege.edu.

Department Receptions

Times and locations vary throughout the day. Departments will also notify students of times and locations.

Graduates Assemble

Meet outside at the Tutt Science Center Quadrangle (north of Palmer Hall).
Please wear cap and gown.

Commencement Exercises
Tava Quadrangle (formerly Armstrong Quadrangle)

We are thrilled to welcome Oprah Winfrey as this year's Commencement speaker. Read more here.

• Tickets are required for this year’s Commencement ceremony. Tickets may not be bought or sold. Original tickets must be presented for entrance.
• Only students who have applied to graduate and have indicated they will walk in the Commencement ceremony are eligible to receive tickets. Students must complete and submit a ticket order form before 5 p.m. (MST) on Friday, May 3. A personalized link to the ticket order form will be sent via email to each student who has applied to graduate beginning on Wednesday, April 17, at noon (MST). Ticket orders will be filled in the order they are received. Once submitted, ticket orders are final.
• Students who plan to participate in Commencement should apply to graduate as soon as possible so that they can receive their personalized link!
• Each graduating student will be allowed a maximum of eight tickets for invited guests to be seated on Tava Quadrangle, in accessible seating available on the Armstrong Hall patio, and in Kathryn Mohrman Theatre in Armstrong Hall (live-stream provided). Up to two additional seated tickets may be requested through the order form and will be provided, if available, in the order requests are received.
• Invited guests will also be able to view the ceremony from a ticketed standing room area on South Quadrangle. Up to five standing room tickets may be requested through the order form and will be provided, if available, in the order requests are received.
• Graduating students may pick up their ticket orders at the Worner Desk beginning at 8:30 a.m. (MST) on Monday, May 13.
• Unticketed indoor seating with a live-stream of the ceremony will be available on the Tutt Library DataViz wall on the first floor, in the Tutt Library second floor event space, and in Gaylord Hall in Worner Campus Center.
• An additional outdoor unticketed area (standing room only) with limited views will also be available near Palmer Hall.
• Sign language interpreting (ASL) will be provided. A live streaming of Commencement with closed captioning can be viewed on personal electronic devices at www.coloradocollege.edu/live.
• For questions regarding disability-related access or to request accommodations, please contact Brenda Soto, Director of College Events, as early as possible at (719) 389-6265 or bsoto@coloradocollege.edu.

The President's Commencement Day Reception
Cutler Quadrangle

(approximate time) Immediately follows the ceremony for all degree recipients, families, and guests.

Return gown and pick up diploma
Worner Campus Center

Note: Following Commencement, a cap and gown return ticket and a CC ID are required to pick up your diploma before 1 p.m. When you return your gown you will receive a ticket from the Bookstore to pick up your diploma. After 1 p.m., return gowns to the bookstore and pick up diplomas at the Registrar's Office.