Spring 2024 Carter School's Degree Celebration graduates please review details below
Friday, May 10th at 11am EST.
Venue: Center for the Arts Concert Hall, Fairfax Campus
GPS Address: 4373 Mason Pond Dr, Fairfax, VA 22030
Tickets are required to attend the Degree Celebration. It is the graduates' responsibility to fill out the ticketing form to receive their guests tickets and pickup before May 10th. An email following submitting the form will direct you where to pick up tickets. If for some reason you cannot pick up your tickets, please see the ticketing table located at CFA on the day of.
Graduates do not need a ticket. Guests are REQUIRED a ticket to enter concert hall. Children who will be sitting in their own seat will need their own ticket.
Center for the Arts important information
There will be a weapons screening system in place upon entry. Balloons and air horns are prohibited, and any large signs, large flower arrangements, or anything else deemed unwieldy enough to be unsafe or a disruption (at the discretion of Front of House staff) will have to be left in cars or checked at our courtesy desk in our main lobby to be picked up at the end of the ceremony.
Regalia Purchasing
Grad Fair happening Feb. 27, 28, 29 in Dewberry Hall 10am – 6pm; after that time you can purchase directly from the University bookstore in person or online. Check graduation website for online regalia link.
Regalia Deadlines:
Doctoral —Last day to order if purchasing regalia: March 10
Last day to order rental regalia online: March 31
Bachelors/Masters—Last day to order online: April 14
After that date, purchases available in person at the University Bookstore while supplies last.
Faculty—Last day to order regalia: March 31
Please note:
- Graduates must arrive in regalia (cap and gown) at 9:15am
- entering through the side entrance following directional signs proceeding through security
- Graduates must follow directional signs to the right side entrance of building for check-in
- Rehearsal and walk-through at 9:30am
- The ceremony will last approximately and hour and a half
- There will be a brief reception after the ceremony in the lobby, please stay for cake!
- Tickets are required for family and guests, tickets are not required for graduates
- Doors to CFA will open at 10:15am
- tickets will be needed to enter concert hall and can be found in the lobby after proceeding through security
- Door to concert hall will open at 10:30am
We hope that you are able to join us!
Center for the Arts
Parking Directions
Mason Pond Parking Deck, 4371 Mason Pond Drive, just north of the Center for the Arts on Mason Pond Drive. This deck offers the closest parking and a walkway to the venue. Exit the Mason Pond Parking Deck on the 1st floor or 3rd floor. The Center for the Arts is adjacent to the parking deck, on Mason Pond Drive.
