Graduation Ceremony

Photos taken of graduates at the 2009 Commencement Ceremony are available for purchase from Grad Images.  Click on the graphic below for information.



The 2010 Commencement Ceremony will take place at the Pacific Amphitheatre at the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center on Thursday, May 27th at 5:30 p.m.

Important Information

- Tickets are not required for entrance to the ceremony and graduates are permitted to invite as many guests as they’d like.

- Flowers & gifts will be available for sale at the event.

- The ceremony is approximately two (2) hours in length.

- Guests should enter the parking lot from Fair Drive and may park in the lots adjacent to the Pacific Amphitheatre. Click here for a diagram of the parking entrance.

- Graduates should enter the parking lot off Arlington Drive and check in at the tables located next to that parking lot. Click here for a diagram of the parking entrance.

- Caps & gowns will be available for sale starting about one month before the ceremony in the OCC Bookstore. Cap & gown sets are $28.95, Tassels are $4.75, and Announcement sets are $14.95 for 10 or $1.49 for individual announcements.

- Please note that no strollers are permitted in the seating area or aisles of the Pacific Amphitheatre. However, several box seating areas (at the top of the orchestra section) will be available for families with strollers.

- Guests with special seating needs should arrive 45 minutes prior to the beginning of the ceremony. Wheelchair and semi-ambulatory seating will be reserved for guests at the top of the orchestra section.

- A reception will follow the ceremony in the parking lot outside the main gates and refreshments will be served.

- A professional photographer will be on site. 

Click here for a map and directions to the Orange County Fair & Exposition Center.

Click here for the Pacific Amphitheatre seating chart.