TCU Commencement

Caps and gowns may be ordered online through my.tcu.edu. Click on Student Center and select the "Diploma/Cap and gown ordering" link. Cap and gown orders placed after April 6, 2010 are subject to a late fee. Late orders can be placed by calling 281-353-2774 or e-mailing hjcollegetx@sbcglobal.net. The gown is rented; however, graduate students who wish to purchase the gown and/or hood may contact Herff Jones at 281-379-3825. Graduates may keep the cap and tassle. Latin Honors are printed on the diploma. All honors are announced from the podium and are printed in the program. There are no cords for Latin Honors. Some organizations provide honor cords to wear with the gown. Contact your organization for this information.

If you cannot attend commencement, check the "Not Attending Commencement" box. Candidates must provide name, student ID number, degree information and a permanent mailing address. Diplomas will be mailed after June 2010.

When ordering your diploma at my.tcu.edu, remember that tradition suggests your full name (First Middle Last) for the diploma, no nicknames or titles. The name published in the commencement program will be the same as the name on your academic records at TCU. The deadline for online diploma ordering is April 6, 2010.   Contact your department or college for this information. All accounts must be paid by May 5, 2010.

Pick up cap & gown

• Friday, May 7, 2010 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. or Saturday, May 8, 2010 between 8:00 a.m. - noon, Daniel-Meyer Coliseum

Almost Alumni Handbook

This book is published annually and is mailed to each family of a potential graduate and is available in each college’s dean’s office. The book contains all information about commencement, including resources for out-of-town guests. For questions about this book, please contact Jonie Smith at 817-257-7802 or j.g.smith@tcu.edu. A handbook will be mailed to the family of the degree candidate at their permanent address.

Announcements/invitations

Graduates can order announcements or invitations through the University Bookstore 817-257-7844 or visiting http://tcu.bncollege.com. Candidates may invite an unlimited number of guests.

Payment of fees

The graduation fee is charged to all degree candidates including students graduating "in absentia" to your student account. Once you are listed as a degree candidate, this is a non-refundable fee even if your graduation is deferred for academic or financial reasons. Your student account, including this fee, must be paid in full by May 5, 2010.

• Undergraduate: $55.00
• Master: $65.00
• Doctorate: $100.00

Master and Doctorate fees 
The following items require separate payment and cannot be charged to the student account. Please submit a separate check or cash payment for:

• Thesis: $65.00
• Dissertation: $75.00

• Copyright (optional): $65.00

If you have any questions please contact: Wendy Crowley - Student Accounts 817-257-7834 or w.crowley@tcu.edu.  

Other useful links

Registrar’s Office - www.reg.tcu.edu/gradinfo.asp 
Graduate Studies - http://www.graduate.tcu.edu/?d=page&pid=sp121&parent=74

Day of Commencement

Chancellor's reception

The Chancellor's reception is from noon - 2:00 p.m. on the 3rd floor of the Brown-Lupton University Union, 2901 Stadium Drive, on the TCU campus.

When & where to meet

All degree candidates will line up no later than 9:15 a.m. for 10:00 a.m. commencement and 2:15 p.m. for 3:00 p.m. commencement in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum north concourse. Each degree candidate must have a number card for the processional. Bring the card you receive in the mail. If you misplace it, a replacement can be obtained at the Registrar's table, located in the upper concourse, prior to commencement.

Guests

Tickets are not required. Each degree candidate may invite an unlimited number of guests. The ceremony lasts 2 1/2 - 3 hours. The doors open 1 hour prior to commencements. There is no reserved seating except for disabled. If someone in your party needs assistance with disabled seating/parking, contact Jonie Smith at 817-257-7802.

Parking map

Parking is available in close proximity to Daniel-Meyer Coliseum for commencement. Please view the map for available parking lots. Download PDF of map.

Professional photography

Flash Photography will be set up on the floor of the Coliseum to take pictures of all graduates. Three pictures will be taken: one with the Chancellor, one with your dean and a posed shot after you exit the stage. Flash Photography will mail proofs to that student's permanent address and e-mail the student a few days after the event with instructions on how to order photos. If you have any questions, please call 817-924-2626 or e-mail flash10@aol.com.

You may also take informal photos with your family during the reception at the Brown-Lupton University Union.

NOTE: If you have FERPA set on your TCU account, your address will not be given to the professional photographers.

Live streaming video

TCU commencement will be streamed live on this web page for those who cannot
physically attend the ceremony.

After Commencement

Hometown News

Use this page to locate and print a news release announcing your student's graduation or selection to the Dean's or TCU Scholar's List. Enter the student's last name in the search field, then click "search."

Click on your student's name when it appears on the screen to access a PDF-format news release, which can be printed from your computer. Graduating students who also qualified for Dean's or TCU Scholar's List will appear twice; be certain to print both news releases for your scrapbook or files.

Feel free to use the space at the bottom of the news release to add other information about your student, including other academic honors received, grandparents' names, high school attended, college organizations and extracurricular activities, etc. We encourage parents to submit these news releases to your local newspaper, which may choose to print the information.

If there is a mistake in your student's news release, please contact Shawn Kornegay at s.kornegay@tcu.edu to update the information and have a corrected release posted to this site or sent to you.