Commencement/Graduation

The College's Commencement Ceremony is scheduled for Friday, December 13, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.

Commencement/Graduation Website

Participants need to arrive at the Freeman Coliseum by 5:30 p.m.

Parking Lot 9 is available for parking during the St. Philip’s College Commencement for graduates.

Parking Lot 9 is available for accessible parking with a disabled parking decal.

Leave valuable (purses, etc.) with family or friends. 

Student and guest parking is $15 per car.
Method of payment accepted: credit cards. No cash is accepted as a method of payment.

Students participating in the commencement should proceed to the REAR entrance of the Freeman Coliseum and enter through the Loading Dock ramp entrance. 

• Once you enter the Freeman Coliseum, there will be personnel directing you to the appropriate check in station. The check in stations will be inside the Alamodome behind the stage.
• Immediately proceed to the check in station to pick up your name card.
• Once you have checked in and have your name card in hand, please proceed to the seated waiting area behind the stage until you are called to lineup for the procession.
• When you are called to the backstage area, please be sure to bring your name card with you. This is how they will announce your name. Do not leave your name card on your chair.
• As soon as you come off the stage, there will be Flash Photography to take your picture.
• Following this, you will be directed back to your seat.
• Students are required to remain in their seats throughout the entire ceremony. The ceremony
  will last approximately 2 - 2.5 hours.

Public access to the Freeman Coliseum begins at 5:30 p.m. Guests should proceed to the public entrance of the Freeman Coliseum. Please inform your guests that they will not be able to reserve seats. Seats are available to everyone on a first-come-first-served basis. The ceremony will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m.

Fall candidates may participate in the December Commencement ceremony.  Attendance is not required to earn your degree or certificate.

No! Commencement is the celebration whereby public recognition is received for months and years of a student’s hard work. Graduation is the process involved in conferring a degree. The process to award a degree includes verifying passing grades and meeting all degree/graduation requirements. The degree conferment process takes up to 10-12 weeks after the end of the semester.

Your picture will be taken the night of the Commencement Ceremony by Flash Photography. Flash Photography will contact you at the email address you provided on the Flash Photography card you completed when you picked up your cap and gown. 

It is the student's responsibility to update their mailing address as soon as possible. Students should verify their mailing address in your ACES student portal and make necessary edits using a biographical change form. The biographical change form is located at syria-events.com/spc/records. Please update your address immediately.

Students who did not earn a degree are required to resubmit an application because the advisor must assure degree requirements have been met.

Students may purchase diplomas at any time after a degree/certificate has been awarded.

Please click the button below to request additional copies of your Diploma.

Duplicate Diploma Request 

Diplomas will be mailed to the graduate’s primary address in the student record (ACES).  It is very important to verify the address is correct.