Graduation Ceremony
CCC Graduation Ceremony
Congratulations, Class of 2025!
2025 CCC Commencement Ceremony
Contra Costa College is excited to share this momentous occasion with you on Friday, May 23, 2025. We are incredibly proud of your achievements and look forward to celebrating your success.
Please check back here for more information about the Spring 2025 graduation ceremony.
Event Details
Friday, May 23, 2025
Graduation will be held at the Contra Costa College Football Stadium.
Graduates will receive a registration link from noreply@tassel.marchingorder.com. This may go to your student email or personal email on file. You will be asked to confirm your participation in the ceremony and you will be provided with links to four (4) initial digital guest tickets per graduate. Please submit your registration no later than May 2nd.
Tickets with a scannable QR or Bar code are required of all guests and will be collected at the gates. Please provide one ticket to each person over the age of three. Children three years of age and under will be allowed to sit on an adult’s lap. Depending on participation, more tickets may become available by May 5th. We will send a follow up email to let graduates if more tickets are available. These will be available first-come, first-served.
For additional questions, please reach out to studentservices@contracosta.edu.
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Graduates must arrive by 2pm at the Basketball Gymnasium so that you are familiar with the commencement route and have enough time to pick up your tassels and complete the photo card. Please come dressed in your cap and gown. Children, parents, or other relatives may not enter the Gymnasium or Stadium. Once you check-in, you will not be allowed to leave so please bring everything you need. There is no storage for your purses, phones, etc.
3:15 p.m. – Comet Stadium gates open for families, friends, and guests.
3:30 – 3:55 p.m. – Graduates form two lines in the gymnasium and begin the procession into the stadium.
4:00 p.m. – Commencement Ceremony begins.
- Speeches by the college President, Faculty Keynote, and Graduate Keynote will address the graduating class.
- Graduates will line up and proceed with their name card to the card reader, then to the dignitaries to receive their diploma cover and have a professional photo taken. Graduates will then return to their seats.
- Once all names are read, the ceremony will conclude, followed by a recessional.
- Stage officials, followed by faculty and then graduates, will exit the stadium.
- Guests will exit the stadium.
Graduates will receive printed programs as they enter the field. Guests will have access to a digital program, ensuring everyone can follow along with the ceremony.
Graduate Etiquette
- Spiked or high heel shoes are not permitted. Graduates will not be allowed to enter the stadium with heels, as they can damage the turf and track. For safety reasons, please wear low or flat shoes.
- Please, no eating or drinking during the ceremony. No food or drinks will be allowed once you enter the Stadium (only water provided at your seat)
- You must remain seated at all times unless an usher has asked your row to stand.
- Family and friends must remain outside of the graduate seating area at all times. They are not permitted to hand you any items during the ceremony; please inform your friends and family that noise makers, balloons, beach balls, Frisbees, and any other item that will create a distraction of any kind are not permitted at the ceremony. Attendees who disregard this policy may be asked to leave.
Guest Etiquette
- Balloons will not be allowed in the stadium. Any guests attempting to enter the stadium with balloons will be asked to return balloons to vehicles.
- Noisemakers are not allowed.
- Children will not be allowed in the processional line with graduates. Children must not be left unattended. If children will be attending, please arrange for them to be with guests during the ceremony.
- All mobile devices should be silenced to avoid any disruptions during the ceremony.
- Alcoholic beverages and smoking will not be permitted in the venue. This is a smoke-free, drug-free event.
- No drones will be permitted. Operators flying drones without permission from the college may result in being escorted off the campus.
- Pets are not permitted on campus, except for service animals.
Graduates should park in lots 6 (except ADA) and then line up in the gym.
There will be designated ADA seats available at the bottom of the stadium bleechers for guests with mobility limits, such as wheelchair users or people uncomfortable with stairs. Please have your guests ask a greeter or campus Police Services to direct them to designated seating.
A portion of Parking Lot 1 and Lot 7 will be designated for handicap parking/ADA access to stadium. There will also be a shuttle service from other parking lots to the stadium starting one hour before the ceremony begins and continuing through the ceremony.
Sign language interpreters will be working throughout the ceremony.
If you or your guests have questions about accommodations, please contact Disability Services at 510.215.3969 or by email at: dsps@contracosta.edu at least 10 days prior to the day of the ceremony.
Due to the large number of guests in attendance, parking lots closer to the stadium will be congested. Please encourage your guests to arrive one hour prior to the start of the ceremony (3:00 pm).
Parking is first come, first served.
Parking for graduates and attendees will be available in the campus parking lots 1- 6 located adjacent to the Tennis Courts, Stadium, and Gymnasium with additional parking along Campus Drive as well as overflow parking on campus in lots 9 -10.
Diplomas are mailed late-July to the student’s physical address on file at Admissions and Records. If your address has changed, please contact our Admissions and Records office as soon as possible at admissions@contracosta.edu.
For more information or questions regarding Commencement contact Student Services at studentservices@contracosta.edu.
Commencement Items for Sale
Caps and Gowns are available for purchase at the bookstore online at: http://www.contracostabooks.com. The last day to order online for home delivery is Monday, May 12th (510-215-4958).
Package price: $55.00 + tax (Cash or debit/credit card accepted)
A professional photographer will be available during graduation to take photographs of students as they exit the stage. If you wish to purchase a graduation photograph, PLEASE BE SURE TO SIGN THE PHOTO CARD you will receive during the graduation rehearsal. Please note that your request for a photograph cannot be honored unless this card contains your signature authorizing the release of your address to the photographer.
Professional photography will be provided by GradImages during the ceremony. Each graduate will be photographed twice, as they shake hands with the college President or other designated official and as they pose with diploma cover before returning to their seat.
Proofs will be emailed with an option to purchase for those graduates providing a valid email address and submitting the requested information. You may also opt-out of this offer if you choose not to purchase photos. Graduates may pre-register with GradImages before the ceremony.
GradImages will provide a ‘Reader Card’ for each graduate to complete and bring with them to the ceremony. Reader Cards can be found in the cap and gown packages. Please fill out the card completely and write legibly spelling your name phonetically for the reader if necessary. You must have this card to present to the reader for your name to be called during the ceremony.
Please visit GradImages for more information.