Graduating candidates will be issued 5 Guest Tickets per graduate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All other family, faculty, staff and friends are welcome to join us virtually on Friday, December 18, 2026 at 10am at https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/Commencement\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Commencement Ticket Pickup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Dates:<\/strong> December 9 – 17 Note: Children who will occupy a seat at commencement will need a ticket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u2795 Extra Ticket Request Update<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Due to the high number of prospective graduates, we can only honor up to 5 additional tickets<\/strong> per student. If you requested extra tickets, check your UMES email for updates (deadline November 1). Request for extra tickets: Click HERE<\/a> to request extra tickets for commencement. Deadline to request extra tickets is November 1, 2026 (No exceptions).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u23f1\ufe0f Unable to Pick Up Tickets This Week?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n If you cannot pick up your tickets during the scheduled dates, you have two options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Reminder:<\/strong> The ceremony begins promptly at 10:00 AM on Friday, December 18<\/strong> at the Hytche Arena<\/strong>. Doors open at 8am.<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Graduating candidates will be issued 5 Guest Tickets per graduate. All other family, faculty, staff and friends are welcome to join us virtually on Friday, December 18, 2026 at 10am at https:\/\/www.umes.edu\/Commencement\/ \ud83c\udf9f\ufe0f Commencement Ticket Pickup Dates: December 9 – 17Times: 9:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM \u2013 4:00 PMLocation: Student Development Center, 1st floor –…Read more Commencement Tickets<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"folder":[],"class_list":["post-1341","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/commencement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/folder?post=1341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Times:<\/strong> 9:00 AM \u2013 12:00 PM and 1:00 PM \u2013 4:00 PM
Location:<\/strong> Student Development Center, 1st floor – Office of the Registrar
Note:<\/strong> Students may pick up their base allocation of 5 tickets<\/strong> during this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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We recommend reaching out to classmates who may not be using all of their base 5 tickets to request any extras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Email graduation@umes.edu<\/strong> with your full name, and provide the full name and contact information (email or phone) of the person picking up your tickets. You must explicitly state that you authorize them to do so. (photo ID required to pick up tickets)<\/li>\n\n\n\n